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“The thesis that the EU has bent my arm and I am giving up on disbanding the Judicial Council and Council of Public Prosecutors is not true,” PM Hristijan Mickoski said on Tuesday. According to him, he will adhere to the measure until, as he said, a better proposal comes. The existing laws, the PM also explained, are the reason ...

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. ...

Ljupco Palevski, prime suspect in the case concerning last year’s double murder of Vanja Gjorcevska and Pance Zezovski has been charged with murder and kidnapping. At the same time, a relevant prosecutor has also filed a proposal to merge the Palevski procedure with the proceedings against the other four persons charged in the process, Vlatko Kesisov, Velibor Manev, Bore Videvski, and ...

Regarding VMRO-DPMNE’s stand that it is not giving up on the idea to disband the Judicial Council, SDSM said on Monday the ruling party had been caught in a lie. In that regard, it pointed to the document on the obligations assumed by North Macedonia as part of the reform agenda for the Growth Plan, obtained by Telma, according to ...

syt Six prisoners are at large from the Suto Orizari prison. A warrant has been issued. According to the prison’s head, Boban Utkovski, the persons, whose escape was reported on Sunday, used the destroyed vehicles in the yard as a ladder to jump over the fence. Utkovski told Kanal 5 on Monday that the vehicles would be removed as soon ...

The newly-formed Ministry of Energy, Mining, and Raw Materials has already faced warnings about corruption risks. According to the Democracy Institute, which has rung the alarm, the importance of energy and state natural resources, as well as major financial benefits for concessioners in those areas, make such ministries risk-prone, even in countries with well-developed anti-corruption policies. Considering the money in ...

Despite the Government’s decisions, the IPA audit legislation doesn’t provide for the position of acting General IPA Auditor. Also, the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption has expanded its procedures regarding the position. Article 5 paragraph 1 of the Law on Audit of Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) says, “The appointment of the General IPA Auditor and the Deputy shall ...

There are currently 10 active wildfires in the country, media reported on Monday afternoon, citing information from the Crisis Management Centre. The situation is especially serious in the Pehcevo region, it was added. The situation continued to be critical in the Makedonski Brod region, too, while there were active wildfires in the Novaci, Resen, Negotino, and Kicevo region as well.

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 Sunday, VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM continued to trade accusations over the destabilisation issue, that is, over PM Hristijan Mickoski’s comments on an alleged destabilisation plan by DUI. “When will the party leader, Venko Filipce, muster up the courage to condemn DUI? Or he hopes that they, too, will be organising protests when he and his corrupt officials will need to ...