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Any suggestion that the US wants to run some court resolution is false, the country’s Ambassador to Macedonia, Jess Baily says, among other things, in the letter sent to Criminal Court President Ivan Dzolev on 18 December. In it, the Ambassador urges judges not to point to the Embassy as responsible for decisions they make when it comes to detention ...

On Thursday, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti called on the Macedonian and Greek opposition to join the final part of the process to implement the Prespa Agreement. According to him, the building of the newer history will start on 9 January. The opposition in the two countries, the DUI leader stressed, should be part of those decisions. “We therefore call on ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country, with the exception on mountain roads that might be still wet. 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 – ...

The deadline to file requests in the case concerning the 27 April 2017 attacks in Parliament has expired. The former Director of the Public Security Bureau, Mitko Cavkov, hasn’t filed a request, his lawyer, Saso Dukovski, said on Wednesday. Four other defendants, Igor Jug, Jane Cento, Igor Durlovski and Dusko Lazarov, haven’t filed a request either. The Criminal Court has ...

For now, it’s certain that 76 MPs will vote in favour of the constitutional changes, according to PM Zoran Zaev. He hopes the two-thirds majority will be secured. “76 MPs with whom I have talked have confirmed, but that doesn’t mean that all others are refusing,” the PM said on Wednesday, adding that he believed that support could come from ...

The SDSM-DUI ruling coalition filed on Wednesday draft changes to the Criminal Code that would reduce sentences for the act of abuse of the public call procedure, awarding a contract for public procurement or public-private partnership regulated by Article 275-c. The prison sentences of minimum five years will be reduced to four, which will lead to a shorter period for ...

The trial over the Target-Fortress case, opened by the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO), was postponed for 29 January upon a request from former UBK head Saso Mijalkov’s lawyer, Ljupco Svrgovski. The lawyer requested the postponement because of the testimony of the SPO’s witness, Gjoko Lazarevski, because it contains professional terms, while the defence, during cross-examination, isn’t able to ask him ...

Judges from the Criminal Court, during the making of the decisions on detention, were saying they were doing that under dictate from US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Baily. Those pieces of information reached the Ambassador, who, in response, wrote a letter to the Court’s President, Ivan Dzolev, expressing disappointment. This news was reported by the SDK portal on Wednesday, citing ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country, with the exception on mountain roads that might be still wet. 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 – ...

So far, 62 defendants and convicted persons have filed an amnesty request over the case concerning the 27 April 2017 attacks in Parliament. Jane Cento, however, told the Criminal Court on Tuesday he would not file a request. Previously, that had been done by Igor Jug, too. Dusko Lazarov decided to take the same step. Igor Durlovski will not request ...