Monthly Archives: April 2021

Joveski Holds Online Meeting Discussing State Department Report

Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski held an online meeting with the public prosecutors of the offices in Macedonia, reads the statement from the Prosecutor’s Office. The topic of the meeting was the latest report of the State Department on the human rights situation in 2020, which in the part for Macedonia notes exceeding the deadlines for investigations. Public Prosecutor Joveski asked ...

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Spasovski: Investigation into Passport Forgery Likely to Be Expanded

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski says the investigation is likely to expand after Tuesday’s arrest of police officers involved in forging passports in order to see, as he puts it, all other aspects related to the case. One of those arrested, according to Spasovski, had contact with the leader of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski. Spasovski adds that there are indications ...

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State Audit Office Determines Weaknesses in Constitutional Court

The Constitutional Court has not adopted a work program, has not established an internal audit, nor accounting records for procurement and issuance of materials, shows weaknesses in the inventory of assets and liabilities, and for some procurement of goods and services does not apply the provisions of the Law on Public procurement. These are the conclusions from the final audit ...

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1,302 New COVID-19 Cases, 51 Deaths in Past 24 Hours

1,302 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours out of 4,438 tests, while 51 COVID-19 patients have passed away. The percentage of positive tests in the weekly report ranges from 21.0 to 35.2%, or an average of 29.3%, with an increase of 1.7% compared to the previous week. Health Minister Venko Filipce informed on Wednesday that eight ...

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Spasovski Reports on Police Action Against Forging Documents

The Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski at a press conference with details of the action in which nine police officers were arrested for forging passports, and another is wanted. The investigation, which lasted more than a year, was coordinated by the US Embassy Investigation Office and Interpol. The employees issued passports with fake, foreign identities of persons, foreign citizens with ...

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Brussels Hopes Negotiations with Skopje Will Start After Bulgarian Elections

The European Commission stated to Brussels correspondent that they do not want to go into details about the political situation in Bulgaria after the elections held on Sunday, but they hope that Skopje and Sofia will reach a compromise. Enlargement Commissioner Ana Pisonero briefly agreed to comment that Brussels “encourages both Bulgaria and Macedonia to find a mutually acceptable solution ...

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Nikoloski: SDSM Fallen so Low That They Slanders International Organizations

“SDSM fell very low and they have to invent things, because they do not know any better, and slander as ordered because Zaev has no answers to my questions related to the hearing,” said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski answering a journalist question related to the accusation from SDSM spokesperson Kostadin Kostadinov, claiming that Nikoloski allegedly received bribes as part ...

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1,259 New COVID-19 Cases, 45 Deaths in Past 24 Hours

1,259 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours out of 4,555 tests, while 45 COVID-19 patients have passed away. The Health Ministry also informs that at the moment 1,744 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalised at clinics around the country. The total number of COVID-diagnosed persons in the country since the beginning of the epidemic is 136,426, the ...

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New Restrictions: Hospitality Facilities Closed for 14 Days, Curfew From 20:00

The hospitality facilities are closed for two weeks and curfew will start two hours earlier, from 20:00 until 05:00 in the next morning. In addition, fitness centres are closed and conferences and various trainings are banned, as per the new restrictive measures announced by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Health Minister Venko Filipce after the emergency government session. The main ...

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Zaev: We Will Wait for Bulgarian Government to Be Formed Before Talks

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expects resumption of talks on overcoming differences with Bulgaria after the formation of the new government in Sofia, in the spirit of friendship, good neighbourliness and cooperation under the 2017 Good Neighbourly Agreement. “First of all, I would like to congratulate the Bulgarian people on the successful elections. I expect the new government formed in Bulgaria ...

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