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PM Dimitar Kovacevski said that the proposal of President Stevo Pendarovski for prolongation till October the validity of the current personal identification documents of the citizens, which do not contain the new constitutional name of the state “Republic of North Macedonia”. “We must remember that this is a legal obligation for all of us from the Prespa Agreement with Greece, ...

Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska and Director of the Slovenian Organisation ITF Enhancing Human Security, Tomaz Lovrencic, signed on Wednesday a Memorandum for understanding between North Macedonia and the European Peace Fund, which will secure support for the Army of North Macedonia in value of around 9 million euros. “These funds will be used for procurement of logistics equipment, medical equipment, ...

FM Bujar Osmani welcomed in Skopje today the President of the Saudi Arabia (Majlis ash- Shura) Parliament Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh, who will pay an official visit to the country till Friday. Osmani and Al ash-Sheikh discussed the bilateral relations between North Macedonia and Saudi Arabia, and both of them voiced pledges for strengthening the relations in all fields, ...

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 Government of North Macedonia held on Tuesday the previously announced session at which the ministers discussed the recent events at the Macedonian Air Navigation (M-NAV). The government initially reached a decision to dismiss two of the three directors of M-NAV, Fahrudin Hamidi and Ljube Stamenkovski, and proposed as their replacements Ilir Mehmedi and Milan Korakj. However, later on Tuesday ...

The Delegation of the EU in Skopje issued a press release in relation to the incidents that took place at M-NAV a week ago, stating that they closely and carefully follow the development of the events. “We would lie to remind that North Macedonia is bound to implement the EU laws and regulations when it comes to air navigation service ...

The Judicial Council stated that courts and judges remain independent in the processes of determining measures against suspects, including in the case about the incident at M-NAV. The reaction follows the situation in which the Criminal Court determined only precaution measures against the perpetrators, which prompted the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office (BPPO) to file an appeal to the decision, and ...

President Stevo Pendarovski stated in an interview for “Topic of the Day” on Sitel TV that M-NAV needs to undergo serious changes, in light of the recent incidents that took place there. “This is a critical infrastructure and we must not allow it to be handled by people with unsuitable qualification, or even more to tolerate physical incidents there. I ...

DUI leader Ali Ahmeti stated for TV Top Channel Albania that Kosovo PM Albin Kurti is interfering in the Albanian political block in North Macedonia. “He interferes indeed, unlike Albanian PM Edi Rama, who invested efforts to bring the Albanian political parties in North Macedonia closer together, and I am really grateful to him for that. Opposing to this, when ...

The lawyer of Aleksandar Gjorcevski, Vladimir Tufegdzic, officially requested the Criminal Court to change the decision for custody for his client into house arrest. Gjorcevski is one of the 5 suspects for the case of the kidnapping and murder of his daughter Vanja (14) and the murder of Pance Zezovski (74) from Veles. According to Tufegdzic, the measure for house ...