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Violence in Centar Case: Mile Janakieski Given 1-year Suspended Sentence

Ex-PM Nikola Gruevski, who’s in Budapest, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, while former Transport and Communications Minister Mile Janakieski has received a one-year suspended sentence for instigation of the violence in the Municipality of Centar in 2013. On Tuesday, Judge Dusko Josifovski also gave suspended sentences to those responsible for the violence, that is, Aleksandar Trajkovski, Darko ...

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Former Interior Minister Jankuloska Taken to Idrizovo Prison

Former Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska has been taken to prison. She arrived in Idrizovo at 6 pm on Monday. The Criminal Court’s President, Ivan Dzolev, told Telma TV that he had received the final verdict from the Supreme Court, after which it had been handed over to Jankuloska. According to him, there is no possibility for a delay because Jankuloska ...

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Slovenian President Pahor Visits Macedonia

On Saturday, President Stevo Pendarovski and his Slovenian counterpart, Borut Pahor, paid a visit to the Army’s Water Training Camp in Ohrid, where they saw a show exercise. They also paid a visit to some of the cultural-historical sites in the city. The previous day, Pendarovski and Pahor had held a meeting and joint press-conference in Skopje. Also, they laid ...

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Karakachanov Levels Accusations at Macedonia and Dimitrov

According to Bulgarian Defence Minister Krasimir Karakahanov, though his country isn’t against the Intergovernmental Conference between Macedonia and the EU, it believes it is not the time for that. He says that Bulgaria’s authorities adopted the “framework position” last October due to Macedonia’s non-compliance with the good-neighbourliness deal. Karakachanov considers that former Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov did nothing over a ...

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New EU Delegation Head Geer: Rule of Law is Key Area

The key area on which Macedonia should focus in the period ahead is the rule of law, the new Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador David Geer, assessed following Wednesday’s meeting with PM Zoran Zaev. According to him, that will be both the first chapter opened in the negotiations with the EU and the last one closed. As Geer added, ...

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Health Minister Filipce: Anti-coronavirus Measures Might be Strengthened

Non-discipline and non-compliance with protocols are the main reasons for the increase spread of COVID-19, according to Health Minister Venko Filipce. At a press-conference on Tuesday, he said that measures might be strengthened and that there might be stronger controls. The goal and strategy, Filipce explained, is timely introduction of measures that will directly fight the spread. “The goal is ...

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VMRO-DPMNE Central Committee Holds Session

At Monday’s session of the Central Committee of VMRO-DPMNE, the leader of the party, Hristijan Mickoski, proposed to members to convene an extraordinary congress at which he wouldn’t run, but they unanimously rejected the proposal. Mickoski proposed a new composition of the party’s Executive Committee, which now consists of: Vice Presidents Vlado Misajlovski and Aleksandar Nikoloski, member and former MP ...

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Supreme Court Rejects Appeals in Tank Case

On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected the appeals filed by those convicted in the Tank case, former PM Nikola Gruevski, former Interior Minister, and Gjoko Popovski, confirming the verdicts of the Court of Appeals. Gruevski, who’s in Budapest, Jankuloska, and Popovski , had been sentenced to two years, four years, and 4.5 years in prison, respectively. On Saturday, Jankuloska said ...

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Reactions to Bulgaria’s Memorandum Continue

The Government’s stand is that the treaty with Bulgaria creates a legal framework and provides instruments to manage bilateral relations. Commenting on the Memorandum, it said on Thursday that the individuality of the Macedonian language and ethnic identity was an undisputed fact. Claims and statements containing insults don’t lead to friendship, it was added. VMRO-DPMNE’s Antonijo Milososki’s proposal is that ...

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PM Zaev Meets Greek Counterpart Mitsotakis in Athens

PM Zoran Zaev held a working meeting on Wednesday with Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens. Zaev said that Athens and Skopje, with the Prespa deal, had created a model to successfully resolve open issues between neighbours. The two PMs described the meeting as significant and additional contribution in terms of advancing bilateral relations. The Macedonian PM also stated that ...

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