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The Criminal Court in Skopje has approved in full the bill of indictment against businessman Ljupco Palevski. Palevski is charged with murder and two kidnappings, and is suspected to have murdered Vanja Gjorcevska (14) and Pance Zezovski (74) in November 2023. The Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) filed the indictment in May 2024 against Palevski and four other suspects, including Gjorcevska’s ...

Representatives of several private companies providing bus transport for the citizens of Skopje informed on Monday that they reached an agreement with JSP Skopje for payment of 80% of the debt the PE has towards them. As a result of this agreement, the private transporters returned their vehicles back in traffic, servicing their lines regularly. “We managed to reach an ...

PM Hristijan Mickoski informed via Facebook that he had a meeting with Germany’s Special Envoy for the Western Balkans Manuel Sarazin. “We spoke with Sarazin about the future of the region, and the necessity of greater engagement by the EU for valorisation of the steps taken and the reforms implemented towards fulfilment of our strategic orientations,” Mickoski wrote.

The traffic on the state roads is uninterrupted, 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 road conditions. ...

SDSM leader Venko Filipce attended on Sunday the protest of teachers, organised by SDSM, in front of the building of the Ministry of Education in Skopje. “I am here today to voice support to the teachers and other education workers, who gathered here to voice their dissatisfaction with the decision of the government headed by VMRO-DPMNE to not increase their ...

Education Minister Vesna Janevska said at a press conference that everything is ready for the start of the new school year 2024/2025 on Monday 2 September. “For the first time, after seven years, the school year will start with all text books delivered on time in all primary schools in the country, except for the text books for foreign languages, ...

The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Ambassador of North Macedonia Agneza Rusi-Popovska in order to convey protest over the latest statements of Deputy PM and Transport Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski. “Regretfully, the systematic provocations and refusal to fulfil the obligations by officials of the neighbouring country are taking the country further away from the start of the EU accession negotiations. ...

Defence Minister Vlado Misajlovski accepted last Friday at a ceremony at the Ilinden Army headquarters a donation of military equipment provided by Turkiye, and handed over by Turkish Ambassador Fatih Ulusoy. The donation included drones, communication equipment, night vision goggles and other equipment. Ambassador Ulusoy described this as one of the most significant moments in the long-stating friendship between the ...

Defence Minister Vlado Misajlovski said Friday that the government intend to continue the implementation of the contract for procurement of eight helicopters from the Italian company Leonardo, which was signed in March 2024. “This is a procurement worth around 300 million euros, and the first helicopter is expected to be delivered to us in 2026. I regret that they are ...

Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska addressed an open letter to PM Hristijan Mickoski, after the members of the City Council from VMRO-DPMNE once again did not provide the necessary support for the decision for procurement of new buses for the PE JSP Skopje. “If you cannot influence the city council members coming from your party to support a decision for the ...