The Special Prosecutor’s Office is resuming the Titanic case trial in the Criminal Court in Skopje on Thursday. The TNT and the Target-Fortress trials are set to continue in late August. The previous Titanic hearing was scheduled for July 3, but defendant Gordana Jankulovska’s lawyer Sanja Aleksic said that the former Interior Minister was unable […]
Former mayor of Skopje’s Karpos municipality Stevco Jakimovski was charged Wednesday with abuse of office and authority. In addition to Jakimovski, charges of abuse of office and complicity were also filed against four members of the Karpos municipality staff, the Financial Police said in a statement. Jakimovski and his associates by misusing their position allowed […]
Former Karpos mayor Stevco Jakimovski has been taken for questioning before a pre-trial judge in the Skopje-based Criminal Court early on Wednesday. The Financial Police conducted Tuesday a search of several facilities owned by the Jakimovski family and is set to provide details over the operation later today. Jakimovski told media the search related to […]
Skopje marks Thursday 55 years since the disastrous earthquake which leveled much of the city on this day in 1963, killing over 1.000 people and leaving 3.000 injured. An audio-artistic campaign titled “Wake Up Skopje” took place at five different locations in the capital at 05:17h, reminding citizens of the exact time of the earthquake. […]
EU Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn will arrive to Skopje tomorrow. This visit will also mark the start of the screening process, which is expected to accompany the beginning of EU accession talks. According to the agenda, tomorrow morning, Hahn will hold a meeting with PM Zoran Zaev, after which he will meet with parliamentary speaker, […]
Judge Slavica Andreevska of the Skopje-based Criminal Court delivered Thursday the verdicts to seven individuals indicted for the attempted murder of MP Zijadin Sela during the Parliament incidents on 27 April 2017. Kire Gjorgjievski has been sentenced to 13 years in prison, Andrej Micov 10,5 years, Oliver Osavkovski 10,5 years, Nikolce Dimitrievski 10,5 years, Aleksandar […]
Ambassador Dimitris Yannakakis said Wednesday that Greece supports Macedonia in EU and NATO based on the Prespa agreement, adding that everything is now in the hands of member-states. “This country aspires to become a member of the EU and NATO. Based on the Prespa agreement, Greece supports these efforts but the accession does not depend […]
At the invitation of his Skopje counterpart Petre Silegov, Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis will visit Skopje on Friday to attend events commemorating the 1963 Skopje earthquake, MIA’s Athens correspondent reports. “Giorgos Kaminis, the Mayor of Athens, will pay a visit to Skopje on Friday, June 22, at the invitation of the Mayor of Skopje Petre […]
Seventeen people, including ten policemen, were injured during last night’s violent protest in front of Parliament in Skopje. 26 people were arrested after pushing down the protective fence outside the Parliament, throwing rocks and pyrotechnics at the building and at the riot police and after trying to storm the Parliament, the Interior Ministry (MoI) said […]
Last night in Skopje there was clash between police and protesters who attacked the police cordon in front of the Republican Assembly. Police used tear gas and shock-bombs to disperse the group that removed the police barricades and began to attack the police. After the crowd’s protest was over, some scattered groups collided with police […]
Alexis Tsipras spoke of a “good deal” that “covers all conditions we had set” during his meeting with the President of Greece, Prokopis Pavlopoulos whom he visited at the Presidential Mansion. He met the President joined by the Minister of State & Government Spokesperson, Dimitris Tzanakopoulos and the General Secretary of the PM, Ioanna Pepe. “I am […]
The telephone conversation waiting to happen between prime ministers Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras has been at the focus of the media in Macedonia. Asked by IBNA about the telephone conversation, the government said that consultations continue and that every new development will be made transparent. PM Zoran Zaev and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimotrov have […]
The Greek Foreign Affairs minister Nikos Kotzias had to rush to the prime minister’s office at 11:00 a.m, at Maximos Mansion after his phone contact with Alexis Tsipras. The unexpected invite to the Greek FM -this being said it must be mentioned there was no planned meeting for today among the two top governmental officials- […]
With the testimony of the councilor in the Council of the Municipality of Centar, Cvetanka Simonovska, continued the trial of the violence in the Municipality of Centar, and the ordered slaps by the former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski for the former mayor Andrej Zernovski. Simonovska said that on June 7, 2013, when a session of […]
VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski urged late Saturday for early parliamentary elections to be held alongside next year’s presidential polls. At a party rally in front of the Government building, he asked for a level playing field for all political parties, State Election Commission president nominated by the opposition, and formation of a caretaker government 100 […]
President Gjorge Ivanov has accepted the invitation of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to attend a leaders’ meeting, slated for tomorrow. “Taking into consideration the importance of the name issue and the state interests of the Republic of Macedonia, President Gjorge Ivanov accepts the invitation to an informative meeting, initiated by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, scheduled on 19 […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Friday he convened a leaders’ meeting on the pace of Skopje-Athens name negotiations, for tomorrow. At the meeting, Zaev is set to brief the leaders of parliamentary political parties about the details of his yesterday’s talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the possibility for a name solution that would be acceptable […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has accepted challenge from VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski to a television debate, according to government sources. “One of the fundamental principles of the government is the openness. We constantly communicate with the public in an open manner as well as through debates and duels. PM Zoran Zaev is ready for a […]
We are confident that Macedonia will join the European family, said French Ambassador to Macedonia, Christian Thimonier at Wednesday’s observance of Europe Day in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Welcome to the club, because you have made a significant step by receiving a clear recommendation. However, this is just the beginning of a journey,” said […]
Short video recording that was posted on YouTube in connection with the ‘Bribe’ case in which Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is charged, has been shown Wednesday in the courtroom of Skopje-based Criminal Court in the presence of the public. Judge Darko Todorovski pointed out that the length of the video is 3 minutes and 35 […]
