Kokino Observatory - The Old Megalithic Observatory in Macedonia
If you want to know how people made calendars thousands of years ago, peaking through little holes in big rocks, or the temples where they performed their religious rituals, and want to spend a beautiful day, go to Kokino. It is not as far as Stonehenge, it is just 35 km away from Kumanovo, at an altitude of 1013 meters. According to experts, it is a megalithic (megalith – big rock) observatory that is one of the oldest in the world. In 2005, NASA ranked Kokino fourth, according to age, behind Abu Simbel in Egypt, Stonehenge in Great Britain a…
Three Islamists arrested in Macedonia
Macedonian police informed that it has arrested a group of Islamist terrorists who were apparently planning attacks. The arrests were conducted in Skopje and Kumanovo. From the footage made available by the Interior Ministry, it’s visible that the group had the black ISIS flag and was preparing explosive belts with metal balls for causing greater casualties. So far three members of the group have been arrested, the Ministry said. The raids led to the seizure of three five automatic assault rifles, one heavy caliber machine gun, two dozen clips…
Six people killed by gas explosion in Kumanovo
Last Sunday a gas explosion killed three children aged 8, 9 and 11 in the village of Romanovce, Kumanovo region. Seven other people were injured critically when a gas cylinder exploded in a house. Three of them passed away later in hospital, the number of victims reached now already six persons. The latest victim is a 63 year old woman who had extensive burns from the explosion and the subsequent fire. The explosion killed three children immediately, aged 8, 9 and 11, later a 36 year old woman and a 58 year old man passed away. Th…
Macedonian police stopped 43 illegal migrants
Macedonia police stopped 43 illegal migrants on Tuesday evening hidden in a bakery van travelling on Kumanovo-Tabanovce highway, the police informed on Wednesday. According to the police, among the 43 illegal migrants, 8 of them are underage. 14 migrants are from Pakistan, 16 from Iraq and 13 from Afghanistan. The migrants were sent to Tabanovce transit center, whereas the driver is under home arrest for 30 days. On mid-May, Defense and Security Committee in Macedonian Parliament decided to extend the state of emergency along…
Bulgaria, Macedonia to seek funding for Corridor 8 road, railway project
Bulgaria and Macedonia plan to seek international financing for sections of Corridor 8 road and railway project on their territories, Bulgarian public radio broadcaster BNR reported on Thursday. Pan-European transport Corridor 8 stretches from Albania's Adriatic port of Durres to Varna, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, via Macedonia. Macedonian prime minister Zoran Zaev will visit Sofia on December 6-7 for a meeting of Western Balkan leaders with representatives of international financial institutions, at which funding opportun…
Kumanovo Case: Seven sentenced to life imprisonment, 26 get lengthy prison sentences
Seven life sentences, 13 defendants sentenced to 40 years behind bars, 6 men got 20-year sentences, one defendant will spend 18 years behind bars, two defendants 14 years, 13 years in prison is the sentence for two men, 12 years for two others with four defendants acquired. This is included in the verdict of a court in Skopje for defendants involved in the events in the Kumanovo settlement of Diva Naselba in 2015. Tensions flared at Thursday's hearing at the Criminal Court. The accused terrorists got up before the verdicts were an…
Macedonia: Main witness in Kumanovo terrorist attack is dead
Nimetula Abdulai, employed by the Counter Intelligence Agency (UBK) was found dead last night. According to TV21, he worked for UBK’s division in Kumanovo, fell ill last night and was taken with an ambulance to Lipkovo, then to Kumanovo where doctors were only able to confirm his death. Majority of the terrorists from Kosovo asked that Nimetula be a witness in the Court process because he knew the activities of the Kumanovo terrorist group first hand. At the moment, authorities are working in figuring out the cause of Abdulai’…
Macedonia to prolong state of emergency at border
The proposal of the Macedonian government to extend the state of emergency at borders was approved by the parliament on Monday. The green light was given by the Commission for Defense and Security in the Macedonian parliament. The state of emergency that was to end on December 31 would be prolonged for additional six months till June 30 2017. The measure applies to the southern border with Greece and the northern border with Serbia, where there is biggest influx of migrants from conflict areas trying to reach Europe. It is supported …
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