At a session on Wednesday, the Supreme Court dismissed as unfounded the appeal of Aleksandar Gjorcevski, the father of Vanja Gjorcevska, the girl murdered last year, for abolition of his detention measure. “I’m currently divided into two worlds. One of my kids is here, but they took away the other. I don’t care where I will see in the outcome. ...

At a debate on the need for lie detector tests for officers working at border-crossings, held on Wednesday, ex-Finance Minister Xhevdet Hajredini said SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski and DUI leader Ali Ahmeti should be the first that should actually take such a test. As he added, those responsible for the Criminal Code changes last year have no moral right to ...

On Tuesday, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Gabriel Escobar, commented on North Macedonia’s EU path. “I want to start by saying that both North Macedonia and Bulgaria are valued NATO members and Allies. And so, we want a peaceful resolution of any issues, but we encourage dialogue between North Macedonia and Bulgaria to ...

VMRO-DPMNE’s Mile Lefkov held on Tuesday another press-conference where he criticised President Stevo Pendarovski, who’s a candidate for a second term. At the press-conference, an excerpt from an interview Pendarovski had with a TV station on 18 January 2022 was played in which the President says Bulgaria’s stand on constitutional changes represents interference in North Macedonia’s internal affairs. However, as ...

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, party Vice-President Vlado Misajlovski, MP Dragan Kovachki, party Vice-President Aleksandar Nikoloski, and MP Dafina Stojanoska will head the MP candidate lists in Electoral Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, respectively, while a decision on Electoral District 5 still hasn’t been made. Regarding SDSM, Kovacevski will face Mickoski in District 1. In District 2, SDSM’s list ...

For the upcoming elections in North Macedonia, ODIHR will request the secondment by OSCE participating States of 24 long-term observers to follow the electoral process countrywide, as well as 300 short-term observers to follow election day procedures, with the general assessment being that electoral legislation needs essential reforms, while preparations have started too late. ODIHR says, inter alia, in its ...

The deadline for collecting signatures for the presidential process has expired. Officially, there are seven candidates for President: Stevo Pendarovski, endorsed by SDSM, Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, endorsed by VMRO-DPMNE, Bujar Osmani, endorsed by DUI, Arben Taravari, endorsed by the VLEN coalition, Stevco Jakimovski, endorsed by GROM, Maksim Dimitrevski, endorsed by ZNAM, and Biljana Vankovska, endorsed by Levica. On Friday, Taravari ...

The Interior Ministry, in order to establish order with regards to the process for people to have their photos taken and for issuing personal documents, will introduce a so-called Get a Number system. The system was tested on the premises of the Administrative Affairs Department of Kumanovo on Saturday, caretaker Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said. Soon, it will be fully ...

On Thursday, with 84 votes in favour and two abstentions, Parliament passed the Electoral Code changes. Ruling majority and opposition parliamentarians found common ground to enable over 100,000 citizens without documents containing the new constitutional name to be able to vote in the elections. According to the provisional transition, all adults with an ID or passport whose validity has expired ...

Several hours before the adoption of the Electoral Code changes that will enable citizens with documents containing the old constitutional name to vote, on Thursday, caretaker Interior Minister Pance Toskovski again criticised caretaker PM Talat Xhaferi’s stand that there is enough time for citizens to replace documents before the elections. According to him, there is no time to wait because ...