Monthly Archives: February 2019

PPO: No one assisted Gruevski in his Escape from Macedonia

The Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) found that no official person had helped or participated in the organization and realization of Nikola Gruevski’s escape. So far, the evidence obtained has led to the conclusion that there were certain shortcomings in the actions of the competent institutions, but they did not constitute a criminal offense and were not within the competence ...

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Prosecutors to discuss Wednesday SPO’s Authorisations over disputed Cases

The Public Prosecutor of Macedonia Ljubomir Joveski scheduled for Thursday a collegium of the public prosecutors, on which they will discuss the request for professional opinion by the Basic Court Skopje 1 over several cases and investigations of the Special Public Prosecution (SPO). This follows the decision of the Supreme Court of Macedonia which states that SPO is not authorised ...

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Road Conditions, 07.02.2019

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on at places wet roads. Lowered visibility of around 30 to 50 meters because of fog is present around Straza, Gjavato and Pletvar. Mavrovo-Debar will be open for heavy vehicles from 5:40 AM. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica ...

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Protocol for Accession of Macedonia in NATO to be signed Wednesday

An official ceremony of signing of the Protocol for Accession of Macedonia to NATO will take place on Wednesday, 6 February, in Brussels. The Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs that the representatives of the 29 member-states of NATO and the Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov will sign the Protocol, which then will be ratified by the national parliaments of ...

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Pavlopoulos: Balkan EU members should support Skopje in EU Integration

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos believes that all Balkan EU member-states (Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Romania) should support the accession of Macedonia in the EU. “We support the European perspectives of FYROM. However, Skopje has to respect and fully implement the Prespa Agreement, and any attempt for different interpretation of its content or avoiding of some of its directives may result ...

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Croatian Vice-PM and DM Krsticevic visits Macedonia

The Croatian Vice-PM and Defence Minister Damir Krsticevic paid on Tuesday an official visit to Macedonia. Krsticevic met in the Macedonian Government the PM Zoran Zaev, with whom he spoke about the integration of Macedonia in NATO and EU, as well as the adoption of the Prespa Agreement. “We are working hard on implementing all necessary reforms in this process, ...

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Vice-PM Osmani meets State Officials from Ireland, Finland

The Vice-PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani hosted on Tuesday delegations from Ireland and Finland, headed by Irish Minister of State for European Affairs Helen McEntee and the State Secretary at the Finnish Foreign Ministry Samuli Virtanen. “Ireland and Finland are both great friends and supporters of Macedonia, having in mind the fact that Ireland managed the EU presidency back ...

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VMRO-DPMNE reveals Names of potential Presidential Candidates

The Vice-president of VMRO-DPMNE Vlado Misajlovski revealed at a press conference on Tuesday the names of candidates that applied on the open call of the party for election of presidential candidate for upcoming election. The 9 candidates in the run for VMRO-DPMNE’s presidential candidate are: university professor Nikita Sekutkovski, president of the Energetics Chamber at the Economic Chamber of Macedonia ...

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Freedom House: Macedonia partially free country

In its “Freedom in the world 2019” report by Freedom House, Macedonia has been listed among partially free countries. These countries also include other countries of the region such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia. The report says that government in Macedonia is attempting to root out corruption and other systematic abuses that were present during the previous ...

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Road Conditions, 06.02.2019

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on at places wet roads. Lowered visibility of around 30 to 50 meters because of fog is present around Straza, and down to 10 meters at the Mavrovo roadways. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – ...

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