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Tuesday’s debate in Parliament about the air pollution information, filed by VMRO-DPMNE, was marked by fierce accusations between ruling coalition and opposition MPs. Dragan Danev, who is part of VMRO-DPMNE, said SDSM had done nothing in the fight against pollution despite their previously announced measures, such as gasification and electric buses. In response, Deputy Environment Minister Jani Makraduli stated that ...

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 European Council President Charles Michel, Macedonia’s fate is European. On Friday, at the joint press-conference in Skopje with President Stevo Pendarovski, he said he expected the 26 March meeting to see EU countries adjust a joint stand on the new methodology and manner of enlargement, as well as in terms of the need for a clear strategy for ...

Minister of Justice Renata Deskoska’s first meeting with all groups in Parliament about the Public Prosecutor’s Office law has failed. VMRO-DPMNE left Friday’s meeting, making two demands: a public debate on the document and participation of Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski. The remarks about the law, in writing, previously announced by the party’s leader, Hristijan Mickoski, will be filed once the ...

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 Thursday, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said he would neither negotiate on nor accept the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) Draft Law. As he added, its only goal is to pardon crime through full control of the PPO. According to VMRO-DPMNE, it’s unacceptable for prosecutors from the former Special Prosecutor’s Office to become part of the Prosecutor’s Office for Organised Crime ...

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi is planning to schedule a session for 11 February where the only item on the agenda will be the ratification of Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol. The following day, 12 February, is supposed to see the dissolution of Parliament and the scheduling of the parliamentary elections. According to Xhaferi’s Cabinet, Spain is expected to ratify the Protocol ...

On Thursday, the hearing over the Extortion case was once again postponed because of the absence of former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva’s lawyers, Deljo Kadiev and Irena Frckoska, due to health reasons. Judge Vaska Nikolvoska said she would hire an ex officio lawyer for Janeva on Monday if Frckoska and Kadiev failed to appear then. “I have defenders,” Janeva said, ...

In this year’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Macedonia, with a score of 35, is ranked 106th, a drop of 13 places when compared to the previous year. Denmark and New Zealand top the list of 180 countries, whereas South Sudan and Somalia are at the bottom. As far as the region is concerned, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo ...

The methodology to determine judges’ property situation will be known by the end of January or start of February. Only judges whose names will be on the list that’s being prepared by the State Commission for Prevention and Corruption (SCPC) and the Judicial Council will be part of the process. “Defining the criteria on the basis of which the list ...