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On Wednesday, VMRO-DPMNE MP and Executive Committee member Antonijo Milososki said the government led by Dimitar Kovacevski and Ali Ahmeti had been negotiating on a pardon for ex-PM Nikola Gruevski in order for him to influence the divisions within VMRO-DPMNE and potentially help them in order for the constitutional changes to be adopted. He added that VMRO-DPMNE had documentation. “The ...

Alternative, BESA, and Democratic Movement have filed a report to the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) over DUI and Eurovia. “The basis of our suspicion is that there’s corruption and conflict of interest in the relations between DUI and Eurovia,” the parties said on Wednesday, adding that the company was both a DUI donor and subcontractor in the ...

There is no recommended isolation for people with COVID, but masks will be mandatory in hospitals and outpatient clinics. The Infectious Diseases Commission made that decision at Wednesday’s meeting. “We will treat this as every other disease that’s endemic, such as the flu,” Commission Spokesperson Zlate Mehmedovic said. According to the Commission, it’s clear that the number of people who ...

In the Municipalities of Kavadarci, Strumica, Gostivar, Struga, and Kumanovo, most modern equipment and methodology will be used to identify ambient air pollution sources. For the first time in the country, there will also be air measuring indoors. The research, which will be carried out by Goce Delcev University and the AMBICON laboratory, will take place also at several schools ...

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.

To complete the constitutional changes process, the Government is preparing dirty deals, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski claims in a statement for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. As he points out, there is secret communication between ex-PM and former VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski and the Government. “The Government believes it can split our party. However, that will not be successful. We’ve done ...

In an interview with MTV1 TV, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti asks why VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski is talking about a “Bulgarian dictate” considering the proposal is a French-German one. According to him, if Bulgarians become a constitutional category, there will automatically be a distinction between Macedonians and the Bulgarian minority. The US, EU, and NATO, the DUI leader adds, have ...

Former PMs Zoran Zaev and Nikola Gruevski have denied that they met DUI leader Ali Ahmeti regarding the changes to the Criminal Code. The ex-SDSM leader told 24 TV on Monday that Ahmeti’s statement in the interview with TV21 was not true. The same day, the former VMRO-DPMNE leader, on his official Facebook page, said there hadn’t been any secret ...

During Tuesday’s debate on the Criminal Code changes, organised by the Solution Balkan Centre for Constructive Policies, Robert Scott Heaslet, Senior Resident Director for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) in North Macedonia, said the changes had been adopted hastily, without consultation with experts and without organisation of a wide public debate. According to State Commission for Prevention ...

In New York, PM Dimitar Kovacevski, together with the Deputy PM for European Affairs, Bojan Maricic, met with the EU’s Special Representative for the Belgrade- Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan Regional Issues, Miroslav Lajcak. They talked about current political issues in North Macedonia and in the region, as well as their implications in a wider security context. It’s necessary ...