By mid-December, the Reconciliation Commission will need to propose a draft law concerning an amnesty in relation to the 27 April 2017 attacks in Parliament. The first draft version will be prepared at a meeting it will held by the end of the week. The idea, according to the independent parliamentary group of VMRO-DPMNE, upon whose demand the law is ...
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VMRO-DPMNE Files Information Concerning Air Pollution
MPs from VMRO-DPMNE and its coalition submitted on Monday Information about the Enormous Pollution of Ambient Air. Also, they will request for a public debate at the Transport, Communications and Environment Committee on the matter, where civil society organisations, experts, environmental associations and everyone else that can contribute so that the situation is prevented from deteriorating will be invited. “We ...
Read More »President Ivanov Holds New Meetings During Visit to Jordan
Within the frameworks of his visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, President Gjorge Ivanov met PM Omar Razzaz, Senate President Faisal al-Fayez, House of Representatives Speaker Atef Tarawneh and House of Representatives members. At the meeting with Razzaz, Ivanov said his country had aspired for stable and friendly relations with Jordan since as early as the establishment of diplomatic ...
Read More »Appeals Over Detention for Janakieski and Bozinovski Forwarded
The Criminal Court has forwarded the appeals over the detention measure for former officials Mile Janakieski and Kiril Bozinovski to the Court of Appeals in Skopje, which will review them at a public session once it gets the necessary opinion from the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO). If the measure in the Titanic case is confirmed, the SPO will be able ...
Read More »Road Conditions, 20.11.2018
Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on wet 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 ...
Read More »PM Zaev Expects Gruevski to be Extradited to Serve Jail Time in Macedonia
According to PM Zoran Zaev, there are no dilemmas that former PM Nikola is in Budapest. “We expect him to be extradited so that he serves jail time here,” he said on Friday, publicly asking whether the former VMRO-DPMNE leader had voluntarily left Macedonia or had been kidnapped. The PM stated that he expected answers from both Gruevski and Hungary. ...
Read More »Justice Ministry: Legal grounds to Request extradition of Gruevski exist
According to the Justice Ministry, there are legal grounds for Macedonia to request for former PM Nikola Gruevski to be extradited. “That is The European Convention on Extradition,” the institution pointed out on Sunday. The extradition request is being prepared and necessary documentation being gathered. It is expected to be sent to Hungary as soon as possible. An Albanian police ...
Read More »New Media Reports about Gruevski’s Alleged Route Emerge
Citing Montenegrin Police Administration sources, media in the country report that former PM Nikola Gruevski was taken out of Montenegro towards Serbia by Hungary’s Deputy Ambassador and Consul. He left the country’s territory the day he entered, through Dobrakovo Border Crossing, at 10:16 pm. In Serbia, he entered with a vehicle with licence plates 55A05, accompanied by Zoltan Csaszar and ...
Read More »Gruevski will be Brought back to Macedonia, Zaev says in Interview with 360°
In Friday’s interview with the Alsat-M TV show 360°, PM Zoran Zaev said former PM Nikola Gruevski would be brought back to Macedonia. In that regard, he pointed to the example of former Croatian PM Ivo Sanader. According to Zaev, if accountability is determined for anyone, including himself, they will be held accountable. “However, we cannot dismiss people because the ...
Read More »Borissov: Skopje Joining NATO and EU Sooner is Better for Athens and Sofia
According to Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov, it will be better for both his country and Greece if Macedonia joins the EU and NATO sooner. “There’s no better place than the European Union. In Greece, too, when the crisis appeared, who actually helped it? Who stood next to it? The European Union. If, God forbid, a problem appears, who will help ...
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