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At a session on Wednesday, the Government greenlit the employment of 600 new private residents for the needs of public health institutions. “300 will have been employed by the end of this year, while as many will be employed in 2025,” Health Minister Arben Taravari said. PM Mickoski said committed and responsible work for citizens would continue. Now, the Health ...

Both ruling majority and opposition MPs have supported the draft-law to annul the position of economic directors at clinics. With 82 votes in favour and zero against, the draft-changes passed the first parliamentary filter. Health Minister Arben Taravari said the concept had failed to produce expected results. VMRO-DPMNE’s stand is that the money that will be saved on the basis ...

At Wednesday’s session, State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) President Tatjana Dimitrovska said proceedings would be initiated before a relevant organ against an ex-deputy minister who, as it was pointed out, awarded assignment decisions to 189 employees before the end of the election process. 98 were assigned horizontally, while 68 were promoted, which caused Budget implications. On the other ...

For the 1st time, developments in North Macedonia are included in the European Commission’s annual Rule of Law report, whose 5th edition was published on Wednesday. “North Macedonia has undergone several waves of judicial reform and adopted a new justice strategy aiming to improve the independence, efficiency, and professionalism of the judiciary. However, the independence of the judiciary and the ...

Seven wildfires are still active in the country, 16 have been put out, while four have been put under control, the Crisis Management Centre said on Wednesday. The situation is most serious when it comes to the wildfire on Makedonski Brod’s territory that is moving towards the Jasen hunting ground. Two planes and one helicopter are part of the efforts, ...

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. ...

On Tuesday, during Parliament’s session for electing Deputy Ministers, PM Hristijan Mickoski said the candidates were ambitious people who would work in many areas, including creating new jobs and developing new technology. Mickoski expects work, commitment, and new energy from them. “The new government has done a lot in just one month. There have been new foreign investments and higher ...

At a press-conference on Tuesday, SDSM Spokesperson Bogdanka Kuzeska said there was a new dimension when it came to the “scandal” involving the real estate Government Secretary-General Igor Janusev had received as a gift from his parents. The real estate worth 325,000 euros is part of a building in Centar, she stressed, adding that Interior Minister Pance Toskovski, too, had ...

On Tuesday afternoon, Crisis Management Centre Stojance Angelov said that five wildfires were active, three had been fully put out, while as many had been placed under full control. The biggest problem, he added, is the wildfire near Makedonski Brod moving towards Jasen National Park. According to Angelov, the wildfires on Serta Mountain, near Selce and Puhce, above Krivolak, in ...

The charge filed yesterday over concession abuse regarding a mine near Kicevo covers not only one nephew of DUI leader Ali Ahmeti, Drin Ahmeti, but also Drin’s brother, Besian, who currently works as a diplomatic officer at the Embassy in Belgium. As the interior Ministry said in Monday’s press-release, from 2016 to 2023, the nine persons that have been charged ...