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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.

The Supreme Court has partially adopted the application by former secret police chief Zoran Verusevski for compensation of non-material damage concerning unfounded deprivation of liberty and harming of reputation and honour. According to the Court’s verdict, which was published on 3 July, the state will need to pay him around 5,000 denars for every day spent in detention in 2015 ...

Commenting on the Kumanovo Basic Court fire, which, as several media reported, claimed part of the archives, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said on Tuesday that people from the Department of Criminalistic and Technical Examinations and Expertise from Skopje would be participating in the insight to locate the cause and what had burned down. In the morning, Judicial Council President Sasko ...

On Tuesday, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski met with Ambassadors Georg Woutsas (Austria), Jaroslav Ludva (Czech Republic), and Henrik Markus (Slovakia). The meeting was of preparatory nature prior to the visits of the Foreign Ministers of the three countries to North Macedonia, which should take place on Thursday. At the meeting, Mickoski said the Government was involved in numerous “criminal scandals”, ...

Komunalna Higiena (Communal Hygiene) PE employees have returned to work. Garbage in most of the capital has been picked up. However, it’s obvious more time is needed. As Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said on Tuesday if elements of crime concerning endangering the environment are found, police will file charges. He’s waiting for information from relevant inspectors on the ground. SDSM ...

Tuesday saw a joint session of the National European Integration Council and Foreign Affairs Committee, at which Spanish Ambassador Jose Luis Lozano Garcia presented the programme and priorities regarding his country’s EU Presidency in the second half of this year. At the event, the EU Delegation’s Head, Ambassador David Geer said adoption of the constitutional changes without further delay would ...

A Government delegation led by PM Dimitar Kovacevski is taking part in the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. As the PM said on Tuesday, important decisions will bemade concerning defence of NATO members, protection against cyber and hybrid attacks, and promotion of cooperation with Kyiv. “A decision will be made regarding thefunding, that means that 2% of the GDP will ...

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.

Mayors of municipalities in Skopje, on Monday, asked the capital’s Mayor, Danela Arsovska, to submit to them a report on the work of the Drisla and Komunalna Higiena (Communal Hygiene) PEs. Orce Gjorgjievski, Mayor of Kisela Voda, said the Communal Hygiene PE should be disbanded and competences should be transferred to municipalities in the capital. “In our view, with a ...

According to the latest survey conducted by the International Republican Institute (IRI), President Stevo Pendarovski is the politician citizens trust the most, with full trust from 12% and partial trust from 26% of respondents. Ex-PM Nikola Gruevski is second (11% full and 19% partial trust), while VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski is third (8% and 21% partial trust). The survey also ...