Monthly Archives: August 2023

President’s Cabinet Reacts to Accusations over Sale of New York Property

President Stevo Pendarovski’s Cabinet has reacted to VMRO-DPMNE’s allegations over the sale of the property of the mission of the former SFRY in New York. “The President’s been informed about that,” it said on Wednesday, adding that 4 million dollars had been received. According to the Cabinet, 3.4 million dolalrs have already been transferred. The remaining amount, 600,000, is expected ...

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Government and Opposition still Divided over Manifesto

On Wednesday, SDSM once again called on VMRO-DPMNE to join the Manifesto. According to the ruling parties, it’s a good basis to build unity around North Macedonia’s European future. SDSM added that through the document, Parliament would define frames of positions on the basis of which all relevant institutions had to act in the negotiations with the EU. According to ...

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Road Conditions 09.08.2023

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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Angelce Nikolov Case: Decision of Court of Appeals Criticised

The reactions to decision of the Court of Appeals to reduce the prison sentence of Angelce Nikolov from 18 to eight years. Nikolov was the one behind the wheel in the case concerning the traffic accident in which Magdalena Ivanova was killed have continued. The All for Fair Trails Coalition says that there is a deviation from the practice so ...

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Five-Member Commission Finds no Oversights in Suicide Case

The five-member commission that conducted expert supervision in the case concerning the woman that had committed suicide by jumping from a window at the Gynaecology Clinic in Skopje has found no oversights in the treatment. The Clinic’s psychologist talked to her, she received no psychiatric therapy, and it wasn’t registered anywhere that the woman had hallucinations and showed signs she ...

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Procedure for So-called Unregistered Persons to Obtain Documents Underway

On Tuesday, the documentation of around 112 citizens without documents was being amended at the Office for Management of Registers of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in order for them to get a birth certificate, while 10 of them were handed such certificates. By the end of the year, all 540 will have been registered in the register of births, the ...

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Customs Administration Seizes 184 Bonds Worth 92 Million Denars

During a routine control at the Skopje airport, the Customs Administration has seized 184 bonds worth 92 million dollars, in four folders. The folders were in a black handbag of a citizen of Turkey that had arrived from Istanbul. The Administration employees discovered the bonds during a scanner control, but also following the additional controls and talk with the passenger. ...

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VMRO-DPMNE Criticises Ruling Coalition’s Manifesto

According to VMRO-DPMNE, with its Manifesto, the ruling coalition has once again missed out on the opportunity for consensus. “Namely, Bujar Osmani, Artan Grubi, and perhaps Bojan Maricic sat down, wrote a document they headlined a manifesto. After they had defined it themselves, they released in a as a press-release through the press- service of SDS with a call for ...

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Police Take Action in Relation to 6 March Old Bazaar Murder

Police officers on Tuesday searched a home and detained 31-year-old G.M. from Skopje, wanted on a warrant issued by the relevant Prosecutor’s Office in relation to the 6 March murder at the Album Shisha bar in Skopje’s Old Bazaar. He’s been held in a police station, the Interior Ministry said. Against him, to the Skopje Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office. A ...

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Road Conditions 08.08.2023

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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