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Activities of the seven presidential candidates have continued. On Monday, SDSM-endorsed Stevo Pendarovski met citizens and presented parts of his programme in Saraj, Cair, Gjorce Petrov, and Gazi Baba. “If the country doesn’t move forward, these young people that you see, that have stayed in the country will leave for a place where there is a better job, to create ...

On Monday, Foreign Minister and DUI presidential candidate Bujar Osmani described VLEN’s accusations regarding Open Balkan as an attempt by the coalition to score a few political points. At the same time, he said that at the next Government session where the initiative would be among the topics, he would propose for North Macedonia to leave it. According to Osmani, ...

The Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador David Geer, has declined to comment on DUI presidential candidate Bujar Osmani’s comments that the government will not be formed without a deal on constitutional changes. As he pointed out on Monday, he declines to comment on pre-election messages. Asked whether such comments could be a prelude to a political crisis, Ambassador Geer ...

One North Macedonia citizen has applied for evacuation assistance to leave Israel, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. “He has been given a travel certificate to leave the country. Also, the SOS Centre, here in Skopje, received a phone call from a company that notified us it had four employees in Israel, just so that we have them in consideration ...

On Monday, Health Minister Ilir Demiri urged patience regarding the general strike started by private residents. “Until 2017, they had had no income. I am not saying that the current income level is enough. I want them to be at the level of public health residents. However, that requires budgeting, which cannot be done before the elections,” he stressed. Demiri ...

17 Idrizovo prison police officers have been detained, charged, and taken before a judge. The arrests took place on Monday morning, following a multiple-month investigation. For five of them, there is reasonable suspicion that in October of last year, in a premeditated manner, they enabled a prisoner, Zulqufli Nuredini from Batinci, to escape. One is suspected of helping the others, ...

Traffic on the state roads is ongoing in winter conditions, 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 ...

The activities of the presidential candidates continued over the weekend. SDSM-endorsed Stevo Pendarovski, who’s running for a second term, met citizens in Tetovo on Saturday, where he said VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski was afraid of his predecessor, Nikola Gruevski, returning. “If Gruevski returns, it will be known who’s top dog there,” he stated, adding that Gruevski had actually made Mickoski ...

At VMRO-DPMNE presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova’s rally in Tetovo on Friday, party leader Hristijan Mickoski said that SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti, Deputy PM Artan Grubi, and President Stevo Pendarovski, had been creating a plan to make the Criminal Code changes in order for a majority to be secured over the constitutional changes. However, Kovacevski said ...

In an interview with Sitel on Saturday, Deputy PM Artan Grubi, who’s part of DUI, said if Bujar Osmani didn’t enter the second round, his party’s votes would be given to the party that will agree to the President being elected in Parliament in the future. “We have a very clear stand. Mister Ahmeti has said that too, while that ...