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On Friday, Prosecutor Fatime Fetai will contact, in writing, the Council of Public Prosecutors over her disqualification from the race for Chief Public Prosecutor (CPP) due to incomplete documentation. “I meet all conditions for the position. Since my right to participate further in the procedure has been violated, I will request for the decision to dismiss the documentation as incomplete ...

Traffic on the state roads is ongoing in winter conditions, on wet roads in some places. JP Makedonijapat appeals for vigilance and adjustment of speed according to road conditions. Smaller landslides can occur along the cuts and ravines, which are regularly cleaned. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on-site and keep all roads passable.

SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski has already started talks on a broad European front with part of coalition partners. As he said on Wednesday, communication with all those supporting the EU path will be intensified in the period ahead. A meeting over the caretaker cabinet issue will be held with VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski. However, it’s still unknown when that will ...

Wednesday saw a tense session of Parliament’s Committee on Election and Appointment Issues regarding the election of a State Election Commission (SEC) member. The opposition fiercely reacted to the proposal by the body’s Chairperson, Marija Georgievska, for the two candidates, Abdush Demiri and Zulfi Adili, to be sent to a plenary session. In its view, Demiri should be elected because ...

The State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) has filed an initiative before the Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecution of Organised Crime and Corruption for the criminal prosecution of a former ESM head, as well as of ESM and Economy Ministry officials concerning the tender for procurement of mazut for the Negotino plant. The persons were members of the public procurement ...

The draft changes to the Law on Restrictive Measures, which is in procedure, on whose basis US, EU and other strategic partners’ sanctions will be processed in the frames of North Macedonia’s legislation, have been prepared, Deputy PM for Good Governance Policies Slavica Grkovska said on Wednesday. The UK will be added too as it is no longer part of ...

Violent conduct by police against prisoners, non-compliance with rights of consumers, a violation of the right to equal education, paying for new travel documents even though citizens are not responsible for that were among the petitions highlighted by Ombudsperson Naser Ziberi on Wednesday. He described 2023 as especially unfavourable regarding the rights of children. Ziberi will initiate criminal charges concerning ...

On Wednesday, the reactions to the developments related to the Popova Sapka Cross continued. Asked whether even Russian agendas for an unpeaceful Balkans were behind the Municipality’s decision to demolish it, Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska and the Deputy Minister, Tiron Jajaga, said the matter and ethnic relations as quasi-patriotism shouldn’t be used to score political-party points. On the other hand, ...

The Tetovo-Gostivar Diocese has already received the decision from Tetovo’s local authorities for a removal of the cross on Popova Sapka church property. The Diocese, however, said on Tuesday it would file a complaint over the matter. “We call on citizens not to fall for the increasingly frequent provocations and be dedicated to peace and good interreligious relations,” it said. ...

Traffic on the state roads is ongoing in winter conditions, on wet roads in some places. JP Makedonijapat appeals for vigilance and adjustment of speed according to road conditions. Smaller landslides can occur along the cuts and ravines, which are regularly cleaned. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on-site and keep all roads passable.