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Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek Saab said on Monday that the attack on the electronic system that had slowed down the vote count in the presidential election had come from North Macedonia. Saab provided no evidence to back the claim, Reuters reported. The story was covered also by The Latin Times.

During Monday’s visit to Jane Sandanski Barracks for the presentation of the six new JLTVs intended for the Army’s Light Infantry Battalion, US Ambassador Angela Aggeler, asked about judicial reforms, said any Judicial Council or, in general, judicial reform should be made very carefully, adding that wise decisions should be made. Describing judicial reform as absolutely necessary, the Ambassador stated ...

Commenting on VLEN’s initiative to found an ethnic Albanian academy, the Academy of Sciences and Arts said it had always been open to all citizens meeting the high membership criteria, regardless of ethnic, religious, or any affiliation. Since the founding, it added, it has had members from all ethnic communities. “We highlight that, as in the case with countries from ...

On Monday, one person lost his life in the Kokosinje village wildfire. As Crisis Management Centre Stojance head Angelov said, the wildfire caught his house. “It’s about an elderly person that most likely suffocated in the smoke. His wife has successfully been evacuated,” he added. There are 30 active wildfires, Sakam Da Kazam said in a report at around 8 ...

The traffic on the state roads is uninterrupted, on 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 the road conditions. ...

VLEN said on Saturday it was forming an academy of science and art for ethnic Albanians. “In accordance with our unshakable commitment to impel the development and progress of the Albanians’ national awareness in science, art, and intellectualism, we are glad to announce the start of the process to institutionalise the Academy of Albanians for Science and Art in North ...

Public Administration Minister Goran Mincev has annulled decisions by predecessor Admirim Aliti and corrected percentages over the Balancer tool. Now, the level of representation of ethnic Macedonians within institutions needs to increase from 54.21% to 58.44%, while the level of representation of ethnic Albanians needs to fall from 29.52% to 24.3%. The changes are according to the law, Mincev stated ...

On 23 July DUI MPs received threats on their e-mail addresses from an unknown sender. Police were notified of the matter on 25 July. On Saturday, DUI confirmed that that had happened. However, the party said the new government was to blame. “We are witnessing an organised and devised campaign to defame and threaten DUI, whose goal is to cover ...

SDSM has criticised the appointment of ZNAM’s Emil Janeski as acting head of the Prilep prison. Janeski is a former member of SDSM, who, as the head of the Water Supply and Sewerage PE in the city, appointed by the local authorities led by SDSM, was two years ago charged with unscrupulous operation in the service and causing damage to ...

The company owned by one of DUI leader Ali Ahmeti’s nephews, Drin Ahmeti, Everest XHD, would receive tenders worth millions, VMRO-DPMNE’s Mile Lefkov said on Saturday. Everest XHD, which is involved in the case concerning the mine concession abuse charge covering also Drin’s brother, Besian Ahmeti, and seven other persons, according to VMRO-DPMNE, received tenders from ESM, 125,000 euros, the ...