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VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM still Divided over Constitutional Changes

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, who has insisted on early elections, said on Thursday that the Government, instead of solving problems, was becoming an obstacle to itself. As Mickoski reiterated, the constitutional changes are a closed topic. He also rejected the government’s claims that MPs from his party will support the changes to the Constitution. Mickoski talked about his party’s stand ...

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Georgiev and Dimovska to Most Likely Be New Judicial Council Members

Supreme Court Judge Nake Georgiev and Skopje Basic Court II Judge Antoaneta Dimovska will most likely be the new members of the Judicial Council. Six of the 16 Supreme Court judges voted in favour of Georgiev. Dimovska, from the Skopje appeals area, won 110 votes, 61 more than Kavadarci Court President Lazar Nanev. The final results will be announced on ...

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City of Skopje Councillors Adopt Conclusions over Communal Hygiene

Councillors at the City of Skopje, at an extraordinary session on Thursday, adopted conclusions regarding the only item on the agenda, that is, the current communal hygiene situation. Skopje Mayor Arsovska and the Komunalna Higiena (Communal Hygiene) PE were tasked with taking measures, including urgent procurement of five new lorries and mechanisation for waste collection, as well as cleaning of ...

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Constitutional Court: Lloga Misinforming the Public

According to the Constitutional Court, it’s not true that it’s been requested an opinion in any form about further action in terms of issuing certificates. As the institution said on Thursday, neither the Office for Management of Registers of Births, Marriages, and Deaths nor the Justice Ministry has sent such communication. In the press-release, the Court said it was reacting ...

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Health Minister Mexhiti Comments on Multiple Topics

Regarding the termination of the contract with the contractor that built just 30% of the Clinic Hospital in Stip, Health Minister Fatmir Mexhiti said a tender procedure would be organised in six months to choose a company that would resume construction. The Minister also announced that there would be construction of a hospital in Kicevo too. When it comes to ...

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PM Kovacevski and Foreign Minister Osmani Continue Activities in Vilnius

At the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, PM Dimitar Kovacevski pointed out to his partners from the EU that swifter EU integration would increase the security of the Western Balkans. “We’ve reaffirmed the stand on the importance of European and Euro- Atlantic integrations to peace, security, stability, and prosperity,” he stated on Wednesday, adding that the Summit was very important ...

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VMRO-DPMNE MP: Official Communication only over Elections Issue

VMRO-DPMNE’s Bojan Stojanoski said on Wednesday there could be communication of parliamentarians from his party with MPs from the other parliamentary groups and Speaker Talat Xhaferi only if there was talk on dissolution of Parliament and holding parliamentary elections. “As our party leader, too, said, there is no official communication,” he said, answering a journalist’s question. According to the VMRO- ...

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Council Elects New Prosecutors

At the 82 nd session on Wednesday, the Council of Public Prosecutors elected Zoran Zdravev, Irena Spasovska, Emilija Mizo Dimkov, Fatmir Musa, and Ajbejan Ajdini as Prosecutors at the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Skopje. Candidates Elizabeta Josifovska and Elena Manceva Kostova are becoming part of the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Offices in Gostivar and Kavadarci, respectively. The session also saw ...

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Council of Public Prosecutors Head Jolevski Comments on Several Topics

“We cannot say ahead of time that we will eliminate someone because the public is speculating about something,” Council of Public Prosecutors President Antonio Jolevski said on Wednesday regarding the election of Prosecutor Ajton Ajro. As Kanal 5 TV reported, there were speculations according to which the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption has opened a procedure concerning a case ...

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Insight over Kumanovo Basic Court Fire Postponed for Thursday

The insight over the Kumanovo Basic Court fire has been postponed for Thursday. It’s still not safe to enter the building. A prosecutor from Kumanovo, teams from the city’s Internal Affairs Sector, and experts will be among those that will be investigating. While the public is waiting for the insight’s results, the Ministry of Justice said on Wednesday that the ...

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