Head Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, who is under detention as a suspect in the “Racket” case, has authorized all SPO cases to be handed over to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Special Prosecutor’s Office said in a press release. “The SPO received on Tuesday from the Skopje-based Criminal Court an authorization that Katica Janeva had …
After ten European Commission recommendations that we are ready to start accession negotiations, we expect a positive decision, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said at a strategic conference in Bled, Slovenia, which concluded its works. Dimitrov said accelerated European integration of northern Macedonia and the region into the EU is necessary. The chief of diplomacy of …
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After the first round of meetings in European capitals, Paris, Berlin, The Hague, and after launching major government initiatives, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is stepping up to TIF in order to capitalize on the political benefits of the first 60 days and maintain a positive momentum. As was the case in Berlin, in The Hague, which Kyriakos …
The dismissal of Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva is on Thursday’s agenda in Parliament. The Parliamentary Committee on Election and Appointment Issues will meet tomorrow at noon to review a report by the Council of Public Prosecutors, according to which Janeva performed her function illegally, recklessly and unprofessionally, alluding to the “Racket” affair. Members of the …
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MP Frosina Remenski arrived Wednesday morning at the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption to give a statement in connection with the “Racket” case. When the “Racket” case broke out, Remenski was mentioned as an honorary president of an international association founded by Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13. Earlier this week, TV host …
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US strongly support North Macedonia in realizing its strategic goals – full-fledged NATO membership and start of negotiations with the European Union. This was stated by Matthew Palmer, US Special Envoy for the Balkans, at a meeting with Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska at the Strategic Forum being held in Bled, …
By Federica Mogherini We have a clear interest in bringing the entire Balkans inside the European Union and we all know that this is a long process, a complicated one, always interesting and lively, that will take time. It will take a lot of problem solving, a lot of political commitment on all sides, and …
The country’s 2019 Budget prepared by the Finance Ministry, headed by the new Finance Minister Nina Angelovska, is set to be reviewed at a government’s session today. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on Monday that preparations to review the 2019 Budget were in the final stage and it was designed to support capital projects and …
Elementary school “Partenie Zografski” in Skopje’s Kisela Voda prolonged the pupils’ summer break yesterday. Their parents were notified that professors and teachers would be involved in the warning strikes of educators, so teaching lessons would start today. Just fifty meters further, the high schoolers came to the Vasil Antevski-Dren high school on their first school …
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Ilo Trajkovski I initially wanted to write about the issue of old age as a social institution as the topic of this column. It was my intention to think aloud about how today’s dominant social forces in our country determine and treat aging and old age in general. Approaching the end of the sixth decade …
Following the questioning of TV host Lila Filipovska, businessman Siljan Micevski came to the Prosecutor’s Office for fighting organized crime and corruption, after he was also summoned for questioning over the “Racket” case. Before entering the Prosecutor’s Office, Micevski told reporters that this was his second visit, adding that he didn’t transfer the 720,000 euros …
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“We won’t allow deviations from what has been agreed, it’s necessary North Macedonia to be obliged to implement the Prespa Agreement”, Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in an interview with Greek radio Alpha 989. Speaking on the Athens-based Alpha radio, he said he had clarified the issue to his counterpart Nikola Dimitrov when they …
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Zvonko Davidovic I have laughed at jokes and anecdotes many times about Montenegrins who are considered great heroes, people who are not in the mood for work and stingy with words, so they usually say that every word is worth gold. Knowing these features of Montenegrins, a conversation with two Montenegrins would look something like …
Nina Angelovska is the new finance minister, while Hisen Xhemaili is elected minister without portfolio. Deputy Ministers were also appointed after a two-day debate in the Assembly, which included discussions on the economy, foreign investment, the rule of law and early elections. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said the current government would extend its mandate by …
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Goran Adamovski Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani defends his party colleague Hisen Xhemaili, so he leisurely concludes that he has not been convicted in the 2001 “Mavrovo workers” case. He added that according to the information he had, the newly appointed minister had taken part in a brutal torture on five construction workers abducted in …
Following New Democracy’s election victory and the assumption of power by Kyriakos Mitsotakis in July, the out-of-door narrative of the new government was delimited. Firstly, we inform Europeans of the government’s plan and then we go on to gain Greece’s lost credibility. From a semantic point of view, Paris and Berlin, as the dominant capitals …
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TV show host Lila Filipovska was questioned for over an hour at the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption on Monday. Lila Filipovska has been summoned to give a statement required in connection with the “Racket” case. She, while eaving the Prosecutor’s Office, refrained from giving a media statement and blew a kiss to …
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Nina Angelovska is taking over on Monday as the new Finance Minister. Angelovska met with Deputy Finance Minister Shiret Elezi and State Secretary Julijana Petanovska. Talks focused on ongoing activities at the Ministry of Finance. Nina Angelovska graduated cum laude from the Faculty of Economics at the Skopje University, where she finished a degree in …
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Goran Adamovski The government and the opposition will sit down today at a joint table in the latest attempt to reach a mutually acceptable solution for the future of the Special Prosecutor’s Office. Recent information suggests that there is a mood in both camps to find a compromise on the new prosecution law, but both …
The Director of the National Security Agency Viktor Dimovski at a press conference said that the National Security Agency is becoming operational, as its capacities have been put in function in line with the law on its establishment. Director Dimovski said today was a historic day. “Today marks the end of a key phase of …
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