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Three days before the first round of the presidential elections, the candidates continued their activities. The candidate supported by the SDSM-led coalition, Stevo Pendarovski, in Skopje, described the elections as a can’t-miss opportunity. “On 21 April and 5 May, citizens have a chance they mustn’t miss. That is a chance for us to stop a return towards the dark past. ...

On Thursday, Goran Momiroski, who heads the Election HQ of the candidate supported by the coalition led by VMRO-DPMNE, Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, met with a group from the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) in charge of monitoring the election process. He urged both the PPO and the Interior Ministry to investigate the case concerning the Izbori 2019 (Elections 2019) smartphone app, ...

New so-called bombs have appeared on the internet. On an anonymous profile under the pseudonym “Ilija Gromovnik” on the VK social network, four wire-tapped conversations have been posted. 24 TV contacted both the Interior Ministry and the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO), but the institutions were surprised by the situation. It’s interesting that these materials are shared by anonymous Facebook profiles ...

If the necessary threshold isn’t met in the elections, the possibility of constitutional changes isn’t excluded in the field of threshold to elect a President. “We have a recommendation from the Venice Commission that the threshold that exists in the Constitution is something that is not proper and must be removed,” she stated on Thursday. According to Deskoska, a constitutional ...

The key government-opposition differences over the Public Prosecutor’s Office Draft Law that needs to solve the future status of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) remain, according to Justice Minister Renata Deskoska. “Those are the differences primarily concerning the continuation of procedures initiated by the SPO, the use of evidence gathered in those court procedures and, ultimately, the end of the ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on predominantly dry roads. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo – Demir Hisar, and Resen – Bukovo. Motorists ...

Four days before the first round of the presidential elections, the candidates continued their activities. The candidate supported by the SDSM-led coalition, Stevo Pendarovski, paid a visit to Kratovo, Probistip and Karbinci. As he said in Probistip, if somebody wants to vote for the candidate supported by the VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition, Gordana SIljanovska Davkova, that will mean a third mandate for ...

On Wednesday, members of election boards at diplomatic-consular missions voted at the State Election Commission (SEC) building. Also, the SEC handed over the election material for the presidential race and early local elections in Novo Selo, Ohrid and Debar. People under house arrest, homebound voters, internally displaced people and persons who are in penitentiaries will vote on 20 April, a ...

In response to the report that SDSM is gathering personal data from citizens through a smartphone app, Goran Momiroski, Chief of the Election HQ of the presidential candidate supported by the VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition, Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, was summoned on Wednesday to a meeting with State Election Commission (SEC) President Oliver Derkoski. As VMRO-DPMNE explained, what has raised additional suspicions is ...

The charge against those persons about whom, according to prosecutors, there is evidence that they organised the 27 April 2017 events will be prepared by the end of May, Vilma Ruskovska, who heads the Prosecutor’s Office for Organised Crime, said on Wednesday. In her view, former Minister of Transport and Communications Mile Janakieski, former Minister Education and Science Spiro Ristovski, ...