Tag: government
Macedonia 09.04.20 | 12:59

Will Constitutional Court reconvene Parliament to confirm government’s decrees during state of emergency?

Somehow unnoticed and with a few lines statement passed the information from the Constitutional Court that the initiative for assessing the constitutionality and legality of the Decision for dissolution of the Assembly is being considered. Based on the discussions of the judges, as well as the importance...

Macedonia 08.04.20 | 17:24

Regime for movement of people with disability during curfew introduced, first interest-free loans to support 136 small and medium-sized companies approved

The government introduced a regime for movement of people with disability during the curfew. They can go outside between 7 pm and 8 pm on weekdays and between 11 am and 1 pm on weekends. The government also decided on the requirements that meet the criteria of the public call for loans from the the special...

Macedonia 01.04.20 | 21:04

Government adopts new measures and decisions

The Government decided Wednesday to reallocate funds from non-productive expenditures for the COVID-19 crisis efforts. The Government decided to temporarily ban new employments in the public sector, except for the health sector and other sectors directly involved in the management of the coronavirus...

Macedonia 30.03.20 | 12:47

Other countries take care of their own citizens, while in our country the government does not cover anything, citizens pay for their transport themselves

The government is committing a crime amid a pandemic and wants to profit from the transport of our fellow citizens from abroad to Macedonia, VMRO-DPMNE said in a press release. Our citizens who come from abroad, unlike people from other countries who take care of their own citizens, pay for their own...

Economy 24.03.20 | 20:43

Instead of cutting workers’ salaries, the government should cover 50 percent of the gross salaries and freeze loans

In Tuesday’s interview with MTV, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski spoke about the measures that the Government should implement in order to improve the economic situation in the country. Mickoski emphasized that two weeks ago at the meetings in the Government of the Republic of Macedonia he...

Macedonia 21.03.20 | 21:35

Stoilkovski: Media censorship amid an epidemic

The government is introducing media censorship amid an epidemic, says VMRO DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski. The government opted for online press conferences and inclusion of questions. But by abusing the situation it is trying to exclude critical media. Accreditation is required to ask questions at...

Macedonia 20.03.20 | 19:21

Government orders police to patrol the cities, extends validity of identity documents and foreigner residency permits

Interior Minister Nake Culev informed the public that the Government adopted its first measures under the state of emergency powers. These include extending the validity of expiring personal identity documents – in order to prevent forcing people to try and replace them, and suspending he law on...

Macedonia 28.02.20 | 15:33

Government recommends that sports matches be played without audience until March 6 and mass public gatherings be canceled

The government recommended canceling mass public gathering until March 6 and sporting matches to be played without an audience, on the proposal of Health Minister Venko Filipce. The decision comes after the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in the country, with another 14 people in isolation. The...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 15:25

Culev accuses Spasovski of falsifying a decision of the Government

Interim Interior Minister Nake Culev said that the interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski is obstructing the work of the Interior Ministry. Spasovski is attempting to cancel out more than a 100 appointments that Culev made in the Interior Ministry. Under the 100 days rule, Culev has the right to make...

Culture 11.02.20 | 14:19

Government to reward ‘Honeyland’ film crew with 3 million denars

The Government will reward the ‘Honeyland’ film crew with 3 million denars (EUR 50,000), interim prime minister Oliver Spasovski and finance minister Nina Angelovska informed. The ‘Honeyland’ crew won the most important Oscar yesterday – for humanity, simplicity, environmental...

Culture 10.02.20 | 20:11

The Culture Ministry says it can’t reward the Honeyland stars and crew

After losing out on the Oscars, the crew of Honeyland might also lose the financial reward it was promised by the Government. Republika has learnt that the Culture Ministry, which was tasked to come up with a legal solution how the crew can be rewarded after their spectacular success in being nominated...

Macedonia 10.02.20 | 10:55

Government endorsed text of PPO law late last night

The Government has endorsed the text of the draft-Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office and forwarded it for expedited procedure in Parliament, the government press service informed. The endorsed draft-law, as pointed out by the Government, is harmonized in a preliminary procedure in the Parliament...

Macedonia 23.01.20 | 21:18

Dispute between the Government and the main TV stations

Five leading TV stations in Macedonia are continuing their boycott of Government press conferences, but the details about their spat are still not clear. MMA, the Macedonian Media Association which is composed of the Sitel, Kanal 5, Alfa, Alsat and Telma televisions, began its boycott earlier this week,...

Macedonia 13.01.20 | 22:20

Government preparing for the most expensive lying: Spasovski celebrates NATO, rather than acknowledging that “North” did not bring anything to the people

The Government informed that on Tuesday at 10 am, the interim prime minister Oliver Spasovski will hold a press conference in the media center. At a press conference, Spasovski will talk about Macedonia’s joining NATO and about the new campaign being prepared by the government, but at the press...

Economy 02.01.20 | 11:26

Government forced to abolish its ban on cash payments over 500 EUR

One of the changes that were rushed through Parliament before the New Year abolished the ban on cash transactions over 500 EUR. Companies and individuals can now pay up to 3.000 EUR in cash, without requiring a bank transaction. It’s the latest economic measure introduced by the SDSM led Government...

Macedonia 03.12.19 | 14:46

Government supports the initiative for authentic interpretation of Article 11

At Tuesday’s session, the Government adopted the initiative to accept the opinion of the Ministry of Justice for an authentic interpretation of Article 11 of the Law on Pardon. According to this opinion, in March 2016, the Constitutional Court revoked the 2009 Law on amending and supplementing...

Macedonia 25.11.19 | 14:26

No state institution was the organizer of the event in MNT, the government says

The Government of Macedonia has said that the event at the Macedonian National Theater (MNT), where Albanian football fans went wild, is not organized by any state institution and must not in no way be associated with the government event marking the Albanian Alphabet Day. The government assessed the...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 15:23

Besa: The government has failed the exam to implement reforms and set European standards in the country

Macedonia’s journey to the European Union is made more difficult every day, not because of the conditions that are set, but more because of this government fault that has failed the exam in implementing reforms and setting European standards in the country and society, the Besa movement said. Reading...

Macedonia 11.11.19 | 22:10

Government to hold session in Tetovo on Tuesday

The Macedonian Government will hold Tuesday its 165th session in Tetovo. Ministerial activities on the ground will also be held as part of the session, the government’s press service informed. The Ministers of Transport and Communications and Economy, Goran Sugareski and Kresnik Bekteshi respectively,...

Macedonia 11.11.19 | 19:56

Government to ban protests with new law on public gatherings?

The Government and the Ministry of Interior are trying to silence the citizens and their constitutionally guaranteed right to peaceful gatherings and expression of opinion through organizing public protests and rallies. A few days ago, a scandalous proposal for amendments to the Law on Public Rallies...

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