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The Council of Public Prosecutors of North Macedonia (CPP) is set to examine on Wednesday the appeal filed by Head of the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organised Crime (BPPOOC) Vilma Ruskovska. Ruskovska’s appeal is put up on the daily order of CPP on their 63rd session scheduled for Wednesday morning. Ruskovska filed the appeal over the decision for her suspension ...

Former Director of the Security and Counterintelligence Department Saso Mijalkov turned himself in at the Struga Prison on Monday, where he is to serve a three-year prison sentence. Mijalkov was one of the defendants in the Empire case, for which he pleaded guilty and reached an agreement with the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organised Crime (BPPOOC) for a shorter ...

The State Electoral Commission (SEC) published on Saturday evening the preliminary results of the local elections held in the municipalities of Centar Zupa and Mavrovo-Rostuse for new mayor and in the Municipality of Tetovo for new municipal council. In Centar Zupa, where 3,340 citizens out of the 3,395 registered with right to vote cast their votes for the only candidate, ...

Leader of the Alliance for Albanians (AA) Ziadin Sela announced on Sunday afternoon that he is officially withdrawing from the top position in the party. The decision for Sela’s withdrawal was made during a meeting of the central board of the party, following the local election in Tetovo, at which AA did not manage to win a single seat in ...

Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic stated in an interview for Alsat TV that the government is finalising the preparations of the negotiation structure for start of the screening process in September with the EU. “Around 15 September we will finalise all preparations and will notify all ministries about their role and duties in this process. It is important ...

President Stevo Pendarovski attended and addressed on Friday the 55th International Seminar for Macedonian Language, Literature and Culture, which takes place in Ohrid from 17 August till 2 September. “Not a single document or declaration cannot secure the existence of a language if it is not alive, i.e. if no people use the language,” Pendarovski said. At a press conference ...

The Ministry of Defence Observed on Thursday the Day of the Army of North Macedonia (ARM), 18 August, which marks the 30th jubilee of the formation of ARM back in 1992. The celebration, which include a parade of soldiers from different departments of ARM, was attended by President of North Macedonia and Supreme Commander of ARM Stevo Pendarovski, Prime Minister ...

The Macedonian team of the Macedonian-Bulgarian Historical Affairs Commission came out with a reaction after the numerous accusations levelled at them from different entities that they have allegedly approved “Bulgarianisation” of historical figures and part of history with their latest decisions and recommendations. “We must point out that the recommendations for the history books changes and those for mutual observation ...

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski met on Thursday the newly appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom to North Macedonia Matthew Lawson. At the meeting, the interlocutors reiterated the great friendship between North Macedonia and the United Kingdom, and voiced pledges for further and improved cooperation. Ambassador Lawson extended greetings over the progress of North Macedonia in the negotiations for EU membership, ...

Prosecutor Lile Stefanova will be the temporary replacement of head of the basic Public Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecution of Organised Crime (BPPOOC) Vilma Ruskovska, after she was temporarily suspended on Tuesday. Stefanova, who used to process the cases Empire and Vodno Plots, will take over the basic work of Ruskovska, whereas Ruskovska is yet to decide who of the prosecutors ...