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Asked to comment on the expiration of the statute of limitations concerning wire-tapping in the Target-Fortress case, the Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador David Geer, said on Wednesday he couldn’t comment. However, he added that the European Commission’s stand regarding the Criminal Code changes was unchanged. As Geer reiterated, previously, the Commission expressed deep concern over the implications the ...

Three days before the seventh anniversary of the opening of the Toplik case, the Court of Appeals annulled the verdict, which has resulted in absolute expiration of the statute of limitations over the process which concerns the Sun City area. As a result of the Court’s ruling, the six convicted people, including ex-Transport and Communications Minister Mile Janakieski, at a ...

The infamous Article 353, instead of concerning abuse of official position, will in the future pertain to cultural heritage. In the latest Draft-Criminal Code obtained by Kanal 5, the act is regulated in Article 460. Paragraph 1 of the Article, which describes the act, remains the same, as does the length of the prison sentence, 6 to 36 months, as ...

As a result of the Criminal Code changes, the statute of limitations over illegal wire- tapping in the Target-Fortress case have expired for ex-secret police chief Saso Mijalkov, former intelligence agent Goran Grujevski, who’s at large, Nadica Nikolic, Vladimir Varelov, Marijan Sumulikoski, and Vasil Isakovski. The costs of the carrying out of the criminal process will be covered by the ...

Court administration members staged a new protest on Tuesday. They reiterated their demands: a salary increase of 78% (a raise identical to the one officials received) and reintroduction of the supplements of 35%. If their demands fall on deaf ears, they will block the whole court system. They also insisted on a meeting with PM Dimitar Kovacevski to present their ...

Constitutional law professor Svetomir Skaric says that though the amnesty process is needed and prisons are overcrowded, constitutional and criminal law suffer because Parliament enters the judicial power. His stand is that such laws destroy the judiciary. Academician Vlado Kambovski agrees that prisons in North Macedonia are below international standards. However, he adds that it should be examined whether the ...

In an interview with 24 TV on Monday, Deputy PM Fatmir Bytyqi announced a law to change the legislation concerning salaries of officials. As he explained, the goal is to adopt a more just law that would free funds that will be intended for anti-crisis measures for the most vulnerable categories. The decision was made after the Government had made ...

According to VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, holding presidential and parliamentary elections on 8 May is an acceptable option for his party. As he said on Tuesday, the country is already in a constitutional crisis regarding the elections because the State Election Commission (SEC) is without one member that needs to be nominated by the opposition from the ethnic Albanian bloc, ...

On Tuesday, ex-Health Minister Venko Filipce was quizzed by MPs who are part of the Oncology Clinic Committee of Inquiry. As he said, he wasn’t aware of the CATO system, which has for years not been used at the Clinic. Regarding the Clinic’s former head, Nino Vasev, Filipce described him as a top professional. However, he called on institutions to ...

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 the conditions of the road. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on-site and keep all roads passable.