Macedonia Press Review – December 25

Skopje | 25 December 2009 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic

Macedonia Press

Here are the top stories in Macedonia’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

DNEVNIK
The state inspectors are warning that they will start applying the new non -smoking law from the very start of the New Years at midnight. Smoking in all bars, discotheques and restaurants will be banned. At the moment, the state is spending some 80 million euros annually for curing smoking related diseases and for smoking related absences from work, the health minister Bujar Osmani says in defense of the new law.

UTRINSKI VESNIK
The daily in its text “Patriotic Calls for Lynch” reviews the recent lists that appeared in some media seen as close to the ruling VMRO DPMNE party, that contains names of prominent local journalists who are blamed for collaborating with Greece and traitors to the Macedonian cause. The commentator for the daily argues that this is yet another Government led attack against freedom of speech.

VREME
The government decided to strengthen Macedonia’s mission in Brussels by sending additional staff of 13 people to the already present 19 people there. Dragan Tilev, expert on EU affairs has been sent as a minister-advisor there. Unofficially, the centre-right VMRO DPMNE party led government is sending a person that would play the role of “corrector” of the current ambassador, Blerim Reka, a member of the junior government partner, the Democratic Union for Integration, DUI.

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Comments:

I say lynch them all!
2009-12-26 01:39:00

Starting from Crvenkovski, because as Grucho has pointed out, he had all the opportunities to solve the name issue while he was in power, and he did not. From now on, all should bow to Grucho and co. Dissidents shall be shot. Survivors shall be shot again. Glory to propagandaonline.eu for revealing the list of the traitors!!!

"Patriotic Calls for Lynch"
2009-12-26 16:18:41

The exposed names by the media have been known for long time.Because of these traitors of Macedonia,Greece has intensified their demand to destroy the Republic of Macedonia and in the meantime intensify the destruction of the Macedonian minority in Greece and elswhere.The Justice departement must bring these traitors to justice for treason.These people are working for a foreign State,not for Macedonias survival from external threats.This is not freedom of speach,it is treason.The Macedonian people must rise to this challenge the sooner the better.If these named treators of the State were in USA, they would have found thmselves in the jail,or better still in the gas chamber.Treason is the highest crime againts its own State. Macedonia,deal with them!

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Macedonia Press Review – December 25