Monthly Archives: May 2023

Road Conditions 31.05.2023

Traffic on state roads runs smoothly, on dry roads. At certain roads going through ravines, minor rockslides are possible. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE calls for careful driving and adjustment of the speed to the conditions of the road. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on- site and keep all roads passable

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First Vote on Constitutional Amendments at Beginning of July Earliest

“The parliamentary procedure and political negotiations for constitutional amendments can run parallel, there is no need to wait for a secure two-thirds majority,” stated the Speaker of Parliament, Talat Xhaferi, who shares the position of President Stevo Pendarovski. At a press briefing, he clarified that as soon as the initiative from the Government reaches the legislature, there is a deadline ...

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Petkov’s Advisor Accused of Giving Bulgarian State Secrets to North Macedonia

Vessela Tcherneva, a Bulgarian MP and advisor to ex-Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, is under investigation for providing secret information to Macedonia in the negotiations between Skopje and Sofia. Tcherneva is accused of “coordinating the position of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a Macedonian citizen during the negotiation process of North Macedonia with the European Union”. The information, ...

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Judicial Council Accept General Criticism on Judiciary Only

Even after the series of sharp criticisms directed by the Dutch Ambassador Kop and the President of the State Pendarovski, the members of the Judicial Council do not consider taking responsibility. The evaluations that the Council is an illegitimate body and that the members were embarrassed are unpleasant for them, but they assure that they work in accordance with the ...

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Despotovski Thinking About Running for SDSM Leader Once Again

Director of the Directorate for Technical Industrial Development Zones (TIDZ) Jovan Despotovski, revealed in a televised appearance that in the next SDSM elections, he might again run for party president. After the departure of Zoran Zaev from the presidential function in SDSM, Despotovski ran in the party elections for president, but then the current leader Dimitar Kovacevski won trust. “We ...

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Xhaferi’s Son and Nine Other New Prosecutors Take Prosecutor’s Oath

Barlet Xhaferi and Albulena Abazi, the son of Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi and the wife of the head of the prosecutor’s office for prosecuting organized crime and corruption Islam Abazi, are officially prosecutors. They are among the eighteen prosecutors that the Council chose last week and now they took a solemn oath that they will perform the office of public ...

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City of Skopje: DPMNE-SDSM Coalition Hinders Skopje

“The coalition DPMNE-SDSM works against the interests of the citizens in the Skopje City Council. The President of the Council from the ranks of VMRO-DPMNE today refused for the fourth time to put on the agenda in the Council for voting the proposal for the purchase of new eco-buses for the needs of the citizens. Only because of the anti-people ...

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Road Conditions 30.05.2023

Traffic on state roads runs smoothly, on dry roads. At certain roads going through ravines, minor rockslides are possible. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE calls for careful driving and adjustment of the speed to the conditions of the road. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on- site and keep all roads passable.

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Verdict on “Modular Hospital” Case to Be Announced on 5 June

The court process in the case of the fire in the Tetovo modular hospital that broke out in September 2021 has ended. Due to the volume of the case, there will be a verdict next Monday, 5 June, at noon, said judge Jordan Velkovski after the closing statements of the prosecution and defense. The prosecutor’s office maintained that the two ...

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Judicial Council Rejects Claims of Dutch Ambassador About Election

The Judicial Council (JC) functions legally and in accordance with the powers given in the Law on the Judicial Council, this was concluded at working collegium, which rejected as unfounded the claims of the Dutch ambassador Dirk Jan Kop that the new president of the JC was elected in an illegitimate procedure and therefore, the four-year project financed by this ...

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