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Arsovska: Employees Were Dismissed for Not Coming to Work

Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska commented on the dismissal of 33 employees from the PE for Communal Hygiene. Few days ago, the management of Communal Hygiene, headed by Director Kosana Mazneva decided to terminate the employment contracts of 33 employees, citing as reason the fact that some of them did not show up at work for months, or even for years, ...

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Justice Ministry Proposes Novelties in Criminal Code

The Ministry of Justice had proposed introduction of a new Article 403 to the Criminal Code of North Macedonia, which introduces “irresponsible manipulation of a motorised vehicle” as a new criminal. According to the proposal, this article will cover cases of intoxicated drivers driving a vehicle with at least 1.5 per mill of alcohol in their blood or under the ...

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Government Yet to Approve “Skopje Technological Park” of John Malkovich

Famous American actor John Malkovich recently revealed that an association in which he is one of the board members intend to build in the area near Skopje a great complex of studios called “Skopje Technological Park”. As Malkovich stated in an interview for MTV1, this technological park will include studios for shooting films, for musical production, as well as for ...

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Health Ministry Registers 679 New COVID-19 Cases in Past 24 Hours

The Health Ministry informs that in the past 24 hours they have registered 679 new cases of COVID-19, out of 1,537 tests. The Health Ministry also registered 291 patients recovered from COVID-19 infection, and no deaths over the past 24 hours. So far, a total number of 332,667 cases of COVID-19 have been registered in the country, of which 318,890 ...

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Finance Police Department Files Criminal Charges Against BPPOOC Prosecutors

The top management of the Finance Police Department, headed by Director Arafat Muaremi, officially filed on Monday criminal charges against some of the prosecutors from the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organised Crime (BPPOOC). Muaremi and the Finance Police Department suspect that the prosecutors from BPPOOC have broken the law in the recent process of conducting a search in his office ...

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CMC: Fire Near Furka Yet to be Put Under Control

Crisis Management Centre (CMC) informed that the wildfire that recently erupted near Bogdanci, close to the village of Furka and the Paljurci Dam, is yet to be put under control. From CMC they inform that firefighters and employees from the forestry departments in Gevgelija, Dojran, Kavadarci Valandovo and Strumica are intervening on terrain, and that one of the Canadair planes ...

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VMRO-DPMNE: Culture Minister Must Apologise over Censorship Statements

VMRO-DPMNE demanded immediate apology from Culture Minister Bisera Kostadinovska-Stojcevska over her latest statements in which some artists and politicians recognised censorship attempts. “In the spirit of the protocol the government led by Dimitar Kovacevski signed with Bulgaria, the culture minister wants to introduce censorship, to create an Orwellian world in the Macedonian culture. It seems that the government will not ...

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Levica: Culture Minister Must React over New Bulgarian Club in Ohrid

The political party Levica issued a statement in which they call upon a reaction by Culture Minister Bisera Kostadinovska-Stojcevska about the opening of a new Bulgarian club in Ohrid named after former Bulgarian Tsar Boris III. “The ‘Minister of Happiness and Censorship’ is obviously already in the mode of focusing on happy things only, because she totally ignored the opening ...

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Escobar: US Continue to Support EU Integration of North Macedonia

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Gabriel Escobar said on Friday that the US will continue to support the EU integration processes for North Macedonia and Albania. “North Macedonia is a very good bilateral partner of ours and a very good NATO ally too. This country well-deservedly started the process for integration in the European family. ...

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SCPD: Possible Attempt of Bulgarian Consul over Our Work

The State Commission for Prevention of Discrimination (SCPD) came out with a reaction over the presence of Bulgarian Consul Dimitar Ivanov at the Ivan Mihajlov Bulgarian Cultural Centre in Bitola while SCPD were conducting a search and taking statements over a discrimination case. “We were surprised to find that Mr. Ivanov was present in the culture centre during our investigation, ...

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