19 August 2016
The Dutch donation of medical aid for the floods have arrived in Skopje, said the Dutch Embassy in Macedonia. Holland, after the Macedonian government requested assistance within the Civil Protection Mechanism of the European Union decided to donate contingent medical supplies worth over half a million euros. The shipment contains 20 pallets of equipment for […]
17 August 2016
The Minister for Foreign Affairs sent a notice to all embassies on August 9 asking for financial assistance and a list was put together of the products needed to help deal with consequences of the floods. “The ministry shall attach a preliminary list of specific items needed, which may be handed out as the situation […]
16 August 2016
Holland is donating medical assistance worth more 500.000 euros, and should arrive in Skopje this week, stated the Dutch Embassy in Skopje on their official page on ‘Facebook’. “The devastation in some areas is so great, and that is why we are sending medical assistance. It is very important that these supplies reach the affected […]
15 August 2016
Work on the Ferris Wheel continues today, even though yesterday Parliament adopted conclusions that funds from the state budget will be taken from the construction of such objects, and if necessary, be re-allocated to deal with the consequences of the floods that hit Skopje and the surrounding areas. Journalists from “Meta” today noticed workers where […]
14 August 2016
The government of the Republic of Macedonia today adopted measures aimed at citizens in areas affected by the floods in the Skopje region. The Minister of Health, Nikola Todorov who presented the measures, stated that the first measure will be to provide 100 percent compensation to the citizens from the crisis regions where the most […]
13 August 2016
Seven days have passed since the floods hit Skopje, and the Macedonian media have reported the catastrophic floods very differently, especially on how the government is handling the tragedy. While some criticize and say the situation is catastrophic, and organizing aid is very, there have also been reports of food theft and that only those […]
12 August 2016
Six days after the catastrophic floods in Stajkovci, there is still chaos and disorder. No-one knows who is helping, who will give food and water and when can the public expect machinery that will help clear up the debris from their homes. Anyone can see that the situation is much worse in reality through social […]
11 August 2016
More than 350 claims for damages in the amount of 300 thousand euros have been filed with insurance companies. Insurance companies stated that 320 claims have been made relating to damaged property, and 30 claims for cars and other motor vehicles. According to the insurance claims received so far, most were submitted by members of […]
10 August 2016
Currently, there has been no official initiative to hold an emergency session of Parliament, which is on a collective vacation, and the first scheduled session will be on the 24th of this month. No-one from the Office of Public Affairs is available on the phone. The Parliamentary Group, the SDSM say that so far they […]
10 August 2016
Yesterday the Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bert Koenders sent a letter to the Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki expressing his condolences to all those affected by the devastating floods in Skopje and Tetovo. “On behalf of the Netherlands, I would like to express my sincere condolences to the government and people of the Republic […]
10 August 2016
The Commission for Relations with Religious Communities and Religious Groups stated that Pope Francis through the Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin sent a telegram to express his condolences to Skopje’s Bishop Kiro Stojanov for the flood victims in Skopje and the surrounding area. “After hearing of the dramatic storm that hit the city and […]
10 August 2016
An expert team from the European Union have begun to assess the damage caused by the freak storm which hit Skopje and the surrounding area on Saturday evening, stated the EU Ambassador to Macedonia, Aivo Orav. The experts were sent to the country after Macedonia enacted the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Today, EU experts assess […]
9 August 2016
Some of the families of those killed in the floods in Skopje were allowed to take home the bodies of their loved ones. 11 bodies have been released to the families, and in the chapel in the main graveyard of Butel in Skopje, 3 more bodies are expected to be buried soon. Families of 14 […]
8 August 2016
The president of the ruling party, the VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski cut his holiday in Turkey short, as the media have put it, “in order to help deal with the serious consequences of the storm and heavy rainfall”, and “to inspect the damage personally”. In a disaster and tragedy of such magnitude, any help and assistance […]
24 August 2015
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski visited the villages Tearce and Poroj, which were flooded during the severe storm that caught the region. He was accompanied by the Minister of Transport Vlado Misajlovski. They checked the progress on the river bed which had to be repaired and broadened. Gruevski and Misajlovski visited flooded homes in the village […]
19 August 2015
Foreign experts are working together with the Protection and Rescue Directorate to survey by helicopter the flooded areas in the Tetovo region. The goal is to determine what exactly happened on August 3 and what are the reasons for the overflowing of the rivers and the eroding of the ground that overwhelmed several villages. From […]
10 August 2015
Shipkovica’s residents, with the help from the Army found the body of six year old Drita Ameti, who had disappeared on the first day of the floods in the Tetovo region, reports TV station „Alsat-M“. Drita’s body was found under the ruins of her cousin’s house, not far from her home.
6 August 2015
A portion of the motorway that connects Tetovo and Jazhince is still blocked due to the large landslide that brought rocks and debris, brought on by Porojska Reka, during the storm that caught the Tetovo region. Motorists are detouring through the road to Poroj and are instructed to observe caution on bridges which have sustained […]
5 August 2015
Macedonian Army soldiers with rescue dogs and the residents of the village Shipkovica, are searching for the body of six year old Drita Ameti who is supposed dead in the floods that caught the Tetovo region. The crew is looking for a sixty one year old resident of Lisec who had disappeared after the storm. […]
4 August 2015
Construction debris that is being heaped on the slopes of Shar Planina is what caused the casualties in the villages located in the foothills, claim residents of Mala Rechica. -Years back, people are piling on construction materials on the mountain. The rain caused all this debris to slide down. This is what killed the children […]
