Monthly Archives: July 2023

Proposal for Constitutional Changes Enters Parliament

The proposal for constitutional changes has entered Parliament. Speaker Talat Xhaferi said on Wednesday it had been submitted to MPs. The plenary session has been scheduled for 18 August. Previously, it will be considered by the Committee on Constitutional Issues on 25 July. The debate lasts up to 10 working days. According to Xhaferi, if there is political will, the ...

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DUI Official Guri and Others Detained in Police Operation

DUI official Ismet Guri, who was sentenced on Friday to 3.5 years in prison in the Titanic 3 case (a non-effective verdict), was one of those detained during the police operation on Wednesday. As the Prosecutor’s Office and Interior Ministry said, that was done for his involvement in an organised scheme for tax fraud during his term as Public Revenue ...

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US Department of Treasury Designates Businessperson Kamcev

The US Department of the Treasury designated on Wednesday businessperson Orce Kamcev. “Mr. Kamcev abused his position, engaging in corrupt activities and pursuing a self-serving agenda at the expense of North Macedonia’s democratic institutions and citizens,” Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson said.

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SCPC to Notify Prosecutor’s Office over Three Cases

The State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) will file an initiative before the Prosecutor’s Office over suspicions of abuse of personal data of citizens through the Office for Management of Registers of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, as well as two companies, Novatek Inv and Aucta. In 2021, they won the 500,000-euro tender for digitalisation of the Office started by ...

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OTA Denies ‘Untruthful Contents’ over Predator Spyware Procurement and Use

The Operational-Technical Agency (OTA) has once again denied that it has procured and used the Predator spyware. As it said on Wednesday, the trend of creating and announcing “untruthful contents” by political centres of power and placing them in part of media unfortunately continues. “Since the implementation of reforms in the field of communication interception and the OTA’s formation as ...

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Grkovska once Again Reacts to Case over Use of Grubi-Headed Ministry Premises

Deputy PM for Good Governance Policies Slavica Grkovska will consider the case in which DUI leader Ali Ahmeti and officials from his party talked to France’s Laurence Boone, Germany’s Anna Luhrmann, and Poland’s Szymon Szynkowski vel Sek on the premises of the Ministry of Political System and Inter-Community Relations, headed by First Deputy PM Grubi. Grkovska stated on Wednesday she ...

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Road Conditions 19.07.2023

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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Government Adopts Text of Initiative for Constitutional Changes

At a session on Tuesday, the Government adopted the text of the initiative for constitutional changes and decided for the document to be submitted to Parliament. According to the initiative, Bulgarians and another five peoples will be included in the Preamble and Articles 49 and 78, that is, the Bulgarian people, Croatian people, Montenegrin people, Slovenian people, Jewish people, and ...

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Boone, Luehrmann and Szynkowski vel Sek Meet Xhaferi and MPs

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi and MPs held a meeting on Tuesday with France’s Laurence Boone, Minister of State for Europe, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, German Minister for Europe Anna Luehrmann, and Poland’s Minister for the EU, Szymon Szynkowski vel Sek. The country is committed to achieving the strategic goal of EU membership, but there is ...

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DUI: Mexhiti-Related Developments not to Affect Majority’s Stability

DUI’s Parliamentary Group has said that though it regrets that Izet Mexheti is leaving the party and taking MPs Merita Kollçi Koxhaxhiku and Kastriot Rexhepi with him to the opposition, that will not affect the ruling majority’s stability. Though SDSM hasn’t officially commented on the latest developments in relation to Parliament, representatives of the ruling party, too, off the record, ...

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