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The State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) assessed as a ‘serious attempt to politicize’ its work, the statement of the President of Alternative, Afrim Gashi, regarding the SCPC Initiative for criminal prosecution of Husni Ismaili from this party, for abuse of official position and authority while he was Minister of Culture. The State Commission for Prevention of Corruption has ...

“If it is formally proposed for the Parliament to discuss any solution with Bulgaria, the Parliament will not run away from it, especially if the solution is in favour of the citizens and the state,” Parliament Speaker Xhaferi said at a news briefing. Xhaferi clarified that in the country’s system of foreign relations and foreign policy the executive is responsible, ...

Assured that North Macedonia and Bulgaria would soon find a solution to the dispute, but without setting deadlines, French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune concluded his visit to Sofia, before Paris took over the presidency of the EU in ten days. At the moment, no specific date can be set for North Macedonia, said the French diplomat ...

“Democracy also means responsibility. With my resignation, I take responsibility and set an example for the civic duty of future leaders, but I also give another contribution to strengthening the democratic capacity of the country,” said resigned Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in a Facebook post, informing that he resigned from office to the President of the Parliament, Talat Xhaferi. “It ...

In less than 12 hours, former head of UBK was released from custody by the Appellate Court and then remanded in custody by the Basic Criminal Court at the request of the prosecution, but for another case. Mijalkov will remain in custody for at least another 30 days after the Basic Criminal Court in an urgent procedure accepted the proposal ...

In the large police operation that has been carried out since the morning, the police detained ten people from Kumanovo, Skopje and Tetovo, including police and customs officers. Nine people are suspected of committing the crime of smuggling, three of them for unauthorized trade in precursors, and cocaine was found and confiscated from one of them. During November 2021, four ...

“The region wants to be one. An open Balkans is the best message the region can bring. Open Balkans not only promotes regional cooperation but also achieves regional cooperation. Your regional cooperation is good for both the EU and the Western Balkans,” stated EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi in his welcoming address online at a meeting of the initiative being ...

The State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) at the continuation of the 57th session decided to stop the case against former President Gjorge Ivanov for promotion and appointment of persons in the Army. The director of the SCPC, Biljana Ivanovska, pointed out that the procedure is being closed, that given that the factual situation has been overcome and changed, ...

When asked by a journalist whether there should be pardons for prisoners, Pendarovski said that during the course of the year there are 5-6 so-called pardons, while two are mandatory which are called festive or collective on the occasion of the New Year and 2 August. Pendarovski clarified that the pardons go through several levels before they reach the President. ...

The prime ministers of North Macedonia and Albania, Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, in an article for the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), called on the new German government to support the Open Balkans initiative. “We hope that the new government in Germany will accept and support the Open Balkans initiative as a contribution ...