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Traffic on the state roads is ongoing in winter conditions, on wet roads in some places. There is fog with visibility of 25m on the road Lisec-Popova Shapka and fog with visibility of 30m to 50m on the road Gjavato and Mavrovo. All road routes in the country are passable. Smaller landslides may occur on certain road routes that pass ...

In an interview with Sitel on Wednesday, SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski said his party and its coalition would win more MP seats than VMRO-DPMNE in the parliamentary elections. As he added, he will once again be North Macedonia’s PM. “We will form the pro-EU government with which we will have joined the EU by 2030,” Kovacevski emphasised. In the interview, ...

At the session of Parliament on Wednesday, the draft-changes filed by VMRO-DPMNE aiming to extend the validity of passports containing the previous constitutional name were not passed. 54 MPs voted against, while 46 were in favour. SDSM had announced previously too it would not support the changes because that would be in contradiction with the Constitution, according to which international ...

On Wednesday, draft-changes filed the previous day by SDSM MPs aiming to freeze the salaries of officials entered procedure in Parliament. Though VMRO-DPMNE had initially supported the proposal, in principle, its caretaker Labour and Social Policy Minister, Gjoko Velkovski, said that the plan for the salaries not to be reduced, meaning for them to include last year’s increase of 78% ...

Commenting on the proposal from SDSM for salaries of officials not to increase, Slobodan Trendafilov, President of the Trade Union Federation, said on Wednesday that the Federation had submitted a proposal concerning that matter as early as August 2023. “They shouldn’t bother and change seven laws. They should change just one article of one law that will enable salaries of ...

Democratic Movement leader Izet Mexhiti, who’s part of the ethnic Albanian opposition’s coalition, VLEN, stated on Wednesday that the changes to the Law on Games of Chance provided for a distance of 500 metres between schools and betting shops, but not between schools and casinos. “We urgently demand for the Sicilian clan to take its hands off massacring our population. ...

In the frames of the Ukraine–Southeast Europe Summit, on Wednesday, President Stevo Pendarovski met with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky. They discussed the latest developments in Ukraine and the opportunities to deepen cooperation aiming at supporting the Ukrainian people and restoring the territorial integrity of Ukraine in the frames of its internationally recognised borders. At the meeting, Pendarovski reaffirmed the ...

Traffic on the state roads is ongoing in winter conditions, on mostly dry roads. All road routes in the country are passable. Smaller landslides may occur on certain road routes that pass through gorges and cuts. JP Makedonijapat appeals for careful management of the vehicles, respect for the posted traffic signals, as well as adjustment of the speed according to ...

In an interview with Sitel on Tuesday, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski again said Gordana Siljanovska Davkova would have a resounding victory in the presidential elections. “According to all those polls and analysis we have, her lead over Stevo Pendarovski will be over 100,000 votes, at least 100,000 votes in the first round. I believe that will send a serious message ...

DUI has toughened up its rhetoric regarding the issue of whether the President should be elected in Parliament, that is, the party’s setting the election of President in the legislative house by a two-thirds and Badinter majority as a condition for coalitions after the parliamentary elections. Ali Ahmeti’s party is now saying that the progressive idea will also save 20 ...