Tag: passport
Macedonia 14.03.24 | 18:58

SEC: Voting will be available to citizens whose personal documents expire nine months before elections.

The State Election Commission (SEC) announced on Thursday that citizens whose ID cards or passports expire nine months prior to the elections will be eligible to vote in the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, in accordance with the transitional provision in the Electoral Code amendments...
Macedonia 25.02.24 | 18:27

Ministry of the Interior: Skopje citizens can check electronically whether their passport has been issued

The Ministry of Internal Affairs would like to inform the citizens of the City of Skopje that the previously announced service is now operational. This service allows citizens who have undergone the regular photo procedure at the “Prolet” and “MTV” checkpoints to check the status...
Macedonia 18.02.24 | 13:52

Citizens find themselves in a ‘state of detention’ due to the incompetence and irresponsibility of SDSM and DUI

There are well-founded suspicions that, in an attempt to create difficulties for the Technical Minister from the opposition, SDSM and DUI deliberately orchestrated a shortage of forms. As a result, 100 thousand citizens who have already been photographed cannot obtain their documents, accused VMRO-DPMNE...
Macedonia 11.02.24 | 23:03

Who will pay for the damage – Two months after the photo was taken, the citizens do not have their new passports, the Ministry of the Interior says that reorganization is being done

Citizens who took photos for travel documents in December still do not have the documents they paid for. They complain that they wait even after two hours to get in line at the counter to pick up documents, and the answer from the other side of the counter is that their documents have not been ready...
Macedonia 11.02.24 | 19:38

Effective February 13, passports and driving licenses with the old name will no longer be valid, according to the Interior Ministry

The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that on February 13, 2024, at 00:00h, the validity of citizens’ passports and driving licenses bearing the name Republic of Macedonia will expire, as stated in a press release. In accordance with the enacted legal amendments related to the Prespa Agreement,...
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 24.01.24 | 18:28

There are enough passport booklets, and they will still be issued beyond February 12th, according to Spasovski

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said Wednesday that the authorities had enough passport booklets to issue travel documents, dismissing claims by Ombudsman Naser Ziberi who said in an interview with Radio Free Europe on Sunday that citizens were complaining that the Ministry of Interior did not abide...
Macedonia 28.09.23 | 08:43

The Ministry of the Interior will not punish, ID cards will be valid in the bank, and with a passport without “North” you will only travel around the house

There are still five months left until the deadline when citizens have to change their personal documents by February 2024, an obligation that the Ministry of the Interior, i.e. the state, imposed on citizens due to the Agreement with Greece from 2018. The new documents must have the current name of...
Macedonia 15.08.23 | 08:27

Government move may deprive a huge number of citizens of their right to vote

Citizens who fail to change their identity documents with new ones, using the imposed name “North Macedonia”, will not be allowed tovote in the dual elections next year. The DUI – SDSM government decided to declare all documents with the name Republic of Macedonia invalid by February...
Macedonia 11.08.23 | 21:20

Government decision to withdraw documents without the adjective “North” causes huge lines in the Interior Ministry

The Government’s decision to nullify all identity documents with the name Republic of Macedonia starting in February 2024 caused huge lines in the department charged with issuing passports and identity cards. Citizens calling in to register for a new document are now being given dates in early...
Macedonia 22.07.23 | 15:56

The Government wants to force citizens to take out “North Macedonian” documents

In a push to impose documents with the name “North Macedonia” on the citizens more quickly, the Government announced that all identity documents with the name Republic of Macedonia will stop being valid on February 13th next year. This will apply to identity cards, driver licenses and passports....
Macedonia 29.11.22 | 22:39

Serbian mobster named the intermediary who was selling Macedonian passports to mafia figures

Durign the trial against Serbian mobster Velja Nevolja, a witness explained how insiders in the Macedonian Interior Ministry were giving passports to their gang. It was revealed that over 200 passports were given to hitmen, money launderers and other mafia figures from the region and from around the...
Macedonia 27.11.22 | 22:47

Onyshchenko spent only two days in Macedonia before receiving a citizenship

The case of Ukrainian oligarch Oleksandr Onyshchenko, who was given a Macedonian citizenship under false pretenses, is not the only such recent case, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski. In his Sitel TV interview, Nikoloski said that Onyshchenko was in Macedonia for only two days when...
Macedonia 14.11.22 | 23:00

Police arrests Skopje man whose address was used by fugitive Ukrainian oligarch for assaulting a TV crew

Skopje police detained Mile Penov, the man whose home address was used to provide a false residency to Ukrainian oligarch Oleksandr Onyshchenko, who received a Macedonian passport under a bogus scheme presenting him as a talented equestrian who can represent the country at an Olympics. Penov attacked...
Macedonia 20.02.22 | 12:35

Number of Macedonians who received Bulgarian passports over the past 15 years revised down

The Bulgarian BGNES news agency published a much scaled back estimate of the number of Macedonians who obtained dual Bulgarian citizenship. According to the agency, over the past 15 years, during which having a Bulgarian passport meant easier access to the EU labour market, 86,566 Macedonians sought...
Macedonia 19.07.21 | 19:01

Chaos reigns in the Interior Ministry as citizens wait for hours for passport procedures

Citizens trying to renew their passports or other Interior Ministry issued documents are sharing daily complaints about the long lines, the line skipping and overall chaos in the Skopje branch. Problems began months ago, when the Ministry began struggling with shortage of blank passports. The arrival...
Macedonia 13.07.21 | 10:10

Proposed law will put “North Macedonia” on the ID cards and allow back-door citizenship

A Parliament Committee will begin discussion today on a new law on identity cards, that would mandate the use of the imposed name “North Macedonia” in these documents. If adopted, the law would also mandate that all identity cards currently in use, with the name Republic of Macedonia, will expire...
Macedonia 02.07.21 | 23:20

I will be the first to apply for a passport with the country’s new name, says Zaev

During Friday’s interview with TV21, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that the issuance of new passports with the name “Republic of North Macedonia” will begin on Monday, July 5. I will be the first to apply on Monday morning, I will get the first passport. These are prepared documents,...
Macedonia 30.06.21 | 16:04

Traveling with expired passport at people’s own risk, we do not take any responsibility, says the Foreign Ministry

The decision to extend the validity of expired travel documents is primarily intended for Macedonian citizens abroad, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, emphasizing that they will not take any responsibility for those who decide to travel with an expired passport. The aim of the decision is to enable...
Macedonia 19.06.21 | 11:05

New revelations of mafia bosses given fake Macedonian travel documents, while the ordinary citizens can’t get a passport

The latest international criminal who was given a Macedonian passport was identified yesterday by the MKD.mk news site as Alen Bunic, a Croatian drug lord. Bunic was issued a passport by the Zaev regime n 2019, under the fake identity of Atanas Kostadinov Vitanov. The Croatian citizen was wanted since...
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