Tag: toskovski
Macedonia 01.12.24 | 00:09

Number of arrests following the nationalist Albanian protests rises to 17

Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said that the number of arrests following the nationalist Albanian gatherings two days ago rose to 17. All of them are charged with destruction of national symbols, after Albanian youth set fire to Macedonian flags during the Albanian Independence Day gatherings. Three...

Macedonia 14.11.24 | 22:35

15 Interior Ministry officials will face charges over the gun permit chaos

Following a review, the Interior Ministry is planning to file charges against 15 former top officials, over the complete mishandling of the gun permit issuing bureau. Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said that there is a backlog of 5,000 gun permit requests that are left unresolved, and that in some...

Macedonia 13.09.24 | 21:21

Toskovski: Police raids in Strumica revealed crimes of epic proportions

Interior Minister Pance Toskovski gave a statement on the large police operation that was conducted yesterday in Strumica and several other cities. Media outlets reported that the main target of the raids was Risto Krmzov, a major regional businessman who is close to former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. We...

Macedonia 06.09.24 | 11:20

Toskovski: The traffic camera system will save lives

During a TV interview, Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said that the activation of the system of traffic control cameras in Skopje will save lives. Those in charge of managing the process in the past did not care to round it up and move from the evidentation of the violation to issuing fines. During...

Macedonia 31.08.24 | 10:21

President Siljanovska discussed the forest fire response with MinisterToskovski

Interior Minister Pance Toskovski met today with President Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova, to discuss the cooperation between the army and the police in fighting the serious forest fires Macedonia endured this summer. The high level of coordination helped in tackling the fires, they concluded, the...

Macedonia 30.08.24 | 11:33

Minister Toskovski announces review of the gun permit issuing process

Interior Minister Pance Toskovski announced a review of the process of issuing gun permits. He said that there were examples of discretionary decision making in the Ministry, where officials gave permits to persons who did not meet the criteria, and withheld them from deserving applicant. We will uphold...

Macedonia 21.04.24 | 18:49

Passports crisis: New delivery of 30,000 blank documents helps, but the printing capacity problem remains

Interim Interior Minister Pance Toskovski announced that 30,000 new blank passports have arrived to Macedonia, but warned that the bottleneck in this vital service will remain. Estimated 600,000 Macedonian citizens had their passports declared invalid by their own Government, as part of the imposed Prespa...

Macedonia 06.03.24 | 19:54

Toskovski warns that the deliberate passport crisis may leave 100,000 citizens unable to vote

Interim Interior Minister Pance Toskovski angrily rebuffed comments from the interim Prime Minister Talat Xhaferi, who rejected Toskovski’s proposal that the passports with the name Republic of Macedonia are used during the elections in April and in May. The outgoing DUI – SDSM Government...

Macedonia 29.02.24 | 19:45

Toshkovski: Why hasn’t the operational headquarters for the elections been established yet?

In an interview with “Republika,” the Minister of Internal Affairs, Panche Toshkovski, questioned the delay in establishing the operational headquarters for the elections. Despite holding a meeting with the authorities and reaching out to the sole governing body, he has not received a response. On...

Macedonia 29.02.24 | 19:37

Over 100,000 citizens may be disenfranchised: Are the 54 MPs engaged in electoral manipulation?

We’re discussing a significant issue affecting at least 100,000 citizens holding valid or expired travel documents with the old state name, rendering them unable to vote due to the actions of these 54 MPs. The obstacle arises because, as per the latest information from the ministry, these 100,000...

Macedonia 29.02.24 | 10:16

Toskovski: There must be accountability for those who created the chaos with the passports

In an exclusive Republika interview, interim Interior Minister Pance Toskovski described the extent of chaos and confusion we are facing after his predecessor Oliver Spasovski completely botched the process of issuing passports. As part of the imposed Prespa Treaty with Greece, the Kovacevski Government...

Macedonia 05.02.24 | 18:42

Toshkovski: The office “Prolet ” will work in two shifts

The Minister of Internal Affairs in the Technical Government, Panče Toškovski, has announced the successful revision of the dysfunctional scheduled appointments for taking photos for personal documents late last night. He further reveals that the “Prolet” point in Skopje will now operate...

Macedonia 30.01.24 | 22:47

Minister Toskovski tackles the passport disaster left over by the SDSM – DUI officials

On his first day in office, newly appointed interim Interior Minister Pance Toskovski from VMRO-DPMNE began to tackle the burning problem of issuing of passports. Under the previous, SDSM-DUI administration, the process ground to a halt, as the Government announced that it will declare all passports,...

Macedonia 28.07.20 | 11:14

Toskovski: The new VMRO statute will allow for direct democracy in the party

VMRO-DPMNE official Pance Toskovski, who worked on the new statue of the party, said that the new level of openness it will include will allow all party members to act freely. The statute makes it much easier for delegates to convene a party congress and limits the party leader to two terms – three...

Macedonia 21.07.20 | 23:58

VMRO delegates adopted changes that limit the party leader to two terms, and empowered Mickoski to open coalition talks

The VMRO-DPMNE Central Committee voted today to adopt changes to the party statute and to empower leader Hristijan Mickoski to conduct negotiations with other parties for the creation of a ruling coalition. Pance Toskovski from the party’s statutory committee, said that the changed statute will...