28 November 2017
Early this morning, Mitko Chavkov, former director of the Public Security Bureau at the Ministry of Interior, was taken into custody after the Public Prosecution issued a warrant, “Meta” learned from sources within the investigation. His detainment is within the framework of the investigation into the violence that occurred on April 27th, this year, in […]
13 June 2017
Today, the new Government should be holding a session, and according to recent announcements, the agenda will be the dismissal of the current Director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), Vladimir Atanasovski, and the current Director of the Public Security Bureau (BJB), Mitko Chavkov. After their dismissal, the Government is expected to appoint […]
3 May 2017
There is no going back, things need to be sorted out until the end and everyone will bear the responsibility of their actions, said Interior Minister, Agim Nuhiu, at a press conference at the MOI, where he said that he had submitted a request to the Government to dismiss Mitko Chavkov from the position of […]
28 April 2017
Mitko Chavkov, Director of the Public Safety Bureau, held a press conference this afternoon and gave his view on yesterday’s events in Parliament. He complained that he hadn’t been informed that a Parliament Speaker was going to be declared, and said that the police had no information or reports of any possible incidents. He stressed […]
12 April 2017
The Director of the Public Security Bureau, which is under the MOI, Mitko Chavkov, boasted yesterday and today on his facebook profile that he had attended training exercises for the Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU) and published photos. Today, he published a seven minute long video from the training exercises with a lot of shooting. The […]
10 November 2016
Last week, the Ministry of Interior arrested two people after reading intelligence reports that the two were involved in preparing terrorist attacks in the country. Today at a press conference, the Director of the PSB (Public Safety Bureau), Mitko Chavkov informed the public that the operation was part of a regional anti-terrorism operation involving Macedonian, […]
20 October 2016
Katica Janeva has taken precedence which could jeopardize national security, alleged additional Deputy Interior Minister, Oliver Andonov, the Director of the Public Security Bureau, Mitko Chavkov, and Viktor Atnasovski, Director of the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), after Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva and prosecutor Lence Ristoska gave a statement just after midnight. at […]
1 September 2016
Appointing Oliver Andonov, a former professor at the MIT university in Skopje, an activist for the Civil Movement for Defense of Macedonia (GDOM), as minister of the Interior for a day is the latest tactical manoeuvre of the VMRO-DPMNE. The ruling party has done this to secure key positions with the personnel in the Interior […]
15 July 2016
The advertisement for the recruitment of 600 new police officers for the MOI is intended to strengthen the capacity of the ministry, to balance the number of new officers with those retiring and to fulfill the European average of police numbers, said today the Minister of Interior, Mitko Chavkov at a press conference. According to the […]
12 July 2016
The Minister of Interior, Mitko Chavkov, believes that the formation of a special department within the Ministry of Interior for the cases led by the Special Prosecution’s Office is illogical. According to him, the current Law on Criminal Procedure allows any Prosecutor’s Office to ask, and representatives from the MOI will be made available. “I […]
18 May 2016
Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski, at the beginning of the first session after the Constitutional Court has put on hold all previously brought decisions, concluded the resignations of Ministers Interior and Labour and Social Policy Oliver Spasovski and Frosina Remenski, as well as additional Deputy Ministers from the SDSM. Immediately afterwards “new” ministers were chosen – […]
7 February 2016
As if unrelated to the elections, the State Election Commission (SEC) rejected the complaints from the Deputy Minister of Interior, Mitko Chavkov regarding the three decisions made by Minister Oliver Spasovski concerning the appointing of certain Head’s of Departments. The three decisions are regarding the appointment of Primislav Dimovski, the new Head of the “Alfa” unit, the […]
30 January 2016
Mitko Chavkov via telegram, ordered the UBK (Administration for Security and Counter-intelligence) and the BJB ( Bureau for Public Safety) to implement the ruling made by the Constitutional Court. Deputy Interior Minister Mitko Chavkov this morning by telegram informed the Directors of the Public Security Bureau and the Administration for Security, and Counter-intelligence that they’re obligated to […]
29 November 2015
I commend the Macedonian police officers, who handled the whole situation very well despite injured colleagues, said Interior Minister Oliver Spasvoski, who last night with Deputy Interior Minister Mitko Chavkov visited policemen who were injured in the clash with a group of migrants on the border with Greece. Deputy Minister of Interior Chavkov said that […]
10 November 2015
Three more Ministers from the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s Government have resigned. The Minister Of Interior Mitko Chavkov, Minister of Labour and Social Policy Dime Spasov and the Deputy Minister of Information Society and Administration Marta Arsovska Tomovska, according to the Przhino Agreement, their resignations were submitted today tin Parliament. Parliament today also welcomed the proposal […]
24 September 2015
Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mitko Chavkov discussed measures and actions taken to prevent and deal with the entry of illegal migrants in the regions affected by the crisis situation and their movement through the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. The meeting concluded that all entities involved in the […]
4 September 2015
Macedonian Interior Minister Mitko Chavkov, at today’s Conference in Ohrid, dedicated to the migrant crisis. said “As a country, we have been left alone to deal with a situation that has arisen which is not of our making, and is in fact, caused partly by sharing a border with a Member State of the […]
24 August 2015
The EU must help Macedonia with their current situation which has become quite dramatic, as the country has been left isolated and alone to deal with the increased number of immigrants moving through its borders, stated Austria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. Sebastian Kurz visited Macedonia for one day and made the journey to the immigrant camp in Gevgelija, […]
24 August 2015
Minister of Interior Mitko Chavkov and the Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, who is visiting the country, will visit the town Gevgelija which was in the focus of the international media because of the unfolding crisis with Middle Eastern refugees. “Today, August 24, at 10:30 in Gevgelija, the Minister of Interior Mitko Chavkov will receive […]
23 August 2015
The problem with the refugees is a world issue, it isn’t a Macedonian nor a Greek issue. This is why we need an international reaction. These were the words of the Minister of Interior, Mitko Chavkov, who added that for the present, it seems like there is no solution nor is there anything of that […]
