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Traffic on state roads is taking place in winter conditions, on wet roads in places. Reduced visibility due to fog from 100 to 150m is in Shtip and on the Veles-Katlanovo road. 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 ...

On Thursday, SDSM continued its criticism of PM Hristijan Mickoski’s visit to the US, describing it again as a “cheap PR farce”. “The Macedonian flag wasn’t hoisted anywhere. PM Mickoski was not received at any official institution. It’s clear that nothing has been achieved diplomatically and politically. However, since VMRO-DPMNE has said Mickoski has secured investments at the meetings in ...

In Thursday’s interview with MTV1, from New York, asked whether he had received the invitation to the inauguration of Donald Trump as US President through “private channels”, from a specialized agency, and whether it had cost a lot, PM Hristijan Mickoski said the invitation was not the most important thing, stressing that what mattered the most was the investments the ...

“We have nothing more to add than what the PM already said”, Government Spokesperson Marija Miteva said on Thursday, asked about the Greek Foreign Ministry’s reaction to Hristijan Mickoski’s comments that the Macedonian question was still unresolved, made during a visit to New Jersey. North Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry isn’t planning to respond to Greece’s reaction either.

The EU Delegation will focus on helping North Macedonia deliver when it comes to reforms, but there is big momentum with regards to enlargement that the country should use, EU Ambassador Michalis Rokas assessed on Thursday. The EU, he added, welcomes the messages of congratulations over the formation of the new government in Bulgaria. Ambassador Rokas reiterated that there was ...

The Justice Ministry has said that there is intensive work on the issue of changes to the Judicial Council Law and Criminal Code. Working groups have been formed to prepare the draft-changes, the institution said on Thursday, adding that they were expected to present draft-laws as soon as possible. The group in charge of the Council issue is headed by ...

Regarding the amnesty of ex-Parliament Speaker Veljanoski, former Minister of Transport and Communications Mile Janakieski, former Labour and Social Policy Minister Spiro Ristovski, and the former Director of the Security and Counterintelligence Administration, Vladimir Atanasovski, in the trial over the 27 April Organisers case, Judge Ilija Trpkov said on Thursday that it was not true that that meant the process ...

Traffic on state roads is taking place in winter conditions, on wet roads in places. Reduced visibility due to fog from 100 to 150m is in Shtip and on the Veles-Katlanovo road. 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 ...

During the marking of the 30th birthday of St Nikola (St Nicholas) Macedonian Orthodox Church-Ohrid Archbishopric, located in New Jersey, PM Hristijan Mickoski said that the government’s fight for better infrastructure, healthcare, education, and economy would continue. “However, that fight for the Macedonian people, I’m afraid, is not enough. We will need to be winning also here, in Washington, in ...

On Wednesday, SDSM said PM Hristijan Mickoski’s visit to the US had turned into a “cheap PR farce” paid for with taxpayer money bringing nothing good for citizens and the country. “The Government was selling this travel for three days as ‘historic success’, but the truth is completely different. The PM didn’t have an official invitation to the inauguration of ...