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A joint of the delegation Army’s General Staff and Defence Ministry led by the Chief, Lieutenant General Vasko Gjurcinovski, and State Secretary Elizabeta Cupovska Ristova, respectively, laid flowers at the memorial plaque near Karpalak on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the 10 defenders killed in the ambush during the 2001 conflict. “Nane Naumoski, Saso Kitanovski, Goran Minovski, Erdogan ...

On Wednesday, the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) received an anonymous report over Afrona Vervizolli’s appointment as General IPA Auditor. The SCPC confirmed on Thursday for Telma that a case had been formed over the matter. It has submitted to the Audit Authority for Audit of Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance a request for information about what legal conditions ...

There are nine active wildfires in the country, Crisis Management Centre Director Stojance Angelov said on Thursday afternoon. The situation is still most serious in the Makedonski Brod region. The previous day, Angelov, together with Hungary’s Ambassador, Andras Klein, had visited the Hungarian specialised fire-fighting unit in Belica. Angelov expressed great gratitude to Hungary and praised the individual contribution of ...

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. ...

Regarding PM Hristijan Mickoski’s 5 August comments that he had information that DUI would take steps to destabilse the country, Ali Ahmeti’s party reiterated on Wednesday its stand that it will use all democratic mechanisms for the will of citizens to be respected and that it has always had visionary policies for the good of the country. On the other ...

On Wednesday, DUI’s Central Presidency held a session. Regarding PM Hristijan Mickoski’s comments about an alleged plan for destabilisation of the country, it said it would use all democratic mechanisms, without ruling out the possibility of protests. The party urged the government to respect, as it said, ethnic legitimacy and added it would insist on the will of citizens being ...

Commenting on the criminal charge against Sabedin Sinani, head of Afrim Gashi’s security detail in relation to the 1 August incident at the Skopje airport, Interior Minister Pance Toskovski told Sitel on Wednesday that the Parliament Speaker was not criminally laible over his decision to request Sinani to head to the VIP area of the airport where Kosovan President Vjosa ...

On Tuesday, Afrona Vervizolli started her term as General IPA Auditor. She had been appointed to the position on 31 July by the Government even though she is a banker, with no experience in auditing and with no certificates. According to Telma, Vervizolli started her term even before the publishing of the appointment in the Official Gazette. It hadn’t even ...

Prosecutors are taking action over all reports concerning the cases which PM Hristijan Mickoski has described as epic crime, the Prosecutor’s Office confirmed on Wednesday for Alfa. It’s about the cases concerning the Corridors, the railway towards Bulgaria with an endless tunnel, the tenders within the Bitola power plant worth millions, and the National Forests PE’s financial hole of eight ...

Citing information from the Crisis Management Centre, media reported on Wednesday afternoon that there were six active wildfires in the country, near Tazevo and Breznica villages and near the Jasen hunting ground, on Ilinska Mountain, near Vitovo, Malo Ilino, Brezani, and Bazernik villages, in Caska Municipality, near Papradiste and Orese villages, in Petrovec Municipality, near Gradmanci village, and Kocani Municipality, ...