From the 600 new police officers to be recruited, 46 will be Albanian, The process for the selection of candidates who will offered positions as officers for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is in its final phase of being prepared. Meaning, that very soon 600 new officers in police blue uniforms, reported the Albanian daily newspaper ‘Koha’ today.
Sources from the newspaper, say that of the 600 new police officers, and from the 46 Albanian officers, 42 will be assigned to the capital, Skopje. The remaining 20 new officers will be allocated to various police stations across the country.
The MIA announced the recruitment of the new police officers at the beginning of July. The Ministry stated that it had placed two public advertisements, which were worded, ‘Required, 652 new members of staff.’ While the second one said, ‘Required, 600 members of staff to take up positions as Police Officers, plus 50 applicants for positions at the Ministry for Internal Affairs. All applicants required must be of a High Education standard.’
At the beginning of August, the MIA announced that 2,633 applications had been received for the positions of police officers.
Regarding ethnicity, 1,080 were of Macedonian descent, while 542 applications came from those of other ethnic communities
