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According to VLEN, there should be a constitutional amendment over all political corruption cases, not vetting. Spokesperson Fari Hiseni said on Friday he was calling on DUI MPs to say whether they would sign VLEN’s initiative for a constitutional mechanism that would cover all elected and named officials in the three branches of power that had acquired illicit property benefit ...

According to a document on the obligations assumed by North Macedonia as part of the reform agenda for the Growth Plan, obtained by Telma, the Government has agreed to there being no disbanding of the Judicial Council and Council of Public Prosecutors. The part concerning implementation and improvement of the regulatory framework of the Judicial Council reads, “New members of ...

“I completely understand that following the election, there should be a real desire for significant, radical action to address the rule of law. But what’s important, I think, is that a certain amount has already been achieved,” EU Ambassador David Geer says in an interview with Sitel regarding the issue of disbanding the Judicial Council and Council of Public Prosecutors. ...

VLEN’s six-month deadline for constitutional changes to include Bulgarians in the Constitution, which was a condition for entering the ruling coalition, no longer applies. On Friday, the coalition said that that was a result of the political instability in Bulgaria, adding that there was no pressure from VMRO-DPMNE. “Considering the situation in the Republic of Bulgaria, I think there is ...

On Sunday, Afrona Vervizolli was dismissed as General IPA Auditor. Arben Ramadani, an independent auditor in the Audit Advancement Sector, is the new, acting, General IPA Auditor. He has participated in preparation of strategic documents, short-term and long-term strategic plans in the audit body’s development and audit, and he has followed their implementation. He has also worked as a senior ...

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. ...

The Interior Ministry is acting upon a request from Austrian authorities for checking the 19-year-old person with North Macedonia roots suspected of planning a terrorist attack during US singer Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna, which have been cancelled. “We notify you that the Interior Ministry has received a request to check a person with Macedonian roots suspected of planning a ...

VMRO-DPMNE and DUI have continued to trade accusations. “DUI is still living in the bubble created as a result of their corruption and their corruption-prone partners from SDS[M],” the ruling party’s MP and Spokesperson, Marija Miteva, said on Thursday. As she added, though it is clear they want to hide the crime committed by them, they will not succeed in ...

On 5 August, Civil Aviation Agency inspectors led by the Director, Dragi Stojanoski, conducted extraordinary inspection supervision at TAV Macedonia in relation to the 1 August incident involving Kosovan President Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu. It was found that airport services had acted professionally and in accordance with international regulations because they hadn’t allowed her to go around standards and procedures despite, as ...

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 ...