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Regarding the cases being investigated by OLAF, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said on Thursday his party had been talking for six years that SDSM and DUI were involved in crime and corruption. “It’s good that it is becoming clearer to our partners from Europe,” he said. According to Mickoski, the future government led by his party and organs under it ...

The peer review mission sent by the EU entered the Judicial Council on Thursday. In the first stage, a team of four representatives will go through the work of judges and evaluate their work. Former Croatian Supreme Court President Branko Hrvatin, who leads the mission, told Sitel on Thursday he was coming to Skopje as part of an expert visit, ...

According to President Stevo Pendarovski, the judiciary is at its lowest point. He presented that stand in an interview with the Fokus weekly, saying there was no need for him to voice an assessment of the judiciary because citizens did so. As Pendarovski noted, there have been problems in the judiciary since 1990 because it has never become independent from ...

“Today’s first ministerial meeting marks the start of Initiative 8, which, in addition to transport and energy connectivity along Corridor VIII, will serve also as a political platform,” Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani said at Thursday’s press-conference in Brindisi, Italy, together with the counterparts of the countries that are part of the cooperation, Italy’s Antonio Tajani, Bulgaria’s Mariya Gabriel, and Albania’s ...

Traffic on state roads runs smoothly, at some places roads are wet. 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.

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 European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has opened 36 investigations for the Western Balkan countries, Euronews Albania has reported, adding that these investigations, which have been made public and are accessible on OLAF’s official website, are reported to have been conducted over the past 5 years. According to the data, 18 of 36 investigations initiated for the Western Balkan beneficiary countries ...

Commenting on the latest information about European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) data concerning North Macedonia, the Secretariat for European Affairs, which is the coordinator of EU funds for the country, said on Thursday other institutions had the data. The Finance Ministry has so far not given an answer about the matter. Telma contacted the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Without giving a specific ...

The peer review mission announced by the EU Delegation’s Head, Ambassador David Geer, at the start of this month, will be in North Macedonia on Thursday and Friday (27 and 28 July). According to the announcement, the process will consist of two stages, that is, Thursday and Friday will see the mission only determine what it will look into. In ...

The parties’ stands on the constitutional changes remain unchanged. As SDSM MP Martin Kostovski said on Wednesday, adopting the changes is the last chance for VMRO-DPMNE and its leader, Hristijan Mickoski, to support the interests of the country and its citizens, and prove they are genuinely in favour of EU membership. On the other hand, VMRO-DPMNE said again that there ...