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Defocusing and “Burying News”: You do the press conference, and I’ll get you on prime time
As election day approaches, the battle for media appearances has escalated, with it, comes the start of the theft of prime-time media slots and press conference coverage.
What follows are just three examples:
November 3, 2016
1. Oliver Spasovski announces a press-conference concerning Dime Spasov’s car accident
2. Dime Spasov gives an interview on television, just before the Interior Minister's press conference, at...
After Jankuloska, Now Andonov Uses David Beckham’s Stolen Jeep
Oliver Andonov, the additional Deputy Minister of Interior, drives a “BMW X5” jeep, which the former Minister of Interior, Gordana Jankuloska also drove as an official state vehicle for almost her entire term in office, "Meta" has learned.
However, the jeep also happens to be the exact same vehicle the media identified as former football star, David Beckham’s jeep,...
MOI Has Dismissed Those Responsible For Provocation at the US Embassy and “Vault” Case
Today, Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski dismissed 11 managers from various sectors of the Ministry.
Senior sources from within the Interior Ministry confirmed for "Meta" that some of them have been dismissed over the incident involving the “Alfa” unit exercise near the US Embassy in Skopje and due to the investigation led by the Special Public Prosecutor, the "Vault" case.
Among...
Minister for one day – Tactical move by the VMRO-DPMNE to gain control over MOI before elections
Appointing Oliver Andonov, a former professor at the MIT university in Skopje, an activist for the Civil Movement for Defense of Macedonia (GDOM), as minister of the Interior for a day is the latest tactical manoeuvre of the VMRO-DPMNE. The ruling party has done this to secure key positions with the personnel in the Interior Ministry so they can...
Gruevski’s Security Detail Bursts into TV21 to Delete Photos
Members of the former Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski's security detail broke into the "21TV" television station and demanded that one of their journalists hand over photographs he had taken of the head of the ruling party walking down the street, says the television station.
An article from "TV21" stated that the journalist saw the former Prime Minister walking around the city and...
Professor Bobek Shuklev was arrested during police operation
University Professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Economics at UKIM ( the University of St Cyril and Methodius), Bobek Shuklev was arrested today during a police operation which was carried out at the university, say the media, citing sources from within the investigation.
According to information which for now, has yet to be confirmed by the Ministry of...
MOI: Man recording protests in front of MRTV is a police officer, inquiry follows
The person filming yesterday's protest by the "Colourful Revolution" in front of "Macedonian Radio Television" is a member of the Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU), confirmed MOI.
"It has been confirmed that the person is a member of the Rapid Deployment Unit, and we have taken measures to find out under whose order he was filming”, said the Interior Ministry, adding...
The person who fired a weapon in Kapistec found dead in an apartment
In the afternoon at about 13:20 pm, a person fired a gun from a balcony on the street Naroden Front in the neighbourhood Kapistec, it s already believed probably committed suicide confirmed for the Ministry of Interior (MOI). They still say inspect and now know that the person is found dead in the apartment.
Some of the media reported from...
Migrants break through fences near Gevgelija, police use tear gas to force them back
This morning, a large group of migrants, who have been stranded at Idomeni, used a makeshift battering ram with which they managed to break through the wire fencing on the southern border with Greece, and enter onto the Macedonian side, so reports the "BBC".
The British state Broadcasting Company reported that on video footage from the site, one can see...
MOI: 617 migrants from Afghanistan stranded at Tabanovce as Serbia refuses them entry
Over 600 migrants from Afghanistan are currently stuck in the reception camp at the Macedonian-Serbian border-crossing of Tabanovce, after Serbia closed its border to migrants with citizenship from Afghanistan, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) told "Meta".
The MOI, also told "Meta" that they deny the information from news agencies and some of the Greek media that Serbian and Macedonian authorities have...
Spasovski: Without a new, crystal clear and reliable voters list, fair elections will not be possible
The deadlines for renewing the electoral roll have been missed. After all the abuse we found and we have only we scratched the surface around the way personal documents were issued by the MOI, who voted, it is more than clear that the existing voters' list is disputable, with strong indications of criminal data within the list, which compromises...
Zaev: The MOI, the Prosecution and the Court should push the investigation into the ID cards to the end
The government through its own media are trying to distort the facts in the case of the forged identity cards, said SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, when asked about the case.
“At one point they mentioned and emphasized that these ID cards are not meant for the use for election, but today they blame the opposition for this case. You need...
Gordana Jankulovska received a PhD in the Science of Security
The former Interior Minister Gordana Januloska received a PhD in the field of security. She did her doctoral at the Security Faculty in Skopje on the doctoral thesis on "Modern methods in combating transnational financial crime."
Due her to progress in science and new academic title, Gordana Jankulovska posted on her Facebook profile about her recent achievements, written in Macedonian...
The health of the ten migrants has worsened who sewed their lips shut
The health of the ten migrants who sewed their lips has worsened. They took this course of action in protest because police did not let them cross the Greek-Macedonian border. Yesterday they did not eat or drink water. Today, there has been no new cases reported.
Economic migrants from Iran, Pakistan, Somalia, Bangladesh, and Morocco for almost a week now...
MOI: The situation on the border with the refugees is normal
The situation on the northern and southern border of the state is normal, said the Interior Ministry, adding that the registration of refugees is normal and there was no-one being held in detention centres.
According to the Interior Ministry, the border with Greece, there are about 700 people who are not allowed into the country because they do not qualify...
ARM: We will stay at the border as long as necessary
Macedonian Army Soldiers (ARM) who were dispatched to the south border, two days after the Government declared an emergency situation because of the large inflow of migrants, said they will stay at the border to assist the police if needed, commented for Meta the ARM headquarters.
Colonel Gjorgovski from the headquarters says the army will stay there “as long as...
No light at the end of the tunnel: Many refugees leave and just as many arrive on the Greek islands
New way of migrants and refugees, mostly coming from Syria, is expected to reach the Macedonian border to the south. Greek media repored that around 5 in the morning, the ferry Elifterios Venizelos, carrying 2500 migrants, set off from Mitilini to the island of Lesbos. The ferry is expected to reach Piraeus today around 5:40. From the port, the migrants...
Kotevski: The emergency situation is still in force until there are safe conditions for it to be revoked
The decision to declare an emergency situation on Wednesday, August 19, was brought by the Government due to the large inflow of refugees and migrants. This decision is still in force, told Meta the deputy minister for public relations of the Ministry of Interior, Ivo Kotevski.
How long the emergency situation will last, based on which the Government also dispatched...
Chavkov and Kurz visit the border zone at the Macedonia – Greece border
Minister of Interior Mitko Chavkov and the Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, who is visiting the country, will visit the town Gevgelija which was in the focus of the international media because of the unfolding crisis with Middle Eastern refugees.
“Today, August 24, at 10:30 in Gevgelija, the Minister of Interior Mitko Chavkov will receive the Austrian Minister of Foreign...
Migrants penetrate the police and army cordon – The police responds by firing stun grenades
A group of migrants penetrated the cordon made of police and army troops. The migrants are moving towards the train station in Gevgelija, reports RTS.
RTS’s reporter said the police has fired stun grenades. The migrants are passing through places where there are fewer police and army groops.
The Ministry of Interior does not have information regarding other incidents. They added...
