Tag: MoI
Macedonia 04.05.20 | 13:26

One person slightly injured in MoI helicopter crash

One person was slightly injured in a helicopter crash at the Skopje airport this morning. As the Ministry of Interior told “Republika” today around 11.30 am the helicopter of the Ministry of Interior crashed during takeoff after refueling up due to unknown reasons for now. MoI helicopter...

Macedonia 04.05.20 | 12:05

MoI helicopter crashes, no one was killed or seriously injured

A helicopter of the Ministry of Interior crashed Monday at the Petrovec airport. According to Republika’s information, no one was killed or seriously injured in the accident. Firefighters arrived at the scene. We are currently awaiting official confirmation, as well as details from the Interior...

Macedonia 01.05.20 | 14:20

MoI: 42 people detained for breaking curfew

50 people were caught breaking curfew in the past 24 hours, of which 42 were detained and appropriate measures will be taken for the rest, the Ministry of Interior said in a press release on Friday. Over the past 24 hours, the Interior Ministry issued 65 isolation orders and 65 people signed self-isolation...

Macedonia 14.04.20 | 23:06

Ministry of Interior to open hotlines for Covid-19 related issues

The Ministry of Interior will open hotlines for the entire territory of the country which citizens will be able to call for all issues related to Covid-19, and the number 192 will be exclusively for reporting crime, announced the Minister of Interior Nake Culev. He pointed out that so far the Ministry...

Macedonia 30.03.20 | 11:43

As of today, MoI will deliver IDs and driver’s licenses at home address

As of today, citizens will be able to have their ID cards and driver’s licenses delivered at their home address. This does not apply to passports that require a fingerprint when picking up the document. Interior Minister Nake Culev announced that the rules would be changed today to enable this...

Macedonia 24.03.20 | 21:45

Three MoI members test positive for COVID-19

Three members of the Ministry of Interior have contracted the new coronavirus, Interior Minister Nake Culev revealed Tuesday. These include a police officer in Skopje, a member of the forensic department and a man employed at the public procurement department at the Ministry. They have been hospitalized....

Macedonia 10.03.20 | 23:22

Culev: MoI is mapping places where to increase police presence on election day

The Interior Ministry will dispatch more police forces in regions or polling stations where there have been major disruptions to the electoral process in the past, Interior Minister Nake Culev said on Alsat’s “200” show on Tuesday. As he said, the MoI is mapping such places and will...

Macedonia 08.02.20 | 10:27

Culev: In the past, employees were subjected to political pressure and their rights were often curtailed

Interior Minister Nake Culev said Friday he had finished signing decisions for workers who were eligible for bonus payment. The Ministry of Interior employs exceptional professionals who do their job honestly and responsibly and fulfill their duties well. In the past, employees were subjected to political...

Macedonia 06.02.20 | 18:40

Culev: MoI staff assigned by former ministers, unrelated to my team are being arrested

Interior Minister Nake Culev has strongly denied reports in certain media outlets about alleged arrests of people who are part of his team. According to the Minister, it is a matter of taking official action by the orders of a pre-trial judge for persons employed in the Ministry of the Interior and assigned...

Macedonia 12.01.20 | 19:46

Spasovski’s midnight decisions lasted two years – The Ombudsman reacted, but in vain

The Ombudsman’s Office found that Oliver Spasovski was abusing the issuance of orders for the reassignment of police officers out of their their place of residence. The Ombudsman believes that orders under the law can last up to 2 months, and not more than 20 months in succession as they occur...

Macedonia 03.01.20 | 21:20

Culev: We will inspect illegal employment decisions at MoI

Nake Culev, the newly elected Minister of Interior in the interim Government, announced that he would inspect the situation in the Ministry. We will inspect the situation in the Ministry and will inform the public if there were any illegal employment decisions, Minister Culev said. According to Culev,...

Macedonia 24.12.19 | 12:30

Spasovski announces reorganization at MoI: Alfa and Public Order and Peace units to become a special intervention unit

At Tuesday’s press conference, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski stressed that the Ministry of Interior will be reorganized, and the Alfa unit and the Public Order and Peace unit will become a special intervention unit. It is true that a reorganization in the Ministry of Interior is underway....

Macedonia 23.12.19 | 22:46

Ten days before the formation of the interim government, MoI issues job ads

Just days before the interim minister takes office, according to the so-called Przino agreement to hold early parliamentary elections on April 12, dozens of job ads were issued. Unofficially, incumbent Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski, who is due to leave office in a matter of weeks, is filling senior...

Macedonia 01.12.19 | 11:04

Shooting at Aleksandar Palace Hotel, a police officer at the table with the attacked, but was not on duty

Half an hour after midnight, gunfire was reported at the Aleksandar Palace Hotel in Skopje, and no injuries were reported in the incident, according to the Interior Ministry. According to the Ministry of Interior, while five persons were sitting in the hotel restaurant, three people started shooting...

Macedonia 09.07.19 | 18:41

600 weapons and over 400kg of drugs seized by the police destroyed in Kavadarci

On the occasion of 9 July, the International Gun Destruction Day, weapons and narcotic drugs seized by the police upon court orders were destroyed Tuesday at the Euro Nickel Industries plants in Kavadarci. The destruction of drugs and weapons was realized through cooperation between the Ministry of...

Macedonia 01.07.19 | 15:00

Education, integrity, property and dossier of all police officers to be checked

All Ministry of Interior employees will be covered by the vetting process, including a check-up of their vocational education, integrity, property and possible criminal activities by certain structures within the ministry, said Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski on Monday. Judges and prosecutors,...

Macedonia 18.04.19 | 10:04

Pope Francis got a badge from the Ministry of Interior

At the invitation of the Vatican’s Gendarmerie Corps, a delegation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, led by Director of the Public Security Bureau Saso Tasevski, is paying a visit to the Vatican from April 16 to 18, as part of the preparations for the visit of the Holy Father Pope Francis to...

Macedonia 15.02.19 | 21:34

Ministry of Interior thwarts ISIS terrorist attack in the country

The Ministry of Interior informed Friday that it has taken measures to prevent a terrorist attack in the country. After having previously exchanged operational information with a partner country, in connection with potential plans and intentions for committing a terrorist act on the territory of the...