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The prosecution has provided most of the documentation needed to investigate the procurement of traffic offense software by the General Secretariat of the Government, headed by Dragi Raskovski, prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska informs Kanal 5. Due to the secrecy of the case, which is under investigation, she said that the materials are being studied and did not want to comment on ...

890 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours out of 3,284 tests, while 35 COVID-19 patients have passed away. 1,024 patients have been registered as recovered in the past 24-hours. MoI reports that during the same period the curfew was violated by 15 people, and 480 sanctions for not wearing a mask were issued. The total number ...

The problem with duplicate ID numbers started in 1981 and after its discovery, the annulment of these ID numbers began immediately and that procedure has been underway, during which time many of these ID numbers have been annulled. In order to fully and timely update the ID numbers, the statement added, the Department of Civil Affairs, the Sector for Administrative ...

One month after the scandal with the disputed software for traffic violations, Dragi Raskovski resigned from the position of secretary for monitoring and support of the Government institutions. In a letter submitted on 12 April, addressed to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who expressly accepted his resignation, Raskovski said the reasons for his withdrawal were related to preserving his dignity and ...

Bulgaria and North Macedonia should turn to the future instead of the past, and historical issues should be left to historians – was the main messages from European Parliament’s standing rapporteur for North Macedonia Ilhan Kyuchyuk and Chair of Parliament’s delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee Andreas Schieder at Wednesday’s online press briefing. The two expressed hope that ...

Extraordinary coordination meeting was convened by the President of Parliament in order to unblock its work, including that of the working bodies, given that some of the parent bodies have been suspended for more than 5 months. The coordinators of SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE informed PS Talat Xhaferi on which points an agreement was reached for unblocking. Xhaferi stressed that there ...

A day after Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met with the leaders of the Albanian opposition parties and announced that progress had been made on a final agreement on the Citizenship Law, VMRO-DPMNE and the Alliance for Albanians and Alternative withdrew the amendments. The Macedonian opposition party will release the Law on Citizenship, and the Albanian opposition will clear the way ...

Former director of UBK Saso Mijalkov, the first accused in the “Vault” case for abuse of official position and authority, was sentenced to a single sentence of eight years. The former head of the Fifth Directorate of the Ministry of Interior, Goran Grujevski, who is inaccessible to the law enforcement authorities, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. “The defendant ...

Parliament, within Tuesday’s part of the work on the agenda of the 32nd session, started the debate on the National Strategy for Prevention of Corruption and Conflict of Interest 2021-2025. The chairwoman of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) Biljana Ivanovska pointed out that corruption undermines trust in the institutions of the system and the efficient use of ...

After the meeting at Parliament with the leaders of the Coalition Alliance for Albanians and Alternative, Zijadin Sela and Afrim Gashi, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that they had made successful progress and a serious step forward in the talks, emphasizing that by the end of the week they will be able to finalize the Law on citizenships. “We talked ...