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The trial over the Extortion case proceeded on Friday with the testimony of journalist Hristijan Banevski, a former employee at 1TV, the TV house owned and managed by Extortion prime suspect Bojan Jovanovski. Banevski revealed before the court that the journalists in 1TV were given directions by Jovanovski related to the editing policy of the medium, what they can and ...

PM Zoran Zaev published a Facebook status in which he reveals the date when he reported the Extortion case to the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organised Crime (PPOC). “I reported the case on 22 April 2019. Around 10 days before businessman Orce Kamcev submitted to PPOC all materials related to the Extortion case, I had a meeting with Public Prosecutor ...

PM Zoran Zaev announced on Wednesday that if the Parliament of Macedonia does not adopt the fundamental laws for the best interest of the citizens, he will not withdraw from the position of PM on 3 January 2020. According to the Przino Agreement for snap parliamentary election, the PM incumbent is to resign from his position 100 days before the ...

The Parliamentary Committee on Political System held in the Parliament on Wednesday a debate over the Draft-changes to the Electoral Code of Macedonia. MPs from SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE attended the debate, but the VMRO-DPMNE MPs left it after the starting presentations. The MPs from DUI and BESA boycotted the debate and did not attend it at all. The law-changes focus ...

The Parliament of Macedonia continued on Wednesday the 126th plenary session, in which several laws and decisions were adopted. With 55 votes in favour and 10 against, the Parliament officially appointed Plamenka Bojceva as the new Director of the Agency for Protection of the right to Free Access of Public Information, and with 59 votes in favour and 12 against ...

Businessman Zoranco Mitrovski, who serves as Honorary Consul of Latvia in Macedonia, provided in court on Wednesday his testimony in the Racketeering case. Mitrovski explained that he has been asked 2 million euros from Racketeering prime suspect Bojan Jovanovski in order to stall an investigation against him processed by the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office (SPO). “From the media I found ...

A poll conducted by the Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation (MCIC) and the Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” indicates that SDSM is the most popular political party among the majority of citizens. When asked which party they would vote for in the upcoming snap election in April 2020, 22.1 % of the citizens said they would vote for SDSM, 20.4 ...

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on mostly 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 ...

PM Zoran Zaev said on Tuesday that it is possible for the snap election scheduled for 12 April 2020 to be delayed. “I’ve said many times that we should not delay or postpone elections, but we also must stick to our duties before the citizens and the national interests. I call upon the Parliament to adopt all necessary laws on ...

Head of Macedonian delegation in the Joint Commission of Macedonia and Bulgaria for resolution of historical and educational issues Dragi Gjorgjiev reported on Tuesday that the Joint Commission is on a temporary break. “The work of the Commission is not interrupted, as the colleagues from Bulgaria tend to claim. Instead, we agreed to have a temporary break due to the ...