On Monday, with 110 votes in favour, zero against, and no abstentions, Parliament adopted in the shortened procedure changes to the Road Traffic Safety Law, extending the validity of driving licences containing the previous constitutional name until 31 December 2024. Prior to the vote, Levica MP and leader Dimitar Apasiev said the changes being adopted were forced and didn’t represent ...

Monday saw a lot of new reactions to the personal documents issue prior to the adoption of the changes extending the validity of driving licences containing the previous name of the country. VMRO-DPMNE MP Igor Janusev said his party would file a lawsuit against ex-Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski and a request for citizens to be compensated for the procedure to ...

In an interview with the Top Tema (Top Topic) show on Telma, caretaker Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said yesterday that 525,000 active driving licences containing the new constitutional name had been printed. “When it comes to valid licences containing the previous name, there are 272,000. Those are valid licences that haven’t been renewed to include the new name. Now, with ...

Expatriates in Canada have told Telma that the Consulate in Toronto has informed them there aren’t travel certificates for those with passports that are not valid. “The Consulate told us that they will have ‘most probably’ arrived by 22 February. No medium is covering this,” a viewer said in an e-mail to the TV station on Monday, asking whether the ...

On Monday, Parliament elected Ilir Demiri and Naim Bajrami as Health Minister and Information Society and Administration Minister, respectively. However, the session was marked by accusations not only over the election, but also over other topics. Caretaker PM Talat Xhaferi said regarding Ilir Demiri that his work in the health sector spoke volumes. Regarding Bajrami, he said he was a ...

On Monday, President Stevo Pendarovski met with US Ambassador Angela Aggeler. They discussed political events in the country since the formation of the caretaker cabinet and on the eve of the elections, as well as the overall development of bilateral relations between the two countries. In continuity, North Macedonia pays particular attention to the development of friendly relations and bilateral ...

At today’s meeting of the Central Assembly of Alliance for Albanians, an initiative was launched to dismiss Arben Taravari as party leader, Ziadin Sela, who, according to the Statute, heads the Assembly, pointed out on Saturday. “We were waiting for him to come where he belongs, which is at this Assembly, as the highest organ between two Congress sessions. He ...

On Saturday, Alliance for Albanians leader Arben Taravari delivered an address at a party gathering in Gostivar. “The change will happen and nobody is able to stop it,” he stated. Asked whether he would officially enter a coalition with the ethnic Albanian opposition bloc, he said he would meet the leaders next week in order for them to decide when ...

On Friday, before midnight, Parliament dismissed Fatmir Mexhiti and Azir Aliu, both of who are part of Alliance for Albanians and support party leader Arben Taravari, as Minister of Health and Minister of Information Society and Administration, respectively. As caretaker PM Talat Xhaferi said during the session, the decision is not being made for professional reasons, that is, it is ...

On Saturday, commenting on the developments related to Alliance for Albanians, SDSM leader and ex-PM Dimitar Kovacevski said the EU integration road couldn’t be limited to the issue of whether Arben Taravari has left the Government to join the opposition. As he added, Taravari is not a key player to the country’s future and he has his own political calculations. ...