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The Interior Ministry confirmed that Drin Ahmeti, nephew of DUI leader Ali Ahmeti, has been arrested on Saturday 30 December 2023. Police officers from the special unit Tiger arrested Ahmeti on Saturday around 07:50 pm, after they found in his vehicle 749 of firecrackers and other pyrotechnics. After providing his statement at a police station, Drin Ahmeti was released. Interior ...

The Administrative Court reached a decision that the dismissal of Vesna Dameva from the position of President of the Judicial Council is not in accordance with the Law on Judicial Council. Dameva was dismissed from the presidential position at the Judicial Council in April 2023, after which she filed a complaint to the Administrative Court, which has now reached a ...

The Ministry of Justice reported that the Turkish Justice Ministry decided to determine another imprisonment period of 40 days for businessman Ljupco Palevski. Palevski was arrested a month ago near Balikesir, Turkiye, after the Justice Ministry and the Interior Ministry issued an international search and arrest warrant against him, because he is the prime suspect in the case of the ...

The Judicial Council concluded on Friday 29 December 2023 the discussion over the disciplinary procedures initiated against Supreme Court President Besa Ademi. The Judicial Council is to prepare a report on this case in the following three days, after which they will decide whether to initiate measures against Ademi, who is under scrutiny of the Council over her absences from ...

Traffic on the state roads is ongoing in winter conditions, on wet roads in some places. Reduced visibility due to the appearance of fog of 100-150m on the roads Skopje – Veles, Veles – Negotino, Negotino – D. Kapija and M. Brod – Kichevo. JP Makedonijapat appeals for vigilance and adjustment of speed according to road conditions. Smaller landslides can ...

Thursday saw the last Q&A session of Parliament for this year. Among the main topics was the murders of Vanja Gjorcevska and Pance Zezovski. VMRO-DPMNE MP Igor Janusev said if the police had acted in time regarding the search for Zezovski’s vehicle, the murder of Gjorcevska would have perhaps been avoided. On the other hand, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said ...

The preparations for the caretaker cabinet will start after the holidays. Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, who’s been nominated to be the caretaker PM, said on Thursday there was no special procedure regarding the formation. First, he will resign and his successor, Jovan Mitreski, will be elected, which will be followed by resignations of Ministers and Deputy Ministers. Regarding the election ...

“A session of the body is not being planned for today and for tomorrow,” Marija Georgievska, Chairperson of Parliament’s Committee on Election and Appointment Issues, told Kanal 5 on Thursday regarding the process to elect a State Election Commission (SEC) member. She didn’t reveal whether she would stick to her proposal for both candidates, Abdush Demiri and Zulfi Adili, to ...

The Judiciary Development Strategy will be used to improve the low level of confidence in the sector. It provides for a change to the election of Judicial Council members and an obligation for a comprehensive explanatory note in procedures to promote and dismiss judges and prosecutors, while there are also new rules to elect the Head of the Public Prosecutor’s ...

It’s the Judicial Council’s turn to act, Justice Minister Krenar Lloga said on Thursday regarding the cases of Judge Elvedin Ferati and Prosecutor Jetmir Bexheti. Ferati is the Judge from Tetovo who faked his GPA in order to enrol at the Academy of Judges and Public Prosecutors. He had a GPA of 7.88 (on a scale of 5 to 10) ...