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Constitutional Court President Dobrila Kacarska has called on MPs to take responsibility for their constitutional obligations and elect another three judges in order for the institutions to be able to respond to challenges concerning the rule of law and protection of human rights and freedoms. According to Kacarska, precisely because the Court has only six judges, there cannot be a ...

In 2023, the EU is expected to start to change the ETIAS system, according to which passengers that will want to enter the EU will first have to confirm their identity online, send a travel document copy, and answer a series of questions. Additionally, entering the EU would cost seven euros for all passengers aged 18-70. Unlike the current model, ...

Assets of judges, public prosecutors, ministers and MPs will be subject to random checks by the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption. Strengthened fight against corruption is high on the agenda of the Commission’s members for 2023, especially in the judiciary, as well as with regards to the legislative and executive power. It will be easier for the Commission to ...

A commander, a deputy commander, a shift head, and six police officers were arrested last night at Tabanovce Border-Crossing. They are suspected of bribery and abuse of official position, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski confirmed at a briefing on Monday. Searches were conducted both in the workplace of the suspects and in their homes, the Minister noted. “Fighting corruption is a ...

On Monday afternoon, the Mayors of Gazi Baba and Gjorce Petrov, Boban Stefkovski and Aleksandar Stojkoski, respectively, said bomb threats had been made against multiple schools in the two Municipalities. As they added, all students have been safely evacuated. Earlier that day, the institution had said that the bomb threats against another 18 schools in the country (nine in Skopje, ...

BESA leader Bilall Kasami has reacted to PM Dimitar Kovacevski’s stand that “processes of strategic significance” cannot be subject of blackmails. As he said on Monday, he understands the PM is in an unenviable position and, having no political capacity to run the Government, he has interpreted BESA’s political positions differently. Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani is convinced the constitutional changes ...

North Macedonia will no longer have an alibi for the weakness in the system and institutions as of 1 January when it comes to the country’s EU path, according to Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani. Regarding the progress report that will released next year, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani expects it to represent facing the reality. Osmani’s assessment is that so far, ...

Gavril Bubevski, who was part of Katica Janeva’s team, says the now-defunct Special Prosecutor’s Office didn’t deliver on the expected justice. He adds the Office didn’t achieve its mission. Bubevski, who is now Heads Prosecutor’s Office in Skopje, also points out that some cases haven’t been solved in court, while the statute of limitations when it comes others is expiring. ...

Due to the change of the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning’s server, data from the measuring stations about air will not be available to citizens for another approximately ten days. Minister Naser Nuredini apologised on Monday to citizens. However, he added the level was not being hidden, which is why the measures had been introduced. According to the Minister, ...

On Wednesday, PM Dimitar Kovacevski said there wouldn’t be any Government reshuffle. Also, he refused to comment also on the issue of the low trust in the judiciary and Prosecutor’s Office because it was about a separate power in the country.  Regarding the opposition’s questions about the new Agency for National Security Director, Zarko Milosevski, he said the services carrying ...