Author Archives: Sasko Golov

Get a Number System for Personal Documents Put into Use in Kumanovo

On Thursday, the Get a Number system for obtaining personal documents was put into use in Kumanovo. The goal is to facilitate the procedure and reduce the long lines of citizens. Interest in new documents is rather high in Kumanovo. However, on Thursday, there were not a lot of people. For now, citizens are satisfied with the system, saying they’d ...

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Additional Deputy Interior Minister with New Data on Personal Documents Issue

On Thursday, additional Deputy Interior Minister Mitko Bojmacaliev, asked how many citizens were yet to obtain personal documents even though they had had their photos taken, said around 48,000 passports at a national level had been approved. “People have had their photos taken, but the documents haven’t been printed. With that, we are not meeting the legal deadline. Regarding IDs, ...

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Children with Completed Three-Dose DTP Vaccination Allowed in Kindergartens

Children that have completed the three-dose DTP vaccination over the past six months will be allowed to go to kindergarten. However, they will have to complete the revaccination process after six months. The decision was made at Thursday’s session of the Infectious Diseases Commission. “The pertussis situation is not good. It is not stable. We are in this position due ...

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Road Conditions 14.03.2024

Traffic on the state roads is ongoing in winter conditions, on dry roads. All road routes in the country are passable. Smaller landslides may occur on certain road routes that pass through gorges and cuts. JP Makedonijapat appeals for careful management of the vehicles, respect for the posted traffic signals, as well as adjustment of the speed according to the ...

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Vanja Gjorcevska Case: Supreme Court Dismisses Father’s Appeal

At a session on Wednesday, the Supreme Court dismissed as unfounded the appeal of Aleksandar Gjorcevski, the father of Vanja Gjorcevska, the girl murdered last year, for abolition of his detention measure. “I’m currently divided into two worlds. One of my kids is here, but they took away the other. I don’t care where I will see in the outcome. ...

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Debate on Need for Lie Detector Tests for Officers Working at Crossings

At a debate on the need for lie detector tests for officers working at border-crossings, held on Wednesday, ex-Finance Minister Xhevdet Hajredini said SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski and DUI leader Ali Ahmeti should be the first that should actually take such a test. As he added, those responsible for the Criminal Code changes last year have no moral right to ...

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Parliament Passes Law on Management of Confiscated Property

On Wednesday, Parliament passed the Law on Management of Confiscated Property, Property Gain, and Seized Objects in Criminal and Misdemeanour Proceedings. The goal is to enable a swift and efficient procedure that will see property confiscated through an effective court decision successfully sold and a recovery of the criminally-acquired assets and property. As the Justice Ministry said on Wednesday, the ...

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Parliament Passes Pardon Law

Parliament has passed the Pardon Law, proposed by the Justice Ministry. Now, the President can only pardon a person if they are sentenced, not if they are criminally prosecuted. As the Ministry pointed out on Wednesday, during the preparation of the text, multiple comparative experiences were considered, such as laws from legal systems in EU members and in countries with ...

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VLEN Coalition with Suspicions about DUI’s Intentions

The VLEN coalition said on Wednesday a series of symptomatic moves by DUI’s leadership, together with the ODIHR Report about potential risks for the elections, raised suspicions about the intentions of “the desperate losers”, who would become an opposition party after so many years. “First, Ali Ahmeti, in February in Kosovo, said now was not the time for a President ...

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Five New Pertussis Cases Registered

On Wednesday morning, five new pertussis cases were registered in Skopje. The controls by the State Sanitary and Health Inspectorate to check whether there is compliance with the decision banning children who aren’t fully vaccinated from going to kindergarten have continued. Regarding the ambiguities regarding the decision on vaccination, Health Minister Ilir Demiri said everything would be clarified on Thursday, ...

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