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“First of all, the designations that were announced by the Department of Treasury on Thursday were very important,” US Ambassador Angela Aggeler said in Monday’s interview with Telma. As she added, the designations are another aspect of what US law requires. “That when we are aware of an individual or individuals who are involved in corrupt activities, that US law ...

Monday saw a new protest staged by court administration members who reiterated their demands, including a salary increase of 78%. The same day, Labour and Social Policy Minister Jovanka Trencevska stated that according to the new methodology in general collective agreement, there would be a new salary increase for public sector employees in September. Deputy PM for Economic Affairs Fatmir ...

It’s still not known whether Russian FM Lavrov will come to Skopje for the OSCE Ministerial Council. Lawyer Toni Menkinoski tells Sitel that if North Macedonia doesn’t allow Lavrov to enter, it will both violate the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and send a message that it has a hostile rhetoric towards certain countries. According to information the lawyer has, ...

The Democratic Party of Turks of Macedonia believes that the two election processes should be held simultaneously. “Instead of seeing the big picture, unfortunately, the narrow-party interest of the major political parties from the ruling majority and from the opposition will ultimately lead to the people paying the biggest price,” the Party said on Monday. According to it, the parliamentary ...

The working group for the Judicial Council is focusing on the manner of election of all Council members. On Monday, it held its second meeting. “There was a discussion on the problems facing the Council,” the head of the group, academician Vlado Kambovski, told Kanal 5. The plan is also to fill the legal void over the Council members’ liability. ...

Traffic on state roads runs smoothly, on dry roads. At certain roads going through ravines, minor rockslides are possible. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE calls for careful driving and adjustment of the speed to the conditions of the road. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on-site and keep all roads passable.  

According to Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski, the expansion of the US blacklist is expected. As he said on Friday, he believes new names will be added in the future, too. The Minister considers that the latest changes to the blacklist should also result in concrete measures domestically, such as laws to ban the participation of blacklisted entities in tenders to ...

Asked about Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski’s statement regarding a legal framework for companies designated by the US Department of the Treasury not to be able to participate in public procurement, VMRO-DPMNE Vice-President Aleksandar Nikoloski said on Saturday he agreed with that. “I think that’s something that should be given serious thought. In the first part, I think it’s a good ...

On Friday, asked about the part of the press-release by the Department of the Treasury concerning ex-PM Zoran Zaev and ex-Government Secretary-General Dragi Raskovski in relation to Montenegro’s Miodrag Davidovic, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said he didn’t have such information. Asked whether it had been aware or acted upon information about bribery, highlighted in the Treasury’s decision, the Public Prosecutor’s ...

According to PM Dimitar Kovacevski, VMRO-DPMNE is responsible for halting the EU path of North Macedonia. “There was a VMRO-DPMNE-led government for 11 years. During that period, there was no step forward, no decision regarding NATO and EU membership. It always postponed solutions, which resulted in us having more difficult and worse ones,” he said in an interview with Kanal ...