Goran Adamovski VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski yesterday returned from a two-day visit to Budapest and Vienna. In the Hungarian capital, he met with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, while he went to Austria to exchange experiences and information related to his professorial activities at the University of St. Cyril and Methodius. On Friday, he will be …
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It was a meeting of leaders of right-wing political parties that can prove to be important in strengthening Macedonian-Hungarian ties, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said when asked to comment on Tuesday’s meeting of VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski with Hungarian PM Viktor Orban in Budapest. It’s a very logical thing, he said, two right-wing leaders to …
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Digital forensic experts completed the investigation into Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva’s second phone, sources from the Public Prosecutor’s Office reveal. Prosecutor Janeva’s second mobile phone, which was first declared as lost, was found on July 23rd through tracking its International Mobile Equipment Identity number. The two mobile phones were examined by digital forensic experts for …
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The vetting process of Ministry of Interior employees, starting from janitors to ministers, according to minister Oliver Spasovski, was given the green light from the government on Tuesday. By August 20, the Ministry of Interior is to form a working group that will come up with a proposal of activities and time frames for the …
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The VMRO-DPMNE and Besa winked at each other and established the first step towards cooperation, but whether this cooperation will be transformed into a coalition before, or after the parliamentary elections, is too early to discuss. These are the comments in the two parties that have come after the reign they took over in the …
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VMRO-DPMNE has serious remarks about the population census law and the concept about the upcoming census, VMRO-DPMNE MP Ilija Dimovski said, calling them “crucial” for the process to be conducted according to Eurostat standards. “Only this kind of census can benefit everyone, instead of being an operation causing fear or joy amongst the citizens from …
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The Skopje-based Criminal Court rejected the appeal for postponement of the execution of the prison sentence of Sead Kochan as unfounded, and upheld the ruling of the judge for execution of criminal sanctions, according to which Kochan is to start serving his prison sentence immediately. Macedonian businessman Sead Kochan was sentenced in a case code-named …
Police filed charges against a 67-year old man from Skopje for posting threatening messages on Facebook against PM Zoran Zaev. The Skopje native is charged with ‘endangering safety online’. “On 25 July 2019, the man using his Facebook username had posted a comment containing threats against the Prime Minister of North Macedonia,” the Ministry of …
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European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, in an interview with Austrian daily Standard, says that it’s no secret that EU members view North Macedonia more favorably than Albania when it comes to opening accession talks. “We are still working on getting both states to negotiate,” Hahn told the paper. “But it is no …
All defendants who could not get pregnant became ill. This joke that is constantly shared on social media explains the health state of the famous names of the political elite that are supposed to go to prison, or are already in prison. The latest defendant to be admitted to hospital is the main suspect in …
The largest opposition party in North Macedonia, VMRO-DPMNE, has declared that it’s ready to vote the new bill on the Special Prosecutor’s Office if the ruling party agrees to declare early elections. The vice chairman of this party, Aleksandar Nikolovski told “Kanal5” that a snap election is their only condition. “No bill can pass in …
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North Macedonia’s Parliament is set to hold its last plenary session before its four-week summer recess.Today’s is the 109th plenary session. Parliament summer recess ends on August 27. During today’s session, legislators will consider a proposal to send Army of North Macedonia troops to the Resolute Support mission in Afganistan; proposed changes to the Law …
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According to North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, adopting the Law on the Public Prosecution should not be conditioned on early elections. “We are against early elections”, Zaev told reporters on Monday. “A solution needs to be reached, but not through a snap election. We’ll give public reconciliation a chance so working groups can do …
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Once the agreement has been signed and ratified in Parliament, it creates a plethora of legal responsibilities which make it difficult for anyone to disengage, Greece’s Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said in an interview with Parapolitika newspaper, in an answer to a question about the Prespa Agreement. The Greek Minister, also a lawyer, says the …
Political dialogue in North Macedonia is expected to resume at the end of August. Once the country’s parliament convenes again, it is expected to discuss the bill on the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the fate of the Special Prosecutor’s Office. Opposition party VMRO-DPMNE has announced that it has prepared its version of the bill which …
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The chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Elections and Appointments, Ilija Dimovski, scheduled a session on Monday, which will basically start the procedure for the election of the members of the new management bodies of MRT and the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AVMU). After the ruling party SDSM accused Dimovski of obstructing …
The Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs will discuss the proposed Law on the 2020 Population and Housing Census, the first one since the 2011 tally of the population was cut short by a governmental decision. According to the proposed law, the State Statistical Office is to carry out a population and housing census in April …
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The Prosecution for organized crime and corruption and the current Special Prosecutor’s Office will merge into a single institution – Prosecutor’s Office for organized crime and high corruption, and will prosecute the crime of the so-called “white collars”. The prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and the SPO prosecutors will merge their knowledge …
North Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi has scheduled a session on draft law on public prosecution for August 27. The document will be treated as EU-flagged legislation and will be passed in a shortened procedure. Draft law on public prosecution requires a 2/3 parliamentary majority for its adoption. The new law on public prosecution proposes …
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The Parliament of Serbia adopted the law on ratification of the agreement between the Government of Serbia and the Government of North Macedonia on establishment of joint traffic control at Presevo-Tabanovce border crossing. Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said that it is important for competitiveness and connectivity to build common border …
