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Italy-based journalist Laris Geiser, who published the video of “Racketeering” case suspects Bojan Jovanovski and Zoran Mileski taking from businessman Orce Kamcev 1.5 million euros in cash in his house, announced that he will publish new evidence of the case on Friday. “New details of the “Racketeering” case will be published on Friday, and everything shall become a lot clearer ...

The Deputy PM and Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska says that resolution of major issues and criminal cases in Macedonia should be a greater priority rather than snap election. “The opposition led by VMRO-DPMNE is constantly demanding snap election in order to avoid discussions about the major issues that we need to resolve for the sake of our country’s integration in ...

Delegations of the government, state institutions and political parties observed on Thursday the 18th anniversary of the Karpalak Massacre, in which 10 soldiers of the Macedonian Army (ARM) were ambushed and brutally tortured and murdered during the armed conflict in 2001. The delegations first visited the place of the massacre on the Skopje-Tetovo motorway where they laid wreaths of flowers, ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on dry roads. During the day the temperature reaches dangerous levels and staying indoors is recommended. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, ...

The Council at the Criminal Court in Skopje adopted on Wednesday a resolution claiming that the conditions for extradition of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member Tomor Morina to Serbia have not been met. Morina was arrested in Macedonia during the last week of July, by a search warrant from INTERPOL, and official Belgrade has demanded his extradition to Serbia, ...

  The Deputy PM and Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska announced on Wednesday that the Macedonian Army (ARM) will be able to procure military vehicles from the US Army by the end of 2019. “The Law on Public Procurements allows ARM to conduct modernisation processes in cooperation with a member-state of NATO, without interference of individual interests of natural or legal ...

The Justice Minister Renata Deskoska signed on behalf of Macedonia in Singapore the UN Convention on Mediation, the Justice Ministry reports. “By signing this Convention, North Macedonia sends a signal to all potential investors and trade partners that we accept and implement all international instruments guaranteeing secure trade and resolution of disputes,” the Justice Ministry reports. The ceremony for signing ...

The Basic Public Prosecution (PPO) has officially filed charges against the former Director of the Central Register of Macedonia Andreja Popovski. Popovski was arrested on Tuesday and was taken to the Criminal Court in Skopje for interrogation. From PPO they inform that Popovski is charged with abuse of official position. “While the suspect occupied the position of Director of the ...

The State Office for Management of Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths (OMRBMD) announced that starting on Wednesday the citizenship of the citizens of Macedonia in their birth certificates will be “Macedonian/Citizen of Republic of North Macedonia”. The announcement follows the several cases in the past few days in which citizens were issued birth certificates in which the graph for ...

Several media reported on Wednesday that the police is conducting a search in the premises of one of the companies of Nefi Useini, a member of the Council of the Municipality of Ohrid. As Telma TV reports inspectors from the Ohrid-based MoI department for economic crimes searched the premises of Useini’s company. Useini came to public attention as an owner ...