23 September 2020
The so-called “Macedonian teenagers” who set up networks of fake news sites in the lead-up to the 2016 United States election continue to turn a profit — not so much for themselves anymore, but for producers looking to capitalize on the exaggerated trope, Global voices reports. To recap: In 2016, a group of Macedonians from […]
11 August 2020
There is still no action by the authorities towards the introduction of a combined travel pass for both trains and public transportation, that would be used by citizens who travel everyday between Skopje and the nearby cities such as Veles, Kumanovo, and Tetovo. The public entreprise Railways of RNM- Transport informed Meta.mk that there haven’t […]
10 June 2020
Whether the dross from the former lead and zinc processing plant in Veles will be transported to Malaysia will be known in three months from now. The deadline of six months of the Malaysian government to decide whether it will greenlight the import of waste or ban it, has expired at the beginning of this […]
31 May 2020
The leafy vegetables, especially the parsley, in Veles, have the highest concentration of heavy metals. The soil analyses conducted in 2018 and 2019, show that the vegetables the people in Veles consume, have 1.5 times higher concentrations of lead above the approved limits and 2.5 times higher concentration of cadmium. This pollution is a result […]
25 March 2020
The Government has made a decision to ban the movement of all citizens during the weekend in the period between 4 pm until am, the next day. This was decided because the number of people infected arose to 177. The Health Minister Venko Filipche informs that a patient from Debar had passed away. She was […]
10 March 2020
Since the humankind’s first moment of awareness of its existence, it has been prone to abusing the communications for spreading gossip and, inevitably, lies. The renowned Israeli author and history professor Yuval Noah Harari argues in his book Sapiens: A brief History of Humankind that gossip is the foundation of our species’ survival and stands […]
22 July 2019
The slowness of the Macedonian administration and the institutions’ disinterest for quick solving of ecology problems are the main reasons why the poisonous knoll with remains of the waste from smeltery that is still poisoning the citizens of Veles. Even though the Government at the 86th session that took place in September last year has […]
16 November 2016
Macedonian teenagers from Veles have become a global attraction after part of the world’s media claimed that the residents of Veles through their propaganda websites with fake news influenced the US election and helped the Republican candidate for US president, Donald Trump, get into the White House. Last April, after Meta wrote about five young people […]
10 November 2016
The group of young people from Veles who were the owners of hundreds of websites that published propaganda in favour of the newly elected President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, say that they do not believe their “portals” had any influence on the outcome of the presidential elections. Most of the propaganda […]
4 November 2016
Last year, the Macedonian city of Veles, which has a population of 45.000 people, witnessed a digital gold rush when citizens opened at least 140 websites which promoted propaganda for the Republican Presidential candidate, Donald Trump, reported the American website “Buzzfeed”. In the article “Buzzfeed” quotes the text from “Meta” News Agency which was published […]
7 April 2016
At least six websites, which are prone to reporting news with a propaganda intent in favour of the USA Republican Party Presidential candidate Donald Trump, have been discovered to be registered by Macedonians living in Veles! According to the owners of these websites Veles is full of such websites, and similar “portals” looking for more […]
25 December 2015
Cut off from civilization in the 21st century, there are almost ten thousand inhabitants of the villages of Veles. For years have been asking for the dirt roads to be paved which is meant to be planned in the Municipalities budget. They were planned in the annual budget. Instead of 16.800.000 denars for the construction […]
20 February 2015
Basic Court in Veles reached verdict in the case “Oreshe” this afternoon. Gjore Petrovski, who was accused of ordering the murder of Lazo Miloshevski in 2005, received a prison sentence of 13 years, while brothers Ordan and Ljupcho Georgievski got 10 years each. The court accepted the charge that Petrovski ordered and paid for the […]
15 February 2015
Several hundred people, under the slogan “Every our child is Tamara”, gathered at the Youth Park in Veles today to express anger and to demand accountability from health authorities for the death of nine-year-old Tamara Dimovska, who had been suffering from scoliosis and died waiting for approval of the seventh operation. – Today we gathered […]
