Tag: Justice Ministry
Macedonia 18.06.23 | 17:16

Justice Ministry begins issuing bilingual birth certificate forms

The Justice Ministry will begin receiving applications for issuing birth certificates and other similar documents in bilingual forms, in Macedonian and in Albanian. Arben Taravari, leader of the Alliance of Albanians which recently joined the Government and took over the Justice Ministry, announced this...
Macedonia 15.02.23 | 20:01

Sacking of the Justice Minister could jeopardize debt servicing?

The chaotic changes in the Government, with the rotation of coalition partners and the removal of ministers, is about to put an end to the attempt to reshuffle Macedonia’s debt. Outgoing Justice Minister Nikola Tupancevski, who is being fired to make room for a representative of the Alliance of...
Macedonia 06.02.22 | 10:55

Justice Ministry revokes proposal to extend slander laws to cover “expressing a negative opinion” of someone

The Justice Ministry announced that it is removing its much criticized proposal for a new “insult and slander” law. Under the proposal, a charge of insult or slander would be extended to cover giving a “negative opinion” of someone. This was proposed to be part of the law on civic...
Macedonia 12.02.21 | 15:27

The Justice Ministry banned an organization that wanted to use Macedonia and ASNOM in its name

An organization that wanted to set itself up under the name Associative Assembly for the Popular Renewal of Macedonia is one of the organizations that was denied registration by the Justice Ministry, reports MKD.mk. To make the humiliation even worse, this civic organizations was aiming to replicate...
Macedonia 12.02.21 | 12:47

Justice Ministry confirms it is banning the use of the name Macedonia by private organizations

The Justice Ministry confirmed media reports that it will begin to deny applications from organizations and companies who want to register using the name Macedonia or its adjectives in their name. The issue was raised yesterday, after media outlets reported that a civic organization was denied the right...
Macedonia 04.11.20 | 13:26

Partisan takeover: Justice Minister Maricic used money from his SDSM party to promote his Government department on Facebook

Justice Minister Bojan Maricic had the official Facebook page of the Justice Ministry sponsored with funds from his SDSM party. The move is a blatant blurring of the lines between the ruling party and a key institution of the Government, which is meant to operate impartially. SDSM, whose officials have...
Macedonia 23.06.20 | 22:11

Protesters revolted by the short sentence in the murder of a young boy marched in front of the Justice Ministry

Thousands of citizens protested today after the court gave a prison sentence fo just three years in the ethnically divisive murder of a 17 year old Macedonian youngster in Skopje. Nikola Hristovski was stabbed to death in the Novo Lisice after a group of youths from Cair provoked an incident. What message...
Macedonia 04.02.20 | 14:13

Justice Ministry: VMRO-DPMNE to submit amendments on existing PPO draft-law, everything else is alibi

The law is still on the table and if VMRO-DPMNE wants to take part in the process, then it should draft amendments to this text. All other actions are just an alibi, the Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday in relation to VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski’s statement on the law. The Law on Public...
Macedonia 27.03.19 | 14:20

Justice Ministry confirms that it received VMRO-DPMNE amendments

Ministry of Justice received the amendments submitted by VMRO-DPMNE related to draft-law on public prosecutor’s office late Tuesday after the TV duel between VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski and PM Zoran Zaev aired on Kanal 5. Mickoski said at the TV duel that VMRO-DPMNE submitted 65 amendments...

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