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The Criminal Court determined a house arrest measures against one person allegedly involved in the M-NAV incidents. The Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) reported previously that one of the suspects that remained unavailable for the organs of justice after the M-NAV incidents was arrested when they attempted to leave the country at one of the border-crossings. From PPO they also inform ...

EU Ambassador David Geer stated in an interview for MIA that the EU has no intention to make changes to the negotiation framework for North Macedonia. “North Macedonia officially started the accession negotiations in July 2022 and now it must make the next step, which are the constitutional changes. The decision of the country to continue with the EU integration ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski welcomed the proposed changes to the Law on Restrictive Measures, which will incorporate in the law the black lists of the US and the UK. “We cannot tolerate entities that during the day claim they are one of the best allies to the US, but in the evening do everything that goes against their values and principles. ...

The PM (Taoiseach) of Ireland Leo Varadkar, paid on Friday an official visit to Skopje, as part of his tour through the Western Balkans. Varadkar had a meeting with PM Dimitar Kovacevski, discussing with him the process of EU-integration of North Macedonia and the rest of the Western Balkans and the challenges the countries face in the realisation of that ...

The Monastery of St. Jovan Bigorski issued an official reaction against the Vevcani Carnival organisers, against one of the masks that included men dressed as Jesus Christ carrying crosses made out of cases of beer. “We must remind about an event several years ago, when there were masks that offended the feelings of the people of the Muslim faith, after ...

The office of Transparency Macedonia (TM) presented the latest report about the National system of integrity of North Macedonia. In this report, which evaluates 15 different areas based on integrity, accountability, responsibility and preparedness to tackle corruption, the institutions with the best scores are the State Audit Office, the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) and the Office of ...

Traffic on the state roads is ongoing in winter conditions, on wet roads in some places. Smaller landslides can occur along the cuts and ravines, which are regularly cleaned. JP Macedonia advises careful management of vehicles, respect for posted traffic signals, and adjustment of speed according to road conditions. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on-site and keep all ...

The Criminal Court decided to partially accept the appeal filed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) over the measures determined for the suspects of the M-NAV incidents, and determined house arrest against the four persons charged by PPO, including former minister from DUI Bekim Neziri. Neziri came to the Criminal Court to attend the hearing over the appeal, and during ...

FM Bujar Osmani presented at a press conference the Draft-changes to the Law on Restriction Measures, which, if adopted, would incorporate the black lists of the US and the UK in the legislature of North Macedonia. According to the text of the law-changes, once the US, the UK or the EU designate a state or elected official from North Macedonia ...

Vice-president of VMRO-DPMNE Timco Mucunski announced on Thursday evening that the executive committee has approved party leader Hristijan Mickoski to choose candidates for the ministerial positions in the caretaker government. “I would like to clarify that VMRO-DPMNE decided to participate in the caretaker government that is expected to become effective on or after 28 January, but we shall abstain from ...