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It’s exceptionally hard for Greece to accept that a replacement of passports was not possible over a five-year period, Greek diplomatic sources say regarding the issuing of new travel documents in North Macedonia, adding that Skopje hasn’t contacted Athens regarding a potential extension of the deadline. The Greek Government sources point out that 12 February, as a deadline for documents, ...

Traffic on state roads is ongoing in winter conditions, on mostly 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 ...

Klan Macedonia TV reported on Wednesday that Alliance for Albanians leader Arben Taravari had negotiated that day with VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski. “Klan Macedonia sources said that during the evening hours, at VMRO-DPMNE’s HQ in the centre of Skopje, Taravari and Mickoski met. Klan Macedonia even has a photo of Taravari’s car in the HQ’s car,” the TV station said ...

The meeting European Alliance for Changes leaders Bilall Kasami (BESA), Afrim Gashi (Alternative), and Izet Mexhiti (Democratic Movement), Alliance for Albanians leader Arben Taravari, and Bekim Qoku, who’s Kosovan PM Albin Kurti’s North Macedonia Adviser, held in Pristina with Kurti and Kosovan Parliament Speaker Glauk Konjufca focused on political developments in both countries, new opportunities for cooperation aiming at advancement ...

In an interview with Sitel, Parliament Speaker Jovan Mitreski says he proposed at Tuesday’s meeting with European Alliance for Changes MPs for the two nominees for State Election Commission (SEC) member, Abdush Demiri and Zulfi Adili, to reach a plenary session and for the situation to be brought to a point of securing a two-thirds majority. Regarding the issue of ...

On Wednesday, caretaker Interior Minister Pance Toskovski, Deputy Minister Nazim Bushi, and additional Deputy Minister Mitko Bojmacaliev held a working meeting with an ODIHR delegation led by Keara Castaldo, Senior Election Adviser. Toskovski expressed gratitude for the cooperation and efforts invested in continuity by the ODIHR aiming at transparent organisation of every election process in the country. Asked by Castaldo ...

“We’ve done our job. We have 56 initiatives for filing criminal charges, but the other organs in the country are responsible for the fact that liability has not been launched over any,” State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) President Biljana Ivanovska said on Wednesday, during the current composition’s last press-conference. The SCPC believes it has restored confidence in the ...

Without the opposition’s votes, MPs within the Committee on Election and Appointment Issues voted through on Wednesday the decision for Ana Pavlovska Daneva to be a new Constitutional Court Judge candidate. As its MPs explained, though they have no remarks about her qualifications, they take issue with the “particisation” of the Court. The Constitutional Court’s composition has for a longer ...

Traffic on state roads is ongoing in winter conditions, on mostly 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 ...

Former Oncology Clinic Director Nino Vasev, a nurse, and a caretaker were arrested on Tuesday morning at the Clinic, employees told Telma that day. Police were also trying to find Vasev’s secretary, but she wasn’t at work. According to Telma information, the Clinic’s former Economic Director, Nehat Nuhi, too, is a suspect. The Prosecutor’s Office said that four people suspected ...