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President Siljanovska Davkova Says Friends of Western Balkans Actively Working on Skopje EU Path Case

Despite the clear stands by the new Bulgarian government that there will be no renegotiations on the French proposal, North Macedonia’s state leadership has still fostered optimism. On Tuesday, President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova stated that the Friends of the Western Balkans group was actively working on the case. According to her information, there are several creative proposals that could result ...

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Siljanovska Davkova: Council Members not Elected to Be ‘Scandal Masters’

According to President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, though if the no-confidence motions against the five members of the Judicial Council elected by Parliament (Vesna Dameva, Milazim Mustafa, Tanja Cacarova-Ilievska, Pavlina Crvenkovska, and Selim Ademi) are successful doesn’t automatically mean their membership will end, she expects they will resign citing ethical responsibility. On Tuesday, she said Council members hadn’t been elected to be ...

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Constitutional Court to Debate Trajanov’s Initiative over 2023 Code Changes Wednesday

On Wednesday (12 February), the Constitutional Court will debate the initiative over the 2023 Criminal Court changes filed by Democratic Union leader Pavle Trajanov. According to him, however, the session will be belated because the Court should have by now introduced a temporary measure ex officio instead of, as he pointed out on Monday, allowing numerous officials to save themselves ...

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Dimitrieska’s Council Declines to Comment on Matters Related to Kambovski’s Institution

The Council of Public Prosecutors has declined to comment on matters related to the Aleksandar Kambovski-headed Judicial Council and no-confidence motions against the five members of that institution elected by Parliament (Vesna Dameva, Milazim Mustafa, Tanja Cacarova-Ilievska, Pavlina Crvenkovska, and Selim Ademi). Only Mustafa has voiced a stand on the motions. He told MTV2 that he would resign only if a ...

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Majority Submits No-Confidence Motions against Five Judicial Council Members

The ruling majority has submitted no-confidence motions against the five members of the Judicial Council elected by Parliament (Vesna Dameva, Milazim Mustafa, Tanja Cacarova-Ilievska, Pavlina Crvenkovska, and Selim Ademi). The main reason, its MPs explained on Friday, is the low level of confidence in the judiciary, corruption within judicial organs, EU criticism precisely over the Council’s work, and Parliament’s negative ...

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PM Mickoski Continues Criticism of Judiciary and Council

On Thursday, PM Hristijan Mickoski criticised the judiciary, including the Judicial Council, also in a statement for media. “Citizens are not satisfied with the way in which the court-prosecutorial system works in our country”, he stated, describing it as a swamp where there were a lot of controversies and scandals. According to the PM, though there cannot be complete disbandment ...

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Kambovski again Says Dismissals Only Provided for in Judicial Council Law

Commenting on VMRO-DPMNE’s plans to submit an initiative to dismiss Judicial Council members, the institution’s President, Aleksandar Kambovski, said on Thursday again that dismissals were only provided for in the Judicial Council Law. Asked what would happen if members were dismissed, he stated that he didn’t want to speculate. However, Kambovski added that he had no reason for doubts in ...

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Jovanov-Kulakova Case Continues to Spark Reactions

Reactions from VMRO-DPMNE, the public, and judicial representatives over the case of 20-year-old Vasil Jovanov, the person detained on suspicion that on 29 January, he had been behind the wheel in the traffic accident in which 22-year-old pedestrian Frosina Kulakova was killed, have continued. VMRO-DPMNE MP Mile Lefkov said on Wednesday SDSM should answer questions about the family house in ...

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Academy for Judges and Prosecutors Presents Certificates to 97 Candidates

On Wednesday, the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors presented certificates to 97 candidates. The institution’s Director, Irina Trajkoska Strezoski, said the new generation, comprising 50 candidates for judges and 47 for prosecutors, was the largest one ever. Asked whether youth were interested in becoming a judge or public prosecutor considering the low confidence in the judiciary, Trajkoska Strezoski said ...

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