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In an interview with Fokus, Parliament Speaker Afrim Gashi says that the whole situation with his use of an official vehicle to go to a wedding in Kosovo is not as much a result a deliberate attempt to smear him or elementary ignorance of matters that are so simple as much as it is a result of unprecedented resistance to ...

There were optimistic signals following Thursday’s meeting, held behind closed doors, between Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska, the President of the Council of the City of Skopje, Trajko Slaveski, heads of PEs, and coordinators of the Council groups. The meeting focused on the level of public hygiene and public city transport in the capital. Council members said after the meeting that ...

The traffic on the state roads is uninterrupted, on mostly dry roads. All road routes in the country are passable. Smaller landslides may occur on certain road routes that pass through gorges and cuts. JP Makedonijapat appeals for careful management of the vehicles, respect for the posted traffic signals, as well as adjustment of the speed according to the road ...

On Wednesday, 39-year-old K.E. was charged with Tuesday’s murder of 59-year-old businessperson Vasil Eftimov near the Mavrovka Trade Centre. He was also charged with attempted murder and illegal firearm possession, and issued a 30-day detention measure. According to the authorities, the 39-year-old killed Eftimov at a parking lot near the Trade Centre in a premeditated manner and for self-interest. Those ...

“Confidence in the judiciary is disastrous and cataclysmic. There being no legal state is also a security threat to the country,” PM Hristijan Mickoski said on Wednesday, asked why he was adhering to the stand on disbanding the Judicial Council and Council of Public Prosecutors. However, he added again that the Government was ready to hear all sides out. Consultations ...

During a visit to Negotino on Wednesday, PM Hristijan Mickoski described Judge Pajazit Pajaziti, who was the one who made the decision changing the detention measure against ex-KLA member Blerim Ramadani to a house arrest one, as the favourite Judge of SDSM and DUI. As he said, Pajaziti has proven that with his decisions in the past. “Pajaziti is a ...

VMRO-DPMNE will not support the no-confidence motion against Parliament Speaker Afrim Gashi, party leader and PM Hristijan Mickoski said during a visit to Negotino on Wednesday. Mickoski doesn’t see a reason for Gashi to be replaced. “The way he behaves as the Speaker, the way he runs sessions, and everything going on there represents seriously different behaviour when compared to ...

The government doesn’t intend to deal with dark scenarios, PM Hristijan Mickoski assessed during a visit to Negotino on Wednesday in response to DUI’s Kreshnik Bekteshi’s comments that his party was being wire-tapped on the basis of an order from the Government. Mickoski stated that the time of disorder had ended when the new government had been formed. “Politicians who ...

On Wednesday, commenting on the statement made the previous day by Maksim Dimitrievski that it was wrong that VLEN was imitating DUI because Ali Ahmeti’s party was a thing of the past, VLEN co-leader Arben Taravari said he didn’t like the way the ZNAM leader communicated. In his view, the Kumanovo Mayor’s comments are an attempt to score political points. ...

The traffic on the state roads is uninterrupted, on mostly dry roads. All road routes in the country are passable. Smaller landslides may occur on certain road routes that pass through gorges and cuts. JP Makedonijapat appeals for careful management of the vehicles, respect for the posted traffic signals, as well as adjustment of the speed according to the road ...