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The Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecution of Organised Crime and Corruption said on Friday that four Interior Ministry employees had been summoned in relation to a leak of material from special investigative measures in 2014. The Office took action after it had been notified by the Ministry. The four people, who were at that time responsible for the measures, ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on mostly dry 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 ...

Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov held a meeting with the latter’s Croatian counterpart, Gordan Grlic-Radman, in Zagreb on Thursday. The Croatian Minister said Macedonia belonged in the EU, adding that it had deserved to start accession negotiations. Croatia hopes that a decision on that will be made during its EU Presidency. Dimitrov said ...

Ziadin Sela’s Alliance for Albanians and Afrim Gashi’s Alternative will participate in the elections scheduled for 12 April together. Sela said on Thursday that his party had received written consent for a pre-election coalition from Gashi. Alliance for Albanians, however, hasn’t received an answer from the other parties. “In the meantime, we remain open to all other sides interested in ...

Footage from security cameras of businessperson Orce Kamcev’s home, as evidence of prosecutors, was presented at Thursday’s continuation of the trial over the Extortion case. The video shows the arrival of defendants Bojan Jovanovski and Zoran Milevski in the home. After more than 30 minutes, they leave the home with a larger Louis Vuitton bag. The videos had been known ...

In an interview with the Top Tema (Top Topic) TV show, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski says his party will focus on complete digitisation in Macedonia. “It would be unserious to now say whether there will be firings from the administration sector. However, there will be a serious functional analysis,” he explains, adding that there will be firings in fields where ...

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 ...

Candidate countries’ negotiations will become less bureaucratic and more political. Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi believes that that is the essence of the changes with the new methodology presented by him on Wednesday that rests on four pillars: stronger political steer, credibility, a more dynamic process, and predictability for both sides. Varhelyi is of the opinion that they did a good ...

Commenting on presentation of the methodology on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said the same day that Macedonia welcomed the Commission’s efforts to improve the accession process. “We believe that this renewed approach will result in a double victory in the coming weeks: in opening negotiations in the frames of a perfected accession process,” he explained. According to Dimitrov, countries ...

VMRO-DPMNE submitted on Wednesday an initiative for Parliament to be dissolved on 12 February. MPs from Hristijan Mickoski’s party said they would not allow the deadline to be extended. The initiative will most likely be supported by DUI, BESA and Alliance for Albanians, Sitel TV reported. SDSM has left room for an insignificant delay if a deal is reached on ...