Tag: vodno
Macedonia 21.07.24 | 11:44

Illegal road construction on Mt. Vodno

Citizens who are hiking on Skopje’s Mt. Vodno are warning that somebody is illegally paving one of the tracks, just above the police station. There is no sign that would inform citizens who is conducting the work, and the workers would not reveal the name of the investor to the journalists. It’s...

Macedonia 13.04.24 | 20:23

Kovacevski says he didn’t meet with Pendarovski and DUI to discuss the amnesty for high level corruption cases

SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski dismissed allegations from VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski about a high level meeting in the villa of President Pendarovski, where the DUI – SDSM coalition plotted to offer amnesty for corruption charges to former officials. The plan, that was largely implemented,...

Macedonia 26.11.23 | 10:50

Tourists rescued from the Vodno gondola

Four people, including a three year old child, were stuck on the Vodno gondola where the power went out. A major storm, including snow and wind, affected the country yesterday, leading to outages. The group was first stuck on the way up, from the middle point on Vodno to the end station at the Millennium...

Macedonia 17.07.23 | 13:00

From Monday on, the movement through the national parks and protected areas will be restricted

  On Monday – July 17 – the restriction on movements through the national parks comes into force. The Government made the decision onn Sunday evening and commissioned the competent institutions to implement the restrictions. The restriction apply to the national parks Yasen, Mavrovo,...

Macedonia 03.04.22 | 10:53

Audio of conversations between Gruevski and Kamcev published on Youtube

An anonymous Youtube account shared two audio recordings of conversations between Nikola Gruevski and businessman Jordan Orce Kamcev. The recordings were apparently made last year, and Kamcev is seeming assuring Gruevski about his coming testimony in one of the many politically motivated trials that...

Macedonia 22.12.21 | 22:10

Gruevski: Financial report completely undermines the prosecution’s case against me

A financial forensics report presented before the court today showed that there were no transfers of funds from Macedonia to a Belize based company that purchased land near Skopje. This is a key allegation in the trial in which former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is charged with having intermediaries...

Macedonia 03.12.21 | 11:49

Gruevski: The Skopje court is terrorizing witnesses to get them to testify against me

Former VMRO leader Nikola Gruevski accused the Zaev regime of new attempts to pressure people into testifying against him and piling new politically motivated charges. Gruevski is in political asylum in Hungary after he was sentenced in two cases initiated by the now thoroughly disgraced Special Prosecutor’s...

Macedonia 14.10.21 | 15:37

Kotlar: Not a single building permit will be issued for construction on Mt. Vodno in my term as Mayor

Centar mayoral candidat Natasa Kotlar promised that, if elected, she will put an end to the construction of buildings on Mt. Vodno. We will constantly expand the forests of Vodno and in my term, no building permits will be given in Vodno, Kotlar said. She also promised to expand the number of trees through...

Macedonia 12.10.21 | 18:51

Days ahead of the elections, SDSM wheels out one of its loyal prosecutors to put on a show for the voters

Controversial prosecutor Lile Stefanova used today’s hearing in the case she is putting forward against businessman Jordan Orce Kamcev and former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, in way that seemed designed to fit in the SDSM party’s election campaign. Stefanova put forward claims that Gruevski...

Macedonia 23.09.21 | 09:25

Woman attacked by two men on Vodno

A 19 year old woman was assaulted last night in Skopje’s Vodno mountain by two men. The Skopje police informed that the attack occurred at the main parking. The men got into an altercation with the woman, and then physically attacked her.

Macedonia 25.08.21 | 11:10

Svedok: Prosecutor Stefanova planted evidence in a key trial against Nikola Gruevski

The Svedok site reports a major violation of judicial norms carried out by prosecutor Lile Stefanova in a current, high profile trial involving former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. According to the site, Stefanova, a notorious prosecutor from the disgraced Special Prosecutor’s Office, took a...

Macedonia 19.08.21 | 17:20

Expres: The Interior Ministry is covering up an incident involving an official of the Zaev regime

Expres reports that the incident in which three police officers were injured on Monday evening in the woods of Vodno near Skopje was caused by a top police commander. Three police officers injured in a chase near Skopje The officers tried to stop a car that was parked on Vodno, despite the order that...

Macedonia 15.05.21 | 13:19

Race will cause traffic disruptions in Skopje tomorrow morning

Motorists in Skopje will do well to avoid the southern districts of the downtown, close to Mt. Vodno tomorrow because of the planned bike and hike race. Bikers will start their race at 9:45 from the Old Railway Station and turn along the Mother Teresa boulevard, while hikers will head out from the Koco...

Macedonia 19.10.20 | 15:46

State prosecutors reportedly begin another case against Nikola Gruevski

State prosecutors revealed more details about the charges announced this morning in an alleged money laundering case. The target is again former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who already faces a dozen politically motivated cases initiated by the Zaev regime. In this instance, state prosecutors have...

Macedonia 19.10.20 | 11:11

Man arrested for money laundering through Vodno real-estate deals

A person was arrested this morning on the charge of money laundering involving real-estate in Skopje’s posh Mt. Vodno district. Unofficially it is reported that the man is identified as R.N. by the police, and that he was involved in overpriced trading with land on Vodno. Prosecutors are expected...

Macedonia 17.10.20 | 11:11

Mickoski on Vodno: They promised “air”, but only brought national catastrophe

They promised “air”, but they only brought a national catastrophe, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski wrote on “Facebook”, sharing photos from this morning’s visit to Vodno, where the polluted Skopje can be seen. Four years of lies, crime, commissions, corruption and shame....

Macedonia 13.08.20 | 15:31

Mickoski lead the VMRO members of Parliament to Pendarovski’s residence

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski and most of the VMRO members of Parliament walked up to the Vodno residence of President Stevo Pendarovski to demand a meeting and an explanation after he awarded the first attempt to form a Government to SDSM leader Zoran Zaev. It’s expected that Mickoski...

Macedonia 26.06.20 | 16:31

Group of men stole the large Macedonian flag flying on Mt. Vodno

Yesterday evening five men stole the large Macedonian flag flying at the mid point of Vodno, the mountain overlooking the capital Skopje. The incident was reported at 22h when an employee of the cable car leading to the top of the mountain said that he saw five men lower the flag and get away with it....

Macedonia 05.03.20 | 15:20

In a likely tax evasion scheme, Minister Filipce’s family paid almost 10 times below market value for the land they acquired on Mt. Vodno

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce’s family was able to purchase a huge plot of land on Mt. Vodno for prices that ranged between 10 and 25 EUR per square meter, far below the market price, VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski revealed today. The opposition party blew the whistle on the highly suspicious...

Macedonia 03.03.20 | 19:13

Healthcare Minister Filipce included one of his clinic directors in his suspicious real-estate deals on Mt. Vodno

VMRO-DPMNE revealed that the scandal involving Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce, whose family has purchased large extensive real-estate on Mt. Vodno together with a controversial businessman, is also involved in similar deals with the head of one of Skopje’s main public clinics. So far it was...

Повеќе