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Regarding the impasse in the negotiations on the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) issue and whether there is a possibility of foreign intermediaries getting involved, President Stevo Pendarovski says in an interview with Sitel TV that it’s his assessment that foreign mediators will not get involved. “We’re waiting for a date for negotiations with the EU and we’re on the verge ...

Justice Minister Renata Deskoska isn’t very optimistic that common ground will be found over the election model that would suit Macedonia the most, considering the wide spectrum of different proposals from political parties. As she said on Wednesday, when she participated in the closing conference of the project for legal protection of voter rights, the Electoral Code isn’t changed without ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on dry roads. 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, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo – Demir Hisar, and Resen – Bukovo. Motorists are ...

During the UN General Assembly in New York, PM Zoran Zaev met Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Zaev said Macedonia’s Government was maximally focused on a constructive approach in building a mutual partnership founded on friendship and joint interest for a prosperous region in the interest of both Skopje and Athens. According to him, the Government is ready to intensify and ...

Ex-Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, a suspect in the Racketeering case, doesn’t want to answer Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska’s questions about Bojan Jovanovski and Zoran Milevski’s racketeering. She wants to first see the evidence in the case. Contrary to expectations, her interrogation on Tuesday didn’t last long. According to her lawyers, it’s in admissible for there to be a hearing process when ...

On Tuesday, VMRO-DPMNE reiterated its stand on the Racketeering case. “Katica Janeva, Bojan Jovanovski and Zoran Milevski, the only suspects, are not alone. They cannot extort 20 euros, let alone 20 million, if they don’t have PM Zoran Zaev’s support. Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska has disgracefully ended the investigation only with these suspects,” party spokesperson Dimce Arsovski said. Regarding former Security ...

The Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office (BPPO) in Skopje filed on Tuesday an indictment proposal for Aleksandar Mitovski, Editor-in-Chief of the www.infomax.mk portal, for the crime of disclosing an official secret of the Criminal Code’s Article 360 paragraph 1. As the BPPO said, the Code was violated as a result of last month’s publication of the minutes of Orce Kamcev’s interrogation ...

In his latest video message, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski that Macedonia has been living in a nightmare for three years. “There is no justice, there are no projects, there is no money for the people, there is no system, there is care, there is no idea,” he points out. According to Mickoski, the only thing that’s clear is that SDSM ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on dry roads. 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, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo – Demir Hisar, and Resen – Bukovo. Motorists are ...

PM Zoran Zaev was part of the traditional working dinner hosted on Sunday night by the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Policy, Federica Mogherini, with the leaders of the Western Balkans partners on the sidelines of 74th UN General Assembly in New York. “In view of the clear European Union perspective the Western Balkans has, the High Representative ...