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At its session on Tuesday, the Government considered but didn’t accept the Pardon Draft- Law proposed by Justice Minister Krenar Lloga. In the press-release, it was said a decision had been made for there to be additional work on the text for alignment. Some media said that Lloga had been revolted and even threatened to resign. However, shortly after that, ...

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.

DUI leader Ali Ahmeti is without an answer about why the Criminal Code (CC) changes have been made now and without a wide debate. However, in an interview with TV21, he reveals that he had secret meetings several years ago over the changes with the former leaders of SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE, Zoran Zaev and Nikola Gruevski, respectively. According to him, ...

Only MPs with a security certificate at Parliament’s Committee for Supervising the Work of the National Security Agency and the Intelligence Agency have heard who used the Pegasus and Predator spying systems. After Monday’s session, the opposition said the security services had submitted information about the scandal concerning unauthorised interception of communication, adding nonetheless that it hadn’t denied their accusations ...

On the sidelines of the 78 th UN General Assembly, President Stevo Pendarovski held a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. They discussed the Skopje-Berlin bilateral cooperation, North Macedonia’s European perspective, and current developments in the region. President Pendarovski informed the German Chancellors about Skopje’s EU accession talks, expressing gratitude for the principled support and commitment by Germany so far ...

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Mariya Gabriel is adamant that Sofia will support Skopje’s EU path if the assumed obligations are fulfilled. Despite not saying directly whether there will be decoupling of North Macedonia and Albania if there are no constitutional changes in Skopje, Gabriel points out that there are two other obligations as well. “We’re talking also about the compromise of ...

On Monday, two protests were held in front of the Government building in Skopje. The first concerned the Oncology Clinic case, while the second was organised by law students and was against the Criminal Code changes that are already in force. Both groups called for authorities to be held to account. “I came here to express support for my wife, ...

The Health Ministry has several investigations into potential abuse of patient rights at multiple health institutions. With gathered evidence, the cases will be sent to the Prosecutor’s Office. The focus is on the My Appointment system. Allegedly, patients would pay money to surgeons so that they schedule surgeries for which there was no opening through a referral letter. Minister Mexhiti ...

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.

In an interview with the Triling show on 24 TV, President Stevo Pendarovski revealed he had been consulted over a possibility to pardon ex-PM Nikola Gruevski. He is adamant he wouldn’t do it. “At an informal level, seven, eight months ago, some actors from the political scene consulted me over that possibility, over what I think about that possibility. I ...