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At around one pm on Monday, in Aracinovo, an unknown person opened fire on a group led by Mayor Ridvan Ibraimi. Immediately after the attack, the officer, who was part of the group as Ibraimi’s bodyguard, called fellow officers about the attack. The group included also Ibraimi’s driver and a Municipality employee. They were walking when an armed person came ...

Ex-secret police chief Saso Mijalkov is set to be released on parole in December. The decision was announced on Monday by the Criminal Court. Previously, the Court of Appeals had accepted his appeal and returned the Empire case to the first-instance institution. As a result of the plea deal, Mijalkov was given a three-year prison sentence in the Empire process. ...

“SDSM’s election lists will be submitted to the State Election Commission today,” party leader Dimitar Kovacevski said on Monday. He expects the elections to be democratic. “I also expect candidate Stevo Pendarovski to win the presidential election and the SDSM-led coalition to win the parliamentary elections,” Kovacevski stressed. Also on Monday, Bosniak Democratic Union (BDU) joined DUI’s pre-election front. The ...

The Alliance for Albanians wing headed by Arben Taravari finalised on Monday its MP candidates, which will be part of the joint lists with the VLEN coalition. Taravari’s wing will only have one list carrier, Salim Sulejmani in Electoral District 5. In Electoral District 1, his party will have a candidate in the fourth position. However, additional consultations will be ...

On Monday, Parliament, with 75 votes in favour, adopted Electoral Code changes according to which, if multiple types of elections are held simultaneously, a party or coalition will occupy the same position on the ballot in all types of election processes. The changes, proposed by MPs Nikola Micevski (VMRO-DPMNE), Martin Kostovski (SDSM), and Arber Ademi (DUI), will be in force ...

In a podcast on the Plusinfo portal, caretaker Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said regarding the personal documents issue that the Ministry’s Internal Control Department had found oversights by two assistants within the institution regarding bad planning and disastrous management of the process to procure and issue documents. “For one of them, disciplinary proceedings will be launched. Over the other, 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 ...

On Sunday, the SDSM-led coalition presented its election programme and MP candidates. SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski and LDP leader Monika Zajkova, co-carriers in Electoral District 1, said that though there was satisfaction with work done so far, much more was needed to improve the life of citizens as well as to make sure youth don’t emigrate. The other list carriers ...

On Friday, VMRO-DPMNE presented its pre-election coalition. Among the 24 opposition parties are Stojance Angelov’s Dignity, Pavle Trajanov’s Democratic Union, Solza Grceva’s Voice for Macedonia, Petar Bogojeski’s Macedonian Concept, and Ljube Boskoski’s United for Macedonia. The coalition’s representatives said they were focused on a positive campaign and urged mass turnout. VMRO-DPMNE’s new partners haven’t been given MP candidate positions. However, ...

On Saturday, VMRO-DPMNE presented its MP candidates. “This is the team that will bring changes, work in the interest of citizens, and implement over 1,000 projects,” party leader Hristijan Mickoski said. Once again, he described the parliamentary elections as historic. Among the priorities of VMRO-DPMNE are fighting crime and corruption and making DUI an opposition party. The VMRO-DPMNE leader described ...