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On his official Facebook page on Thursday, Tetovo Mayor Bilall Kasami posted a photo of a summons from the city’s Basic Court, requiring a Municipality representative to attend a court hearing on 15 September due to the non-implementation of the Law on the Use of the Coat of Arms, Flag and Anthem during Kosovan PM Albin Kurti’s visit. “Yet another ...

Alil Demiri, one of those convicted for terrorism in relation to the 2012 Lake Smilkovci killings, has been arrested in Kosovo. “Today, the Republic of Kosovo’s police, in cooperation with the Macedonian police, deprived of liberty in Kosovo Alil Demiri, 38, on the basis of an international warrant issued by the Republic of North Macedonia’s Interior Ministry,” North Macedonia’s police ...

Commenting on the Government’s campaign “We are Europe”, which will cost around 80,000 euros, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said on Thursday “these political con artists” didn’t have a right to cite Europe because they are an embarrassment to Europe. Socialist Party of Macedonia, too, levelled criticism, saying it was a repeat of the “big lie told five years ago”. On ...

In a video message on Thursday, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani thanked citizens for the comments and discussion resulting from his video posted 20 days ago. In that video, the Minister was explaining the essence of the negotiating framework with the EU. “It’s noticeable that even though there were numerous comments, nobody presented a tangible argument to rebut the facts I ...

On Thursday, First Deputy PM and Political System and Inter-Community Relations Minister Artan Grubi held a meeting with the new Austrian Ambassador, Martin Pammer. They expressed assurances that the friendly relations between Skopje and Vienna would continue to be developed in the future, while Grubi expressed gratitude for Austria’s support for the reform processes related to the EU path. When ...

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.

Though a campaign, called “We are Europe”, the Government and its Secretariat for European Affairs will in the period ahead inform citizens about EU membership benefits and opportunities. The activities will cost around 80,000 euros. The funds, as Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic explained at Wednesday’s presentation, were planned last year in the frames of the Secretariat, for ...

On Wednesday, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski reiterated his party’s position on the constitutional changes. Regarding the announced visit by US diplomat Gabriel Escobar, Mickoski said it would be the same as any prior visit by foreign diplomats, adding that the constitutional changes were a closed topic, while swift early elections were the solution. The opposition leader stated that he was ...

An Albania-based company is suing North Macedonia before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington, seeking 110 million dollars in compensation. “It’s about Amadeus Group, owned by Besim Elshani and Elisabeth Gjoni. The basis of the dispute is the construction of a hotel and trade centre in the centre of Skopje. According to the lawsuit, the project ...

The exercise of any civil right will not be called into question if new personal documents are not obtained on time, according to Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski. “Now, that question is not being asked at all,” he said on Thursday, when asked whether citizens would be able to use old personal documents to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections. ...