Tag: interior ministry
Macedonia 28.01.20 | 19:18

Oliver Spasovski’s actions cost the Interior Ministry millions, and could land him in prison, interim Minister Culev says

Interim Interior MInister Nake Culev informed that the damage caused to the Ministry by illegal personnel decisions made by his predecessor Oliver Spasovski amounted to four million EUR. This is the amount, Culev said, that the Ministry was forced to pay to the many officers and officials who were reassigned...
Macedonia 21.01.20 | 16:48

VMRO: Interior Ministry officials refused to sign off on the illegal passport procurement contract

VMRO-DPMNE held a press conference today to demand answers about the highly suspicious contract for new passports from the German Veridos company worth 20 million EUR. Serious violations reported in a passport printing contract rushed by the Interior Ministry The contract was rushed through the Interior...
Macedonia 20.01.20 | 12:52

Culev announces that the Interior Ministry is already investigating the suspicious passport contract

Interim Interior Minister Nake Culev announced that he will conduct an emergency investigation into the contract signed with a German company for the purchase of new passports worth nearly 20 million EUR. Vecer yesterday reported numerous violations in the contract, which indicate foul play. Serious...
Macedonia 19.01.20 | 17:28

Serious violations reported in a passport printing contract rushed by the Interior Ministry

Vecer reports that the Interior Ministry rushed a contract with the German Veridos company to print new Macedonian passports, with numerous violations of procedures which raise concerns of foul play. The nearly 20 million EUR contract was approved in early December, shortly before the Ministry was placed...
Macedonia 18.01.20 | 11:36

Interior Minister Culev says he will soon provide evidence of illegal actions by his predecessor

Interim Interior Minister Nake Culev said he will conduct a thorough review of the way the department operated under his predecessor Oliver Spasovski, who is now the interim Prime Minister. Culev got into a dispute with Spasovski’s deputy Slavjanka Petrovska, who now has veto power over some of...
Macedonia 07.01.20 | 20:52

Two controversial SDSM officials among police chiefs removed by Minister Culev

Interim Interior Minister Nake Culev confirmed that his first steps as the head of the powerful department will be to remove a number of department officials such as Primislav Dimovski from the Alfa unit. Dimovski is notorious for his ties with the SDSM party as well as for his work in the now disgraced...
Macedonia 02.01.20 | 22:38

Party police for April 12: Spasovski is currently issuing new decisions at the Interior Ministry

Oliver Spasovski is leaving MoI in the most controversial way possible – with midnight staffing redeployment that should disable the functioning of his successor at MoI. Republika unofficially learns that at the moment decisions are handed down at Ministry of Interior and the police are further...
Macedonia 02.01.20 | 15:50

VMRO expected to nominate Nake Culev to be interim Interior Minister

VMRO-DPMNE is proposing Nake Culev, the former director of the Intelligence Agency, as the interim Interior Minister, the Kurir news site has learnt. The move comes after the opposition party’s first candidate, colonel Dragan Kovacki, was rejected by the ruling SDSM party which cited a constitutional...
Macedonia 02.01.20 | 14:02

VMRO withdraws Kovacki, will nominate a different candidate to be interim Interior Minister

VMRO-DPMNE will nominate a different candidate for interim Interior Minister, after the SDSM party strongly objected to the appointment of Dragan Kovacki. Kovacki came from the Defense Ministry as a highly recommended army veteran, but SDSM insisted that he can’t be appointed to the Interior Ministry...
Macedonia 18.12.19 | 10:45

SDSM decided to appoint Oliver Spasovski as Interim Prime Minister, is worried about who VMRO will nominate in his place, TV24 reports

TV24 reports that SDSM officials have largely agreed to have Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski named as Interim Prime Minister after Zoran Zaev resigns on January 3rd. Spasovski is also supposed to give up his position, and allow a VMRO-DPMNE representative become Interior Minister, which is one of...
Macedonia 12.03.19 | 10:56

Interior Minister and Zaev loyalist Oliver Spasovski survives vote of no confidence

Members of the Macedonian Parliament voted to keep Oliver Spasovski as Interior Minister, after the vote of no confidence in him received 20 votes in favor and 59 against. The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party initated the vote of no confidence over the systematic abuse of the police, instituted by Spasovski,...
Macedonia 14.02.19 | 21:58

Interior Ministry switches to “North Macedonia” logo

Following the Government and the Foreign Affairs Ministry, the Interior Ministry began using the name “Republic of North Macedonia”. As of today, the powerful department adopted a new logo, declaring that the Macedonian police is now the “police of the Republic of North Macedonia”. Under...
Macedonia 11.02.19 | 19:56

First documents with “Republic of North Macedonia” will be issued by the end of the year

According to the Interior Ministry, the first identity cards and passports which will be stamped with “Republic of North Macedonia” will be issued by the end of this year. The Ministry informed that in the coming months the documents being issued will still be stamped as issued by the Republic...
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