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Democratic Movement, BESA, and Alternative have said that First Deputy PM Artan Grubi and his party, DUI, are opening three new casino companies and “bringing gambling houses to our homes”. As Democratic Movement leader Izet Mexhiti pointed out on Tuesday, on 11 September, the state published a decision and public call for three new casino companies to be founded. The ...

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.

The Pardon Draft-Law will be considered at the Government session that will be held on Tuesday. According to PM Dimitar Kovacevski, current and former officials will not be pardoned. Regarding the Criminal Code changes, on Monday, he again said it was about alignment with the EU acquis. Asked why the changes hadn’t been backed by Justice Minister Krenar Lloga, the ...

  PM Dimitar Kovacevski has declined to comment on the accusations between VMRO- DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski and ex-PM Nikola Gruevski, as well as on the accusations that Gruevski is helping the ruling structure in the constitutional changes process. However, as he said on Monday, he is still optimistic that there will be votes from opposition MPs committed to North ...

The main remark of both Judicial Council President Sasko Georgiev and Council of Public Prosecutors President Antonio Jolevski regarding the Criminal Code changes is the quick and non-transparent adoption. The Justice Ministry didn’t consult the two institutions over the matter. According to Georgiev, the consequences and effects of the changes weren’t analysed. Jolevski believes that the changes should have been ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski has condemned the unrest in Kosovo. Such acts of violence, he assessed on Monday, bring nothing good to the region. According to the PM, Sunday’s developments are a result of an agenda by some people who want to see the region again as a region of unrest and quarrelling between neighbours. Kovacevski’s stand is that the security ...

Regarding the census in Albania, Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska’s stand is that Macedonians in that country absolutely have a right to declare their ethnic affiliation. “The right to self-determination by every citizen, regardless of which territory they are on, is one of the founding European values,” she said at a press-conference on Monday with her Norwegian counterpart, Bjorn Arild Gram. ...

VMRO-DPMNE has presented a new “scandal” in the health sector. As Spokesperson Marija Miteva said at a press-conference on Monday, the “annual practice” of the Haematology Clinic, headed by Irena Panovska-Stavridis, to grant a tender to the pharmaceutical wholesaler owned by her father, D-r Panovski, continues. “It’s about a tender worth over three million euros,” Miteva said, presenting a document. ...

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.

The reactions over alleged secret meetings about Criminal Code changes have continued. In Friday’s interview with Alsat, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, asked which person from DUI had secretly negotiated with ex-PM Nikola Gruevski, said DUI leader Ali Ahmeti and Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi should be asked a question about USB sticks they had received in the spring of 2022 and ...