Macedonian Influencer Maya Mia from Ohrid found dead in Africa
Famous Macedonian influencer and makeup artist Maja Janeska (known as Maya Mia) has been found dead. Originally from Ohrid, Janeska lived in Tanzania for more than a decade and spent the time in South Africa before her death. There were no details about the death for the time being. At first, African media only reported on the posts on social media of her close acquaintance, the famous musician Ommy Dimpoz. "RIP my love" - it says in the posts on social networks. Police later confirmed that Maja Janeska was found with a gunshot wound…
Taiwan charges suspects in Macedonia-based fraud ring
Prosecutors in Kaohsiung City have indicted 42 suspects accused of defrauding 124 victims in China of a total of NT$57.03 million (US$2.04 million) as part of a scam based in Macedonia, reports said Wednesday (Aug. 18). A man surnamed Chen, 31, began recruiting members for a fraud ring in 2019, CNA reported. He set up operations in Japan, the Netherlands, Montenegro, and Turkey but only stayed three to four months in each country to evade the local authorities. In Dec. 2020, he arrived in Macedonia, with one group of team members following hi…
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…
Macedonian and Albanian suspects in double murder in Malta
Maltese police arrested Macedonian citizen as macedonian reports. As they quote Maltese sources, Viktor Dragomanski, who worked on security in a hotel, alongside with Albanian Daniel Muka under the suspicion of involvement in the murder of a gay couple a week ago. The police believes it was an attempted robbery that went badly, but outright planned murder is not out of the question. Two masked men killed the male couple using handguns and cameras caught them fleeing the house. As Macedonian media 360stepeni writes, Dragomanski and Muka were i…
Macedonian diplomat stabbed by his wife
A family drama, which ended in violence and an attack with a knife, took place in the home of Igor P. candidate for ambassador of Macedonia in Brussels, on the evening of August 20th, macedonian daily Vecer.mk wrote. A diplomat from the Macedonian Foreign Affairs Ministry, who was about to be named Ambassador to Belgium, was stabbed by his wife five days ago. According to the paper, Igor P. informed his wife that he is having an affair. The news shocked the wife, and once she came to, she grabbed a knife and stabbed the diplomat in his back an…
Cocaine again: New drug scandal in Macedonian ruling party SDSM
Senad Smailovic, known as Senko, director of the public company "Ulici i Patishta" (Road Administration), was arrested in Struga on Saturday with two packets of cocaine. This was reported by the Macedonian portal Lider, citing the police ticker of the Macedonian Ministry of the Interior. The event was later officially confirmed. Lider reported that they learned from police sources that a large amount of cocaine was found in his possession during the search, but only one case against him as a "drug user" is being opened. As…
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…
MoFA confirms the death of two Macedonian citizens in two multi-vehicle crashes in Serbia
The police department in Jagodina, Serbia, informed Macedonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday that two Macedonian citizens were among those killed in two multi-vehicle crashes on a key highway in Serbia. Seven people were killed and 27 others injured in the accident, which involved 34 cars and trucks and probably happened because of the fog, police said. The collisions took place on both sides of the main north-south highway in central Serbia, 110 kilometers southeast of the capital, Belgrade. Serbian state TV said so…
Macedonia charges 13 over cultural heritage crimes
Macedonian Interior (MoI) affairs spokesman Toni Angelovski declared that Macedonian Public Prosecutor's Office has slammed 13 people with charges over crimes against cultural heritage. Angelovski confirmed that the raid was conducted in efforts to catch an organized criminal group. The police captured several artifacts such as coins, precious and semi-precious stones, antiquities like jewellery, sculptures, ceramics and bronze items, mobile phones, gun holsters etc. Angelovski added: "The damage done is not yet known, but th…
Macedonia is About To Become The World’s First 'Politically Correct' Police State
George Orwell’s dire warning about a “politically correct” police state is about to become a reality in the Republic of Macedonia if the country implements its recently signed agreement with Greece, as there are many provisions within that document which obligate Skopje to suppress its citizens’ freedom of speech under pane of being taken to the UN and/or the International Court of Justice, and to top it all off, Athens will have the authority to jointly determine what Macedonian children are taught in school as well as what “politicall…
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…
Smilkovsko Lake Case: Parents of murdered teens say DUI officials Aziri and Bejta involved
The parents of the executed teens at Smilkovsko Lake demanded the trials to go faster and for their agony to end. Under moral and criminal responsibility, they went before the court and said the Court was manipulating the fate of their children. They demand that the court announce the identity of the two allegedly unknown persons, whose voices are heard on the recordings of telephone conversations – the newspaper “Independent” reported. They also insist on establishing the responsibility of the five DUI officials, who are openly alleg…
Largest synthetic drug lab in Southeast Europe found in Macedonia
The public prosecutor’s office for organized crime and corruption said Friday that the largest laboratory for synthetic drugs in Southeast Europe has been detected in Macedonia. The operation was carried out in cooperation with the Serbian counterpart institution and the country’s ministry of interior. “The public prosecutor’s office for organized crime and corruption, supported by the police, found Thursday an installation for unauthorized production of synthetic drugs, seizing large quantities of narcotics and raw materials for …
Czech Republic to keep assisting Macedonia in guarding of its southern border
The Czech Republic will keep sending policemen to Macedonia to help the country to guard its border with Greece, First Deputy Interior Minister Jiri Novacek said after a meeting with Macedonian Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski. The cooperation between the ministries of both countries has been intensified since the migrant crisis in 2015, Novacek said, pointing out that the Czech Republic has been granting expert assistance to Macedonia on various security matters. The Czech Republic, he added, highly appreciates Macedonia's effo…
Greek police block migrants' march to border with Macedonia
Police blocked some 200 migrants and asylum-seekers Wednesday from leaving a city in northern Greece for the Macedonian border in hopes of traveling on to other European Union countries, AP reported. Dozens of officers in riot gear used shields to push back the migrants near the center of Thessaloniki and blocked the road with police buses. The marchers, who included families with young children, refused to leave and sat down in the street. No one was hurt in the brief confrontation. The migrants, most of them from Syria, Iraq and…
Pustec Mayor Temelko Arrested
Pustec mayor Edmond Temelko was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Skopje, the Interior Ministry told Macedonian media. An international arrest warrant was issued earlier Tuesday for Edmond Temelko, the mayor of Pustec municipality in Albania. The Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) brought criminal charges against Temelko, political leader of the ethnic Macedonians in Albania, for electoral fraud during the 2013 municipal poll in Macedonia. The Criminal Court accepted the SPO motion and ruled a 30-day detention for Temelko. Previously, an int…
Slovakia donates boots for Macedonian police officers
Slovakia donated Wednesday 1,500 pairs of boots worth EUR 113,000 for Macedonian police officers. Slovak Ambassador Martin Bezak handed over the donation in the attendance of Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski. "The successful cooperation that gained intensity during the migrant crisis when Slovak police officers assisted the Macedonia-Greece border controls, continues to enhance", said Minister Spasovski. He added that the arrival of the tenth contingent of Slovak police officers is expected soon.
Eurobarometer: Macedonian citizens don’t trust the judiciary, the police and the political parties
Macedonian citizens have the least confidence in the judiciary system, the police, the public administration, the government, the parliament and the political parties, show the latest polls conducted by “Eurobarometer.” With over 50%, the citizens trust the army (51%) and the European Union (53%). The research was conducted in May this year i.e. before the forming of the new government and was published last month. The polls refer to the citizens’ perception in the 28 countries – members of the EU and the five candidates for a mem…
Seven people injured in heavy crash on the Skopje – Tetovo highway
Seven passengers, including one child, were injured in a car crash on Tuesday early afternoon on the Skopje – Tetovo highway. A Peugeot Boxer hit a Volkswagen Sharan with Albanian license plates and then slammed into the pay-toll booth near the village of Glumovo. All of those injured are from the Peugeot van and all are Albanian citizens. They are being provided treatment in the Skopje Clinic complex.
One dead, 27 injured in bus crash on Veles-Skopje highway
A woman died and 27 passengers were injured when a bus filled with tourists crashed on a highway near the Macedonian town of Veles on Sunday night. Health Minister Arben Taravari, through his Facebook profile, informed that a total of 27 injured passengers from the bus were admitted to the hospitals in Skopje and Veles. A total of 17 patients have been taken to the Mother Teresa clinical center, of whom four in the Clinic of anesthesia, reanimation and intensive treatment (KARIL) - one patient with abdominal bleeding, one with a t…
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