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After public speculations appeared that Macedonia could lose the visa-free regime with the EU due to forged passports in the Ministry of Interior, the European Commission reminds that the security of personal documents is crucial. “What we can say is that the issue of document security is one of the conditions for visa liberalization, according to which visa-free countries have ...

As it was announced last week, the Government on Monday announced the list of persons who are currently engaged through copyright agreements for specific tasks that can’t be provided by staff. This comes after previously consulting with the Agency for Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information on the modality of personal data protection of associates covered ...

Inclusive approach and motivation of greater youth participation in all election cycles is the goal of the first “Manual for Young Voters” published by the State Election Commission (SEC) in cooperation with the OSCE Mission. SEC emphasizes that the manual is an initiative to establish more direct and greater two-way communication between them and young people, in order to provide ...

193 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours out of 1,192 tests, while 34 COVID-19 patients have passed away. MoI reports that during the same period the curfew was violated by 49 people, and 512 sanctions for not wearing a mask were issued. The total number of COVID-diagnosed persons in the country since the beginning of the ...

The Skopje Criminal Court has determined 30 days detention for the six suspects for marijuana smuggling, arrested in Friday’s police action in Prilep, the court confirmed for Kanal 5. The Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption says that the detention measure for all suspects was requested due to the danger of escape, influencing witnesses and repeating the crime. They ...

The VMRO-DPMNE City of Skopje Committee organized a protest in front of the Ministry of Health under the motto “Let’s wash away the shame of Filipce” on Saturday. Protesters demanded the resignations of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Health Minister Venko Filipce. According to them, the general hospitals across the country are full and do not have basic medical equipment, ...

The Health Ministry informed that Friday, Saturday and Sunday had 1,174, 1,092, and 687 registered new COVID-19 cases respectively. During the same period 120 persons infected with the virus passed away. The total number of diagnosed patients in the country since the beginning of the epidemic is 141,844, the number of recovered patients is 116,780, the number of deaths is ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission has uncovered misuse of personal data and suspicions of money laundering by bookmakers, while checking tax returns of officials. In the tax return of an official, 20,000 euros of profit from games of chance were discovered, for which he himself was not aware of. The Ministry of Interior, the Financial Police and PRO will investigate such financial ...

The upcoming Easter and Ramadan holidays and the conditions in which due to the pandemic, caution will be necessary when celebrating the holidays in the country, was the topic of Thursday’s meeting between President Stevo Pendarovski and leaders and representatives of religious communities. According to his cabinet, President Pendarovski stressed the importance of the role of the heads of religious ...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expects that this month around 300 thousand vaccines from different manufacturers will arrive in the country, ensuring smooth continuation of the vaccination process. Zaev says that at the moment, according to the number of vaccines that are available in the country, the capacities of the vaccination points are not fully used. When that happens, said Zaev, ...