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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.

The Ministry of Justice has published the Pardon Draft-Law. Everyone sentenced to up to six months in prison will be released, while those with sentences longer than half a year will see their sentences reduced by 30%. The pardons will not cover people sentenced to life in prison and persons convicted of murder, rape, crimes against elections, the state, and ...

According to PM Dimitar Kovacevski, 118 MPs, that is, all parliamentarians except Levica’s Dimitar Apasiev and Borislav Krmov, will support the constitutional changes. On Wednesday, answering journalists’ questions, he nonetheless didn’t specify when the session would be held, saying Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi would convene it when the right time came. Nonetheless, he is optimistic. VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski again ...

In her annual State of the Union address to the European Parliament, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen talked about the “interests to complete” the EU. “In a world where size and weight matters, it is clearly in Europe’s strategic and security interests to complete our Union. But beyond the politics and geopolitics of it, we need to picture ...

The European Union is concerned over the changes to the Criminal Code. It told Kanal 5 TV on Wednesday it would continue to follow the rule of law in North Macedonia carefully, including also in the context of the EU accession talks. The same day, European Commission Spokesperson Ana Pisonero Hernandez expressed regret over “the lack of all-encompassing consultations with ...

“There are violations of the law and there needs to be accountability,” Deputy PM for Good Governance Policies Slavica Grkovska said on Wednesday regarding the case of the returned money to DUI’s donor, Eurovia. The Deputy PM expects the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) to determine whether there was influence peddling. Grkovska announced that accountability would be sought ...

In the frames of his working visit to Brussels, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani met with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. They discussed current security challenges, as well as NATO’s activities to adapt to the new security reality, deal with challenges and strengthen defence and deterrence. Special attention was paid to the current state of affairs in the Western Balkans. “The close ...

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.

The Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador David Geer, said on Tuesday the EU was still analysing the changes to the Criminal Code. As he added, it will present a clear stand on the matter soon. US Ambassador Angela Aggeler, too, said the Embassy’s legal team was considering the changes. She stated that she couldn’t comment on them because she ...

On Tuesday, PM Dimitar Kovacevski held a meeting in Skopje with German MP Michael Roth, who chairs the Bundestag’s Foreign Affairs Committee. They discussed multiple current topics, including the constitutional changes process. The German politician confirmed his country’s firm support for North Macedonia on the EU integration path. As he assessed, it’s now the time for the country to continue ...