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  A PARADE ON THE “DAY OF THE WORKER” IN MELBOURNE

On the occasion of the “Day if the worker”, in Melbourne a parade of more than 100 ethnic groups, which have represented their culture in front of the gathered people through the streets of the capital city of Victoria, was held. In the frames of this parade “Mumba 2006”, the Macedonian community from Victoria, which was led by the group “Majovci”, KUD “Koco Racin” – Skopje and the Association of the Macedonian cultural art groups from Victoria also participated.
The traditional “Mumba”, which usually attracted more than 100.000 fans of the folklore, the customs and the traditions, were transmitted by the Australian media. The Macedonian Association was officially presented with its name. Otherwise, in the frames of the “Days of the Macedonian culture in Australia”, “Majovci”, KUD “Koco Racin” and Naum Petreski successfully attended at two concerts and at the grand Macedonian picnic in the Macedonian park in Melbourne.		  
     
  THE BOSKOSKI’S DEFENSE WAITS GUARANTEE FROM CROATIA

Last week the defense of the former minister of interior affairs, Ljube Boskoski, who is imprisoned in Hague, have sent a report to the Croatian Ministry of Justice that the case “Rastanski lozja” is finished and with second degree verdict for the defendants. The file about the finish of this trial has been sent to the Croatian government as an attachment to the request, to give guarantees for releasing of their citizen Ljube Boskoski from custody.
One of the Boskoski’s lawyers, Dragan Godjo, informed that there is no answer from Croatia so far, but that he hopes that there will be a decision soon, and that the report of the release decision about “Rastanski lozja’’ will help for that.		  
     
 

63 YEARS FROM THE DEPORTATION OF THE MACEDONIAN JEWS HAVE BEEN EMPHASIZED

On 12th of March, in the yard of the Tobacco combine, in front of the monument was laid fresh flower, with which the 63 years from the deportation of 7.200 Macedonian Jews was emphasized. Flowers were laid by the mayor Trifun Kostovski, the mayor of Municipality Centar, Violeta Alarova, the ambassadors of Israel, USA, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Poland as well as representatives of the Jewish community of Macedonia.
They also visited the building site near the church “St. Dimitrija”, where the memorial centre of the Jews is being building. The vice minister of culture Melpomeni Korneti notified that the memorial centre will be fully completed for about three years.

  
     
  DEAD BIRDS CAUSED FEAR AT THE CITIZENS FROM DEBAR

More days in the centre of Debar, there were several dead wild pigeons on the sidewalk as long as the workers from JKP “Standard” gathered them together with the other garbage. The authorities don’t have information for the cause of the bird’s death but they think that the birds have died because of low temperatures. The dead birds caused worry at the citizens from Debar, especially after the news that there is bird flu in Albania.
In the veterinarian station “Medika” recently were brought one dead bird which was found near HEC “Shpilje” and one hawk in the periphery of the city. The analyses didn’t confirm presence of the deadly virus H5N1. Under an order by the Veterinarian management, teams from the station immunized more than 45.000 poultry in the municipalities of Debar and Zupa Centre.
On the border passage Evzoni at the Macedonian-Greek border two disinfection batteries have been set, where the cars that enter or exit from Greece must pass through them.		  
     
 

POLITICAL AND PENAL RESPONSIBILITY BY JAKIMOVSKI?!

The independent syndicate of education, science and culture (SESC) is requesting political and penal responsibility from the minister of labor Stevco Jakiomovski, because he didn’t recognize the legitimacy of this syndicate organization. The president of SESC, Dojcin Cvetanovski, has called on the statement by the state councilor in the Ministry of labor, who dispute the legitimacy of this syndicate.
“The minister Jakimovski didn’t rail from the statement by the state councilor so far, although he attended the negotiations between SESC and the Government, and even the signing of the Agreement. If he thought that SESC is not legitimate, why he didn’t pointed out that at the negotiations”, the president of SESC, Dojcin Cvetanovski, stated.

  
     
  AN ILLEGAL TRANSPORT OF DRUGS HAS BEEN PREVENTED

the Ministry of interior affairs working on preventing of the organized criminal, after the undertaking operative-tactical measures has prevented illegal transport of drugs on relation Republic of Turkey-Republic of Macedonia, whereupon 124 kilograms of heroin were captured, and after additional taken measures by the police four searching were made, whereupon a large quantity of weapon and ammunition was found. During the action the persons A.B. (42) from v. Grushino-Skopje, R.N (45) from v. Morani-Skopje, I.Dz (40) from v. Studenicani-Skopje and P.M (62) from Berovo were arrested. The taking of the measures and of the activities was realized by the leadership of the Section of war against the organized criminal and corruption in the frames of public prosecutor of the Republic of Macedonia. During these measures was confirmed that A.B. in the Republic of Turkey took a large quantity of narcotic drug heroin, from N.N for which at the beginning of March this year he hired R.N to take and transport the narcotic drugs from the Republic of Turkey to the Republic of Macedonia. On the basis by the given orders from the Judge , searching were in three facilities – two in homes in Skopje, a one in catering facility “Fontana”, located in Skopje and one search in sheepfold located at the place called “Bey’s grove”, in the valley between the villages Grushino and Romanovce – Kumanovo, property of the person A.B. The captured drug reaches the price of 370.000 euros. Measures have been taken for fully clearing of the case, respectively discovering of other involved persons, after which appropriate penalties will be submitted.		  
     
  A HELL WEEK FOR THE GOVERNMENT

Four companies which entered the race for buying of the majority package of shares of AD ESM Distribution till 15th of March should deliver their offers. The offers that arrived till 4.00pm, according to the information by the agency “Pristop”, hired by the Ministry of economy in the part for relations with public in the process of privatization, will be sealed in separate box in presence of two notaries. Then accompanied by two representatives from the Ministry and one of the notaries, the box will be allocated in the Government of RM, whereupon will be placed in a safe in a special room, which will be sealed.
The offers by the German “RVE Energy”, the Austrian “EVN”, the Italian “ENEL” and the Czech “CHEZ”, should be opened on 16th of March, after which the commission will proceed with the evaluation behind closed doors.
In front of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia the activists from “Glas za svetlinata” have gathered, with which the hell week for the government that was announced, has began. There was a siege on the Government and ESM and a blockade on six intersections in the city in Wednesday. The purpose of the blockade was not allowing the potential buyers of ESM to deliver their offers. Till the closing of this weekly magazine, it’s still unknown about the eventual new owner of AD ESM distribution.		  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 NEWS

  PUBLIC OPENING OF ESM OFFERS

The opening of the offers for purchasing power distribution segment of the Electric Power Company of Macedonia (ESM) will take place Thursday in the Government's premises.
Austrian EVN, Italian ENEL and the Czech Republic's CEZ offers submitted Wednesday their offers for purchasing power distribution segment of ESM.
The number of bids demonstrates the willingness for investing in Macedonia, Economy Minister Fatmir Besimi said after the submission of bids.
The offers were placed in a safe-deposit box at the Government premises until the public opening.
"Opening of the bids leaves no room for manipulation. All procedures have been respected, the only question is the citizens trust in state institutions," Besimi said.

CONFERENCE ON UNDERSTANDING NATO MILITARY TRANSFORMATION

Allied Command Transformation (ACT) has initiated a conference entitled "Understanding NATO Military Transformation" which will be held March 15-17 in Skopje.
The PfP conference is a strategic seminar for PfP Nations aimed at senior military/civilian level attendance.
During this Partnership for Peace conference, ACT will present and discuss what has been learned from this campaign, and seek information from attendee Nations as well.
Senior decision-makers are to discuss military transformation in a format that allows both presentation and discussion of the "Understanding NATO Military Transformation" theme.

RUSSIAN DUMA CALLS UN WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL 'USELESS'

The lower house of Russia's parliament today unanimously approved a statement questioning the existence of the UN war crimes tribunal at The Hague.
The State Duma statement says all decisions made by the international court since its creation "testify to a high degree of politicization and bias." It also says "double standards have become the norm" at the tribunal and that the court has proved "useless."
The statement follows the sudden death on March 11 of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic.
Milosevic -- in custody since 2001 facing charges of crimes against humanity and genocide -- was found dead in his cell at the tribunal in The Hague. An autopsy later revealed he suffered a heart attack.