The Idrizovo prison commander, during whose shift prisoner Bekim Memeti escaped, has been issued an eight-day detention measure. The two officers escorting the prisoner have received the same measure. The third has been issued a measure of precaution by a judge in the previous procedure. Following the integration at the Criminal Court, it was found the suspects were able to ...

According to PM Dimitar Kovacevski, meetings such as the one the leaders of DUI, DPA, Alliance for Albanians, and Alternative had with Edi Rama in Tirana are welcome because the Albanian PM is a proven friend of North Macedonia, while the messages from the party leaders from the ethnic Albanian bloc are in direction of smooth carrying out of the ...

SDSM has maintained that the early elections, “despite VMRO-DPMNE’s wishes”, will be held in 2024. According to the ruling party, it’s not true that there is a majority that support Hristijan Mickoski’s party. SDSM Parliamentary Group Coordinator Jovan Mitreski says Monday’s coordination meeting hosted by Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi will see a discussion on the dynamism of work, not on ...

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan MIckoski expects 2023 to see early elections and as he says, citizens get a government, they will elect. The opposition leader adds that he encourages MPs that are giving signals with regards to dissolution of Parliament not to succumb to the ruling structure’s pressures. Mickoski declines to comment on the alleged developments in relation to SDSM based ...

In a video on the occasion of New Year’s, PM Dimitar Kovacevski promises to citizens that 2023 will be a better year than 2022. In it, he points out that tough decisions were made for the European future. VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, too, sent a holiday message. “We have a right to a future that will be better for our ...

The central topic at Thursday’s session for parliamentary questions was the issue of controversial Macedonian citizenship documents. VMRO-DPMNE MP Dragan Kovacki asked PM Dimitar Kovacevski whether he had known before he had picked Zarko Milosevski as Director of the Agency for National Security, that he, as an operative, had signed the document concerning Oleksandr Onyschenko and if he hadn’t, whether ...

After a consideration process for the appeals in the Transporter case that lasted nearly three years, the Court of Appeals has said it has reached a decision. According to the charge, the defendant, ex-Bitola Mayor Vladimir Taleski and accomplices embezzled around 360,000 euros through a tender for organised process for organised transport of students in Bitola. With the Court of ...

A commander, a deputy commander, a shift head, and six police officers were arrested last night at Tabanovce Border-Crossing. They are suspected of bribery and abuse of official position, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski confirmed at a briefing on Monday. Searches were conducted both in the workplace of the suspects and in their homes, the Minister noted. “Fighting corruption is a ...

On Wednesday, PM Dimitar Kovacevski said there wouldn’t be any Government reshuffle. Also, he refused to comment also on the issue of the low trust in the judiciary and Prosecutor’s Office because it was about a separate power in the country.  Regarding the opposition’s questions about the new Agency for National Security Director, Zarko Milosevski, he said the services carrying ...

The decision of the Court of Appeals to annul the verdict in the Target-Fortress case and for it to be returned to consideration again still hasn’t arrived at the Criminal Court even though it was made 15 days ago. The Judicial Council has formed a working group that will head to the Court of Appeals to check how the decision ...