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At a lecture on fight against corruption and Goce Delcev Primary School in Tetovo and Perparimi Primary School in Recica, on Thursday, State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) President Biljana Ivanovska said impunity and the non-rule of law in the system was the reason for the European Commission’s critical report. In her view, to change the situation, most changes ...

The Independent Trade Union of Court Administration started on Thursday a series of protests outside courts. The protests will last until Monday. Next week, a potential strike will be held. If it is staged, work of courts will be blocked. The Union demands a salary increase of 78% and criticises the fact that it is not part of the negotiations ...

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Bujar Osmani expects all ministers to attend the Ministerial Council in Skopje. As he said on Wednesday regarding the issue of participation of Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, the EU’s decision on overflights by Russian planes doesn’t concern events of multilateral nature such as the OSCE. He stated that all visa requests for countries for which visas were ...

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 the conditions of the road. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on-site and keep all roads passable.

Though there is just one month to go until the European Council’s Summit, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani is optimistic all conditions for a start of negotiations with the EU will be met. “I cannot say that we’ve missed the chance. We will work until the last minute. However, it’s clear that without the constitutional changes, neither the second intergovernmental conference ...

The opposition will not participate in the preparation of the new Public Prosecutor’s Office Draft-Law, whose adoption requires a two-thirds majority. The information was announced on Wednesday by VMRO-DPMNE Parliamentary Group Coordinator Nikola Micevski, who said he’d been invited to a coordination meeting, stressing nonetheless his party wouldn’t participate. As he added, it’s highly unserious and unfair that over such ...

Justice Minister Krenar Lloga has submitted the report on the work on the Public Prosecutor’s Office to the Government and made public the document containing the flaws in its work. The institution responded to the Minister’s criticism on Wednesday. As it explained, data is missing about the duration of investigation, as is information about the recording of examination of defendants ...

The Judicial Council elected on Wednesday Gabriela Gajdova, Aleksandra Ristevska, Vesna Dimiskova, and Osman Shabani as Skopje Court of Appeals Judges. Previously, the filter had been passed also by Judges Aleksandar Sopov, Irena Kostadinova Angelova, Natalija Doneva, and Ilir Sulejmani. Lazar Nanev, President of the Kavadarci Basic Court, wasn’t elected because of remarks by Council members of his work. “This ...

On Wednesday, US Ambassador Angela Aggeler welcomed the editors, journalists, and staff of Investigative Reporting Lab (IRL) to the Embassy. As she said in a post on X (formerly Twitter), she was delighted to “welcome the “group” of journalists, editors & staff” and “recognise their hard work to provide the people of North Macedonia the information they need to understand ...

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 the conditions of the road. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on-site and keep all roads passable.