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Traffic on state roads takes place in winter conditions, on mostly dry roads. 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 conditions. The duty teams of JP MAKEDONIJAPAT ...

Reactions to North Macedonia’s decisions regarding the Ukraine resolutions issue have continued. At Thursday’s meeting of the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), held in Skopje, Ambassador Michalis Rokas said it was important for North Macedonia to hold on to the EU’s fundamental values and principles and actively demonstrate that within multilateral fora, including in the UN. The EU Ambassador, ...

When it comes to North Macedonia’s decisions regarding the Ukraine resolutions, UK Ambassador Matthew Lawson said on Thursday that though sometimes there could be different stands, what mattered was that there was an agreement on the major issues. “Support for Ukraine is an absolute priority for our countries. The PM [, Hristijan Mickoski,] has made it clearly known, as has ...

At Thursday’s Q&A session of Parliament, PM Hristijan Mickoski again criticized the judiciary and Chief Prosecutor Ljupco Kocevski. “There are opposition party MPs who, instead of taking the side of the voice of the people, have stood in the defence of Kocevski. Considering the confidence level in the Prosecutor’s Office is not higher than 2-3%, that begs the question as ...

At Thursday’s Q&A session of Parliament, during a debate on the living standard of citizens and how much milk a family drinks every month, answering a question asked by Slavjanka Petrovska, Finance Minister Gordana Dimitrieska-Kocoska said the SDSM MP, not her, needed almond milk. “On the basis of what do you talk about mothers that have children and how do ...

Former Suto Orizari prison head Filip Andov and his associate, Saso Krstevski, have been arrested, Sitel has reported regarding the operation on Thursday. The investigation is nonetheless covering also other former and current employees suspected of being part of a well-networked criminal scheme. Some of them are suspected of unlawfully releasing prisoners and agreeing on escapes by using their positions. ...

In the Additive case, a bill of indictment has been filed against 31 persons and five companies. The suspects have been charged for unlawful procurement of additives worth over 6.5 million euros from a small company owned by a cousin of a former ESM director. There are suspicions of unscrupulous operation, criminal association, money laundering, public call procedure abuse, and ...

Traffic on state roads takes place in winter conditions, on mostly dry roads. 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 conditions. The duty teams of JP MAKEDONIJAPAT ...

In Wednesday’s interview with Alsat, when it comes to SDSM’s accusations over the Ukraine resolutions issue, PM Hristijan Mickoski said that even though there had been in the past accusations that he was anti-America, the opposition party was now taking issue with “us having exceptionally good cooperation with American President Donald Trump’s administration”. As he pointed out, SDSM has the ...

In response to Venko Filipce’s comments on the Ukraine resolutions issue, VMRO-DPMNE said on Wednesday that the SDSM leader was rushing and drawing wrong conclusions. The ruling party’s leader, PM Hristijan Mickoski, reacted, too, saying the decision to abstain had been aligned with the US, whose resolution had ultimately been adopted by the Security Council. “When the time to vote ...