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According to the data from the Institute of Public Health, the Ministry of Health informs that in the last 24 hours, 2,100 tests were performed, and 957 new cases of COVID-19 were registered. Out of the total number of positives, 210 reinfections were registered. The total number of persons diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country since the beginning of the ...

The search warrant with which investigators from Ruskovska’s prosecutor’s office entered the Finance Police last week had no substance and it was not clear on what clues and evidence the court allowed it at all, accuses Director Arafat Muaremi. According to him, it was not even known what the investigators were looking for in their premises, when the documents for ...

Prosecutor for Organized Crime and Corruption, Vilma Ruskovska, assessed that the complaint from the financial police puts pressure on the prosecutor’s office and the court. She told Deutsche Welle that the complaint was sent last Tuesday, just one day after prosecutors began searching the state institution. The fact that the information is shared with the public a week later, according ...

Former Government Gen Sec and now convicted Dragi Raskovski was not on vacation in Greece. The man who resembles the former general secretary, whose photo has been circulating on social networks, has confirmed it. A1on confirmed this claim, after comparing the photos where Raskovski is claimed to be, with the publicly published photos of the man from Skopje who claims ...

Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic held a press conference at the government on Thursday, at which he explained the screening process for North Macedonia from the membership negotiations with the EU. “We have solid grounds to deal with upcoming challenges, thanks to all the initiatives we have taken so far which prepared our country for this process. The ...

The executive board of VMRO-DPMNE held a meeting on Thursday evening, at which they accepted the initiative of their leader Hristijan Mickoski for starting procedures for a referendum over the French proposal for accession of North Macedonia in the EU. “In the period to come, our party will conduct broad consultations with legal experts in the field of constitutional law ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs came out with explanation about the unilateral statement addressed to official Brussels about the Macedonian language, as part of the process for start of the EU accession talks for North Macedonia. “The unilateral statement contains references form the definition about the Macedonian language contained in our Constitution, as well as references from the Resolution adopted ...

News web portal “360 Degrees” addressed several questions at the Delegation of the EU in Skopje, after VMRO-DPMNE Leader Hristijan Mickoski claimed on several occasion that North Macedonia has not started the screening process for accession in the EU. “It has been suggested that the screening process that started on 19 July is the same as the monitoring process that ...

VMRO-DPMNE Leader Hristijan Mickoski, commenting on the unilateral statement about the Macedonian language sent by the Foreign Affairs Ministry to Brussels, said that he does not understand the government’s necessity to provide explanations about the Macedonian language, which is already properly codified. “I spoke with several linguists in the past two days, with people who have dedicated their lives to ...

The Infectious Diseases Committee held a meeting on Thursday over the recent increase of the number of new COVID-19 cases, but decided to not introduce new measures and restrictions at the moment. Spokesperson of the Committee Zlate Mehmedovic informed that they health authorities decided to open COVID departments in 5 polyclinics in Skopje at which citizens will be able to ...