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Macedonia 06.02.24 | 08:59

Xhaferi: Tuesday’s government meeting will address ways to address the issue with passport issuance

Caretaker Prime Minister Talat Xhaferi informed that the upcoming government session on Tuesday will address potential resolutions to the passport issuance challenge, given the looming Feb. 12 deadline for citizens to replace their old passports with the new ones reflecting the country’s updated...

Macedonia 05.02.24 | 21:03

Taravari: Bullet was intended as a threat akin to the Mafia, but nothing can halt change

Arben Taravari, leader of the Alliance for Albanians and Mayor of Gostivar, addressed a concerning incident in a social media post on Monday, revealing that a bullet had been left at his doorstep earlier in the day. He interpreted the act as a clear threat but affirmed that “the change has begun,...

Macedonia 05.02.24 | 18:33

According to Assembly President, Student Assembly will start a calendar of events that the Ministry must adhere to

The President of the University Student Assembly at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (USS-UKIM), Aleksandar Nikolovski, expressed student frustration during a protest on Monday, citing delayed scholarship payments and other subsidies as the primary reasons. Nikolovski conveyed the students’...

Macedonia 05.02.24 | 16:46

Students at universities will protest about transportation vouchers, scholarship payments, and dorm renovation

University students are set to stage a protest on Monday in front of the Ministry of Education and Science, highlighting the injustices they face and expressing dissatisfaction with the Ministry’s inefficiency. The students aim to voice their discontent regarding the delayed disbursement of scholarships,...

Macedonia 05.02.24 | 13:17

Health Insurance Fund strikes, directing subsidiaries to handle only essential duties

Employees within the subsidiaries of the Health Insurance Fund (HIF) have initiated a strike starting this Monday. During this period, these subsidiaries will focus solely on essential tasks, such as enrolling minors in health insurance, managing the health insurance of hospitalized individuals, and...

Macedonia 04.02.24 | 21:28

Mickoski: We are on the verge of a victory that will transform Macedonia

We are on the verge of a historic victory which must be affirmed by 61 votes in Parliament, that will allows us to carry out the full transformation of Macedonia, opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski said during his visit to Switzerland, where he met with representatives of the Macedonian diaspora. As...

Macedonia 04.02.24 | 20:24

Ziadin Sela tries to take over Taravari’s party to stop it from joining the opposition against DUI and SDSM

Former Alliance of Albanians leader Ziadin Sela held a press conference in the party office in Tetovo today, to denounce leader Arben Taravari, for his decision to join the opposition Albanian parties in the coming elections to defeat the ruling DUI – SDSM coalition. Local media are reporting that...

Macedonia 04.02.24 | 15:54

Kovacevski in a difficult position after a key Albanian partner joined the opposition

SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski did not give more details about the apparent rift in the ruling coalition, where the smallest of the three main coalition partners – Arben Taravari’s Alliance of Albanians – announced that it will join the Albanian opposition parties in the coming elections. Macedonia...

Macedonia 03.02.24 | 20:02

Taravari decided to join the Albanian opposition, will help them in the fight against DUI

Arben Taravari, leader of the Alliance of Albanians party, today announced that he has decided to side with the opposition Albanian parties, against the coalition of DUI and SDSM. This is the result of weeks of negotiations and pressure exerted on Taravari, whose party joined the SDSM-DUI coalition a...

Economy 03.02.24 | 17:19

SDSM and DUI created 56 new public institutions

Stefan Andonovski, the interim Deputy Minister for public administration appointed by VMRO-DPMNE, disclosed the expansion of the public sector over the past two terms of SDSM and DUI. After seven years of “optimization and reorganization” of the public service by SDSM and DUI, the number...

Macedonia 03.02.24 | 13:31

Professor tells students not to use the imposed name “North Macedonia”

A social media comment by genetics professor Vladimir Trajkovski from the Philosophical Faculty in Skopje became hit on Facebook, after the professor told his students not to use the imposed name “North Macedonia”. In your index card, in the “country of birth” field, you should...

Macedonia 03.02.24 | 09:34

Tens of thousands of Macedonians could be stuck abroad as the Government declares their passports invalid

Potentially tens of thousands of Macedonian citizens who live or work abroad, and who have not received passports with the imposed name “North Macedonia” yet could face serious problems in ten days. The Government is notifying countries across the world that the passports with the name Republic...

Macedonia 02.02.24 | 19:43

Toshkovski: 25 members of the Ministry of the Interior volunteered to help issue personal documents

During the day, I visited the Department for Administrative Affairs in Skopje, where I gained insights into the current situation regarding the issuance of personal documents, as announced by Minister of the Interior Pance Toškovski on the Facebook social network. Specifically, 25 employees from various...

Macedonia 02.02.24 | 19:32

Diesel is significantly more expensive

The retail prices for EUROSUPER BS-95 and EUROSUPER BS-98 gasoline, Extra Light Household Oil (EL-1), and M-1 NS fuel oil remain unchanged, as specified in the decision establishing the maximum retail prices for petroleum products and transportation fuels dated 29.01.2024. Consequently, the retail prices...

Macedonia 02.02.24 | 15:12

From Monday, there has been a strike in the Health Insurance Fund

Employees in the regional units of the Health Insurance Fund are set to go on strike starting Monday. The trade union organization of the Union of UPOZ at the Health Insurance Fund (HIF) has announced that only essential work tasks will be carried out during the strike. This includes activities such...

Macedonia 02.02.24 | 12:42

Aggeler pointed out that many voters have become disillusioned and are opting not to cast their votes, but she emphasized that this is not the appropriate solution

United States Ambassador Angela Aggeler has emphasized the importance of making informed decisions for the country’s progress on the path to the European Union in the upcoming elections. In an interview with TV24, she expressed the hope that the opposition would share its plan for Euro-integration...

Macedonia 31.01.24 | 19:23

Precautionary measures are ordered for suspects in the Oncology Clinic case by the Criminal Court

The pretrial judge at the Skopje Criminal Court has imposed precautionary measures on Nino Vasev, the former medical director, and Nehat Nuhi, the organizational director, of the Clinic for Radiotherapy and Oncology. Both are suspected of criminal offenses related to the Oncology Clinic case, including...

Macedonia 31.01.24 | 17:44

Nearly 40 MISA law amendments, of which 21 relate to the law on administrative officers, will be submitted by VMRO-DPMNE

On Wednesday, the VMRO-DPMNE parliamentary group announced its intention to submit 21 amendments to the draft law on administrative officers currently undergoing parliamentary procedures, set to be adopted with the ‘EU-flag’. The Parliamentary Committee on European Affairs is scheduled for...

Macedonia 31.01.24 | 16:28

The Anti-Corruption Commission claims that of the 56 criminal prosecution initiatives, not a single one has been processed

During its five-year tenure, the State Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) initiated a total of 2872 cases, with 2788 stemming from reports within the corruption prevention field and 84 initiated by the Commission itself. Out of these cases, the SCPC successfully resolved 2451, presenting...

Macedonia 30.01.24 | 22:57

Albanian opposition leaders from Macedonia, including Taravari, meet with Kosovo’s Albin Kurti

Representatives of the Albanian opposition parties in Macedonia met with their political mentor, Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti. Today’s meeting in Pristina was attended by Arben Taravari, leader of the Alliance of Albanians which is formally still part of the DUI – SDSM coalition, but...

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