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Vanja Gjorcevska Case: Supreme Court Dismisses Father’s Appeal

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…

14/03/2024

Debate on Need for Lie Detector Tests for Officers Working at Crossings

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…

14/03/2024

Parliament Passes Law on Management of Confiscated Property

On Wednesday, Parliament passed the Law on Management of Confiscated Property, Property Gain, and Seized Objects in Criminal and Misdemeanour Proceedings. The goal is to enable a swift and efficient…

14/03/2024

Parliament Passes Pardon Law

Parliament has passed the Pardon Law, proposed by the Justice Ministry. Now, the President can only pardon a person if they are sentenced, not if they are criminally prosecuted. As…

14/03/2024

VLEN Coalition with Suspicions about DUI’s Intentions

The VLEN coalition said on Wednesday a series of symptomatic moves by DUI’s leadership, together with the ODIHR Report about potential risks for the elections, raised suspicions about the intentions…

14/03/2024

Five New Pertussis Cases Registered

On Wednesday morning, five new pertussis cases were registered in Skopje. The controls by the State Sanitary and Health Inspectorate to check whether there is compliance with the decision banning…

14/03/2024

US Official Escobar on North Macedonia’s EU Path

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…

13/03/2024

SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE Trade Accusations over Presidential Candidates

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…

13/03/2024

Janakieski to Be Released on Parole in June, Criminal Court to Decide on Mijalkov

Ex-Transport and Communications Minister Mile Janakieski will be released on parole on 17 June 2024 instead of next year, on 16 January, as the preliminary decision foresaw. He was sentenced…

13/03/2024

Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on GRECO Addendum

Commenting on GRECO’s Fourth Evaluation Round Second Addendum to the 2nd Compliance Report, the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office says North Macedonia has satisfactorily implemented the majority of recommendations concerning corruption…

13/03/2024