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Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on mostly wet 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 ...

According to Justice Minister Renata Deskoska, the chances of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) law being adopted depend on VMRO-DPMNE’s genuine will. As she said on Wednesday, the possibility of the document being adopted without Hristijan Mickoski’s party isn’t being ruled out. “I expect support for the law from all MPs,” the Minister stated, adding that it would be good ...

Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic Radman said before MEPs on Tuesday that the Western Balkans were a top priority for his country’s EU Presidency. In that regard, he added that starting negotiations with Skopje and Tirana was of special importance to the EU’s credibility. As the Minister also pointed out, the credibility of the European Union as a global player ...

The constitutionality of the amnesty that saved part of those charged in relation to the 27 April 2017 storming of Parliament will not be assessed. The Constitutional Court made the decision on Wednesday by a majority. Judges had opposite views. Some believe Parliament mustn’t be allowed to give the Court a right to decide on some people being amnestied while ...

On Wednesday, caretaker PM Oliver Spasovski met with Italian Ambassador Carlo Romeo. At the meeting, strong support from Italy’s Government was expressed about the important role of the caretaker Cabinet in Skopje in terms of continuing reforms, good-neighbourly relations, EU and NATO integration processes, and organising the elections. Clear pledges are needed from all political stakeholders for full realisation of ...

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on mostly wet 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 ...

On Tuesday, SDSM’s Bojan Maricic and VMRO-DPMNE’s Timco Mucunski held a meeting at which they talked about potential solutions and unblocking the dialogue over the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) law issue. According to both parties, a deal was reached according to which VMRO-DPMNE’s teams will file by the end of the week proposals and remarks about the document, after which ...

Foreign Nikola Dimitrov took part in the panel entitled “Diplomatic Dialogue on the Western Balkans”, held in the frames of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.  The Minister took part in the panel dedicated to “Strategic Dialogue on the Western Balkans”, as one of the main initiatives on the agenda of this year’s edition of the Forum. Among the ...

The State Election Commission doesn’t have the right to interpret laws concerning issues not related to organisation of elections. This is the conclusion made on Tuesday by SEC members, who unanimously rejected technocratic Interior Minister Nakje Culev’s second request, too, for explanation related to the so-called double signatures issue. As the SEC pointed out, only Parliament has competence when it ...

In the frames of the repeated procedure of the Spy case, the Criminal Court has acquitted five defendants. On Tuesday, Mikjo Naskovski was freed from the charge for fraud and blackmail, Marjan Madzovski from the charge for blackmail, Goran Stojkov and Cvetan Damjanovski from the charge for unauthorised keeping and possession of firearms, and Gjorgji Hadzimicev from the charge for ...