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New Protest March Held over Kocani Fire

On Saturday, immediate family members, other relatives, and friends of those killed in the 16 March nightclub fire, as well as other residents of the city, staged a new protest…

12/05/2025

PM Mickoski Says He’s Ready to Go to Kocani and Meet Parents of Those Killed in Fire

On Sunday, PM Hristijan Mickoski stated that he regretted that the parents of those killed in the Kocani fire hadn’t accepted the invitation to a meeting at the Government building…

12/05/2025

Filipce Says He Has Dubai Visa, but not One Related to Real Estate or ‘Millions’

On a May 9 episode of the Politicoes podcast, hosted by journalists Borjan Jovanovski and Saso Ordanoski, asked about the Dubai golden visa issue, SDSM leader and ex-Health Minister Venko…

12/05/2025

Stip Murder: Five Turkish Citizens Named Suspects Each Issued 30-day Detention Measure

The five citizens of Turkiye named suspects in the Stip murder case have each been issued a 30-day detention measure. The prime suspect, 21-year-old, K.K., who’s suspected of murdering 25-year-old,…

12/05/2025

Filipce Says It’s Matter of Time before Ruling Coalition Disintegrates

“It’s a matter of time, if not of days or hours, before the ruling coalition disintegrates”, SDSM leader Venko Filipce said on Thursday regarding the issue of Health Minister Arben…

08/05/2025

Kocevski Says There’ll Be no Prolongation over Kocani Fire Investigation

There will be no prolongation with regards to the Kocani fire investigation, Prosecutor-General Ljupco Kocevski has said. As he explained on Thursday, a public-prosecutorial decision may be expected in June.…

08/05/2025

Parents of Those Killed in Kocani Fire Describe Tragedy as Mass Murder

In a written statement, parents of those killed in the Kocani fire have said they called for accountability of all involved persons and institutions. Also, they describe the tragedy as…

08/05/2025

Mucunski Says Country’s been Treated Unfairly and with Double Standards

On Thursday, before the Informal meeting of the EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Gymnich), Foreign Minister Timco Mucunski said his country had been treated unfairly and faced double standards. “If…

08/05/2025

Stoilkovic Attends Event Marking Victory Day in Skopje

On 6 May, Deputy PM and Intercommunity Relations Ivan Stoilkovic was part of an event marking Victory Day, where Russian Ambassador Sergey Bazdnikin delivered a speech The event, held at…

08/05/2025

Laskarci Case: Court Increases Sentence of Part of Persons Convicted

The Skopje Court of Appeals has accepted the Prosecutor’s Office’s appeal and increased the sentences of part of those convicted in the case concerning the Laskarci crash, which happened on…

08/05/2025