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Photo: Enrique on Pixabay Neither mass media have recognized that “Ukraine is Done With”, nor should journalists be blamed for the thousands of lives lost in Ukraine, as the post claims. The journalists did not encourage the military invasion of Ukraine, Russia did, while Ukraine responded with the support of its Western partners to defend its right to self-defense. In...

More than 5 months have passed since the tragic bus accident in Bulgaria when 45 Macedonian nationals lost their lives. The Bulgarian prosecution finished the investigation about the causes behind the accident, but North Macedonia's Prosecution is still continuing its investigation, by controlling Besa Trans-Skopje company's complete operations, but also controlling the institutions which should control company's operations, informs...

“Violence against women” is understood as a violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women and shall mean all acts of gender‐based violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts," state Article 3 of the Council of Europe Convention on...

In the aftermath of the tragic accident of the bus from North Macedonia which happened Tuesday night near the Bulgarian city of Pernik, experts and experienced drivers that regularly drive on the "Struma" motorway are asking many questions about traffic security and the road signs on the section. Dimitar Iliev, a Bulgarian road safety expert, Wednesday morning analyzed the motorway...

Prosecutors in North Macedonia have issued orders for post mortem and identification of the bodies of the 14 victims of the blaze the engulfed the COVID-19 modular hospital in Tetovo last night, and an investigation is ongoing whether there are other victims, announced the Basic Public Prosecution - Skopje. "DNA analysis is necessary to establish the identity of some of...

The Health Ministry of North Macedonia informs that according to the data provided by the Public Health Institute -PHI, in the past 24 hours, 1 682 tests were done and 457 new cases of COVID-19 were discovered. Especially alarming is the death toll rise - in the last 24 hours, 30 new patient deaths were registered, 8 of them from...

"Javna soba is a crime act," "The state that oppresses is a state that rapes," "It is not your fault," were some of the slogans that were chanted during yesterday's protest about the Javna soba group on Telegram, where men criminally distributed nude photos of girls and women mostly from North Macedonia. The protest started in front of the Interior...

Two days of mourning were declared in the Republic of North Macedonia following the traffic accident that happened on Wednesday (February 13, 1919) on the E-65 motorway linking Skopje and Gostivar. Fourteen people were killed and 39 injured. At 17 o’clock, the bus from the company "Durmoturs" with more than 50 passengers passed 3 lnes, flew off the highway...

In the first six months of this year, the police filed criminal charges against a total of 388 people suspected of domestic violence, according to statistics from the Ministry of Interior. Of the total number of the perpetrators of this crime, according to the statistics, 94% are men. In most of the reported cases or in a total of 161...

The US State Department has ranked Macedonia one place down in their Index in the fight against human trafficking, they have moved Macedonia to TIER 2, where countries do not even have the minimal conditions in combating human trafficking. “The Government of Macedonia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant...

All 129 victims have been identified from terrorist attacks in Paris, said the French Government. "All 129 bodies have been identified from the terrorist attacks. More than 100 families were able to take the bodies of their relatives from forensic institute, " said the statement. The announcement also says that some of the 221 people at the hospital had serious injuries.

MP Ljiljana Popovska from DRM suggested a minute silence in Parliament to honour the victims of the synchronized terrorist attacks in Paris, before starting the Parliamentary debates on the two items on the daily agenda. The President of Parliament, Trajko Veljanoski proposed the first item of discussion on the agenda the decision to make a public announcement for the election of the...

The French Embassy in Skopje, at 12:00 am, had a minute of silence in honour of the victims from the terrorist attacks in Paris. The French Embassy have left a book of mourning for the public to leave their condolences, which will be open from today until Wednesday, from 10:00 am to 13:00.  

Two brothers and another unidentified person attacked and severely beat up three persons last night in the Kumanovo village of Lopate. The victims were taken to the medical center in Kumanovo. The incident that happened around 19:45 was preceded by a verbal altercation between the brothers and the persons who were later attacked. According to police information, the brothers F....

Three members of the security organs were killed in shootout in the police action in Kumanovo which is nearing its end and the last houses in the so-called area "Diva naselba" are being searched. This information is reported by Kumanovo media, but there is still no official confirmation for it. According to the same unofficial sources, ten people were injured and,...

Residents of Diva naselba in Kumanovo are being evacuated and the police operation is still ongoing. Shots are occasionally heard from the settlement. The approach to the settlement is closed, except for police vehicles and ambulances. No official information on the exact number of injured persons or victims, although the statement of the US Embassy expressed "condolences for the killed." Unofficially, it...