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On Wednesday, the State Election Commission (SEC) once again said it didn’t have competence to decide on additional Deputy Finance Minister Gordana Dimitrieska Kochoska’s request. Members explained that they didn’t have authority to assess the legality of employment acts, that is, the issued consents for employment in the public sector, as well as in state-owned companies. In the conclusion he ...

The Health Ministry informs that in the last 24-hours 954 tests have been performed which revealed 120 new COVID-19 cases in the country, 64 of which have been registered in Skopje. The total number of active cases in the country is 3550. MoI has reported 412 violations of protective equipment measures for the same period.“If there is any necessity or ...

In the frames of the visit to Brussels, on Wednesday, VMRO-DPMNE Executive Committee member Vlatko Gjorcev and International Secretary Timco Mucunski held a meeting with EPP President Donald Tusk. They talked about the situation in Macedonia. The VMRO-DPMNE members told Tusk that SDSM was exerting serious pressure for the 12 April elections to be delayed. They added that the reached ...

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 ...

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

According to the opposition, the new Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) should be drawn up by a team of six prominent professors. SDSM leader and former PM Zoran Zaev, on the other hand, believes that there is no time to create a new law. The ruling structure will try to get a two-thirds majority without VMRO-DPMNE’s support. Negotiations are already underway ...

On Tuesday, President Stevo Pendarovski started his visit to Warsaw by meeting his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda. At the press-conference after the meeting, Pendarovski described Poland as an important and proven partner and supporter of Macedonia’s road to membership in the EU and NATO. “We continue to work on achieving our strategic goals when it comes to both good-neighbourly policy ...

“We’ll be talking and working constantly in order to achieve the necessary consensus and have a parliamentary majority that will adopt the laws,” caretaker PM Oliver Spasovski said on Tuesday, answering a journalist’s question about the developments related to the Public Prosecutor’s law. In his view, maximum efforts should be made when it comes to dialogue in order for compromise ...

On Tuesday, Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani held a meeting with the OSCE Mission Head, Ambassador Clemens Koja. “The support for this country form the OSCE Mission has an important role when it comes to the elections,” the former said, underlining the importance of the upcoming elections to Macedonia’s European integration road. According to the Deputy PM, it’s ...

“In the frames of the EPP Political Assembly, we’re these two days informing about the crime and corruption that unfortunately take place in Macedonia. They’ve taken on international proportions,” VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski said on Tuesday, mentioning in that regard the alleged corruption scandal involving SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, former Maltese PM Joseph Muscat, and a shady businessperson from ...