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Were children from the Ss Cyril and Methodius Children’s Art Studio, organised by the Small Montmartre of Bitola, exploited for political purposes during a trip to Bulgaria? The information that at the start of July, during a visit to Sofia, they met Bulgarian President Rumen Radev in the presidential palace, has sparked numerous reactions. The video shows part of Radev’s ...

Developments related to an Audi car fire in Skopje have sparked numerous political reactions. The car is linked to First Deputy PM Artan Grubi. Albanian-language media said Saturday the vehicle was used personally by him, but sources told Sitel that Grubi’s name was not mentioned anywhere in the documents concerning the vehicle. A Bekir Limani is the owner of the ...

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.

US Ambassador Angela Aggeler held a press-conference yesterday at which she discussed the designation of Jordan “Orce” Kamcev. “Yesterday, the United States Department of Treasury designated Jordan “Orce” Kamcev under Executive Order 14033 for corrupt acts and criminal offences. I hope recent actions from Washington have made it very clear that the United States can and will continue to use ...

Regarding the designation of businessperson Jordan “Orce” Kamcev, Justice Minister Krenar Lloga expressed satisfaction. “What has happened to Mr Kamcev was expected,” he said, adding nonetheless that the judicial organs in North Macedonia were actually not seeing that. In the capacity of Judicial Council member, Loga will ask for oversights regarding procedure in all cases where Kamcev is a defendant ...

On Thursday, Chief Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski organised a coordination meeting with Interior Ministry representatives, led by Public Security Bureau Director Saso Tasevski. The goal was additional intensification of cooperation and speeding up of action on cases. At an operational level, multiple ways and procedures were considered to improve mutual coordination in order to increase efficiency with regards to criminal ...

On Thursday, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said his institution was taking all actions according to its competences regarding the Trust case. The State Attorney said it had taken all measures and legal activities to protect the country’s property rights and interests. The State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) suspects that people close to businessperson Sead Kocan, who’s in prison, ...

The Constitutional Court didn’t make a decision on Thursday on whether the law on the basis of which Justice Minister Krenar Lloga issued the Guidelines, according to which there is an ethnicity column in birth, death, and marriage certificates, is mandatory. There were not enough votes to accept the initiative challenging the provisions regarding the ethnicity aspect. The Court’s President, ...

Despite VMRO-DPMNE’s position on the constitutional changes issue, SDSM hopes that there will be MPs that will, as the ruling party said on Thursday, prioritise state interests and vote in favour. Regarding the latest comments by opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski, SDSM once again said that he shouldn’t isolate North Macedonia if he wanted to isolate himself individually. The same day, ...

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.