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Kurti Says There were Threats against Him during Stay in Skopje

Kosovo’s public broadcaster, RTK, reported that during his stay in Skopje, on Friday and Saturday, there were strict security measures for Kosovan PM Albin Kurti due to information that there would be an assassination attempt. The Kosovan PM confirmed on Saturday that there had been threats against him during his stay in Skopje coming from individuals and structures that, as ...

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Taravari: Alliance for Albanians has Officially Decided to Join Opposition

Alliance for Albanians has officially decided to join the opposition, party leader Arben Taravari said on social media following Thursday’s meeting in Kumanovo with members of the party’s Central Assembly. Taravari had convened the meeting with the party body’s delegates to ask for support for his decision to participate in the elections together with the ethnic Albanian opposition bloc. “The ...

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Caretaker PM Xhaferi Submits Proposal for Mexhiti and Aliu Dismissal

Caretaker PM Talat Xhaferi submitted on Thursday to Parliament the proposal for Fatmir Mexhiti and Azir Aliu to be dismissed as Minister of Health and Minister of Information Society and Administration, respectively. In the document sent to Speaker Jovan Mitreski, he requests for the Ministers, who are in Alliance for Albanians leader Arben Taravari’s camp, to be dismissed at the ...

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Palevski Extradition a Matter of ‘Days’, Says Minister Lloga

During his visit to Turkiye, Justice Minister Krenar Lloga told Telma on Thursday that he expected the procedure to extradite Ljupco Palevski, principal suspect in the murder of Vanja Gjorcevska and Pance Zezovski, to be completed soon. The procedure to extradite him has been completed in the first and second instance in Turkiye, while the administrative aspect remains, that is, ...

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New SCPC Composition Sworn in

In Parliament on Thursday, the new composition of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) was sworn in. It promised there would be new investigations and making of anti-corruption policies. The SCPC will first go through the work of the previous composition in order to be able to resume that. Its imperative will be to protect societal integrity. According ...

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Pavlovska Daneva Sworn in as Constitutional Court Judge

In Parliament on Thursday, with 65 votes in favour and 26 against, university professor Ana Pavlovska Daneva was elected Connotational Court Judge. The discussion during the election procedure had lasted two days. VMRO-DPMNE’s stand is that she will additionally confirm the so-called particization of the Court, especially considering she hasn’t publicly distanced herself from her posts within SDSM. On the ...

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Parliament Speaker Mitreski Meets US Ambassador Aggeler

On Thursday, Parliament Speaker Jovan Mitreski met with US Ambassador Angela Aggeler. They discussed priority activities within Parliament in the period ahead. Ambassador Aggeler congratulated Mitreski on his election as Speaker, wishing him a successful term. As she said, in the US, North Macedonia will always have a friend and a great supporter. “Speaker Mitreski expressed gratitude for the continued ...

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Taravari Convenes Meeting of Alliance for Albanians Central Thursday

Following the dismissals of two heads of institutions, Post and Foreign Investments Agency, who have supported him, Arben Taravari is trying to overtake Ziadin Sela, who has already scheduled a meeting of the Central Assembly for Saturday, that is, the Alliance for Albanians leader has convened a meeting of the Central Presidency for Thursday in Kumanovo, inviting all members of ...

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Kovacevski on Alliance for Albanians Issue

SDSM leader and ex-PM Dimitar Kovacevski said on Wednesday regarding the accusations by Minister of Information Society and Administration Azir Aliu and Health Minister Fatmir Mexhiti, who are part of Alliance for Albanians, over the Government session on Tuesday that he couldn’t comment on something he hadn’t attended. He considers that caretaker PM Talat Xhaferi and party organs should be ...

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Restrictive Measures Law cannot Be Unconstitutional, Grkovska Reiterates

In an interview with the Top Tema (Top Topic) show on Telma on Wednesday, Deputy PM for Good Governance Policies Slavica Grkovska said the changes to the restrictive measures law couldn’t be unconstitutional because if one defined the way in which action would be taken against persons and companies on the blacklist by the US and the UK, and it ...

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