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Two cases of the Skopje Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office have stopped at the Criminal Court as a result of the Criminal Code changes. According to information from the Office, they concerned Paragraph 3 in relation to abuse of official duty. Previously, the longest prison sentence was 20 years. Now, following the changes, the maximum sentence is up to four years. ...

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, upon an invitation from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, participated in the Transatlantic Working Dinner held in the frames of the 78th UN General Assembly. Counterparts of Osmani from NATO members participated as well, as did the alliance’s Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg. The meeting focused on the current challenges facing the Transatlantic community, especially in the ...

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski has responded to Nikola Gruevski’s reaction to his statement for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, according to which the ex-PM has a “dirty deal” with the current government and there are secret negotiations for divisions to be caused within the party. On Wednesday, commenting on Gruevski’s stand that Mickoski should present proof that such a “dirty game” ...

With 82 votes in favour, Parliament adopted on Wednesday a decision to form a committee of inquiry to look into the Oncology Clinic case. VMRO-DPMNE MP Petar Risteski considers that the case needs to be solved, while the committee needs to determine whether “the scandal” endangered fundamental human rights of patients that received treatment after the use of the CATO ...

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.

On Wednesday, VMRO-DPMNE MP and Executive Committee member Antonijo Milososki said the government led by Dimitar Kovacevski and Ali Ahmeti had been negotiating on a pardon for ex-PM Nikola Gruevski in order for him to influence the divisions within VMRO-DPMNE and potentially help them in order for the constitutional changes to be adopted. He added that VMRO-DPMNE had documentation. “The ...

Alternative, BESA, and Democratic Movement have filed a report to the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) over DUI and Eurovia. “The basis of our suspicion is that there’s corruption and conflict of interest in the relations between DUI and Eurovia,” the parties said on Wednesday, adding that the company was both a DUI donor and subcontractor in the ...

There is no recommended isolation for people with COVID, but masks will be mandatory in hospitals and outpatient clinics. The Infectious Diseases Commission made that decision at Wednesday’s meeting. “We will treat this as every other disease that’s endemic, such as the flu,” Commission Spokesperson Zlate Mehmedovic said. According to the Commission, it’s clear that the number of people who ...

In the Municipalities of Kavadarci, Strumica, Gostivar, Struga, and Kumanovo, most modern equipment and methodology will be used to identify ambient air pollution sources. For the first time in the country, there will also be air measuring indoors. The research, which will be carried out by Goce Delcev University and the AMBICON laboratory, will take place also at several schools ...

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 theconditions of the road. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on-site and keep all roads passable.