Monthly Archives: December 2022

Session for Parliamentary Questions Held

The central topic at Thursday’s session for parliamentary questions was the issue of controversial Macedonian citizenship documents. VMRO-DPMNE MP Dragan Kovacki asked PM Dimitar Kovacevski whether he had known before he had picked Zarko Milosevski as Director of the Agency for National Security, that he, as an operative, had signed the document concerning Oleksandr Onyschenko and if he hadn’t, whether ...

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Mickoski Expects Next Year to See Successful No-Confidence Motion

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski expects 61 MPs to be found in 2023 for there to be a successful no-confidence motion against the Government. After that, he expects Parliament to be dissolved and early elections to be held. As the VMRO-DPMNE leader stated on Thursday, he has signals, while there is a big chance of 14 or 21 May being election ...

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BESA: Government Fights only to Satisfy Interests of ‘DUI’s Clans’

BESA will not form a pre-election coalition with VMRO-DPMNE. As the leader of the party, Bilall Kasami, said on Thursday, the coalition with SDSM was a mistake BESA wants to avoid repeating. In his view, the Government fights only to satisfy the interests of “DUI’s clans”. Kasami’s standpoint is that the constitutional changes can be made after elections too because, ...

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Anti-Pollution Measures Reactivated in Skopje

The threshold of alarming due to excessive pollution has once again been activated in the capital. The Environment and Physical Planning Ministry said on Thursday the threshold had been exceeded in the settlements of Lisice and Centar. As a result, the recommendations and measures for protection have entered into force. On Thursday afternoon, according to IQ Air, Skopje was the ...

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Interior Minister Spasovski Meets US Ambassador Aggeler

On Thursday, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski held a meeting with US Ambassador Angela Price Aggeler. Spasovski expressed gratitude for the US support for the Interior Ministry with regards to strengthening capacities and all processes carried out through projects intended for police. Among the priorities and goals on which the Ministry has been focused on over the past period and will ...

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Democratic Union Expects Next Year to See Strong Challenges and Changes

Democratic Union expects 2023 to be a year of strong challenges and changes. “Our assessment is that in May, parliamentary elections will be held and a wide coalition government will be formed, while the PM will be from the party that will win most MP seats. Next year, main priorities will be reform in the court system, review of the ...

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Mostly dry road conditions are reported across the country with moderate traffic outside urban areas and no delays at border crossings. Fog reduces visibility to 100 meters at Gjavato mountain pass. As of Nov. 15, 2022, winter equipment in vehicles is mandatory until Mar. 15, 2023, regardless of the weather. As of Nov. 3, 2022, traffic is diverted from part ...

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Taleski’s Sentence in Transporter Case Reduced

After a consideration process for the appeals in the Transporter case that lasted nearly three years, the Court of Appeals has said it has reached a decision. According to the charge, the defendant, ex-Bitola Mayor Vladimir Taleski and accomplices embezzled around 360,000 euros through a tender for organised process for organised transport of students in Bitola. With the Court of ...

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Tupanceski: Comments on Target-Fortress and Bar Exam Matters

“It can be seen from a helicopter that something is not right,” Justice Minister Nikola Tupanceski says regarding the developments in relation to the Target-Fortress case. As he adds, the case was at the Court of Appeals for as many as 9-10 months. However, Tupanceski stresses that the judges’ responsibility should be assessed by the Judicial Council. Regarding the bar ...

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Mickoski: No Individual Negotiations with VMRO-DPMNE MPs

Regarding the issue of constitutional changes, at a briefing with journalists, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said on Wednesday there was no individual negotiations between the ruling structures and MPs from his party. As he added, in the next parliamentary elections, in its programme, VMRO-DPMNE will have an offered solution to the problems with Bulgaria and unblocking the integration process. Several ...

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