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Spasovski: Two persons were taken into custody for bribery of voters and five others for photographing ballots
The Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, at a press conference that occurred an hour after the polling stations were closed, announced that there are seven people that were taken into custody for election frauds, including one person that was taken into custody because of physical violence which is still investigated whether it is related to the elections.
-After a...
MOI: Voting is taking place without serious violations of public order and peace
The Ministry of Interior reported that there were no serious violations of public order and peace at today's voting in the second round of the local elections.
MOI spokesman Toni Angelovski said at a press conference that three cases of photographing ballots were reported, and appealed that the ballots should not be photographed as it is a violation of the...
Wiretapping is being carried out legally with court orders, say the MOI
The monitoring of communications in the Ministry of Interior is carried out in accordance with the legal procedures - with a court order through the Public Prosecutor's Office, said the Ministry of Interior to "Nova TV" regarding the accusations made by the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, during an interview on " Alpha" television that hundreds of members of...
Spasovski: The new regulation for monitoring communications will be over by New Year
The termination of article 175 of the Law for electronic communications on part of the Constitutional Court in this moment will lead to a vacuum situation where the possibility of any kind of legal monitoring of communications will be denied, a kind of monitoring that would be within the framework of protection of Macedonia's constitutional order and fight against...
Spasovski: We will investigate who from Macedonia helped Grujovski and Boskovski
The Prosecutor's Office will have to seriously look into the logistics and planning that went into the helping the former chiefs of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), Goran Grujovski and Nikola Boskovski flee the country. They had help from people in Macedonia for their escape from the country, said Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski, in an interview...
Spasovski: The activities for revealing the whereabouts of Grujovski and Boshkovski were a regional effort
The activities for locating and arresting the former heads of UBK, Goran Grujovski and Nikola Boshkovski was a "regional effort" and several services took part in, said the Minister of Interior, Oliver SPasovski in an interview for the "30" TV show on "Alsat-M" TV.
-This is an action that was worked on regionally i.e. several more services were included...
The Appeal Court in Thessaloniki will be deciding about the extradition of Grujovski and Boshkovski
The Appeal court in Thessaloniki will be deciding about the extradition of the former director of the Fifth Estate, Goran Grujovski and his colleague from UBK, Nikola Boshkovski, from Greece to Macedonia, report Greek media.
According to the same sources, Gruevski and Boshkovski will be taken to Court today in Thessaloniki, regarding the false (Bulgarian) passports that were used...
The citizens have reacted massively and quickly in the process of identifying the three perpetrators from the violence on the 27th of April
People's reaction was quick and massive for their help in identifying and finding the three perpetrators that were suspects in the violence that happened at the Parliament on the 27th of April, for which MoI, with a warrant by the Basic Public Prosecution Skopje, has published their photographs on its Internet page and is asking for help from the...
MOI: Seven reports of bribery while voting takes place without serious problems
Interior Ministry spokesman Toni Angelovski at a press conference today said that there have been seven reports of bribery and irregularties at several polling stations.
According to him, voting so far is generally taking place without serious problems and without disturbing the public order and peace.
Angelovski did not give more details about the bribery reports, he only informed that the...
Statistics from MOI: Mostly men commit domestic violence, and women are the most common victims
In the first six months of this year, the police filed criminal charges against a total of 388 people suspected of domestic violence, according to statistics from the Ministry of Interior.
Of the total number of the perpetrators of this crime, according to the statistics, 94% are men. In most of the reported cases or in a total of 161...
Subpoena for the mayor of Berovo because he was travelling without a travel warrant
A subpoena for Dragi Nadzinski, the mayor of Berovo, was lodged by the Sector of Interior (SoI) Shtip, announced MoI.
In the subpoena that was lodged at the Basic Public Prosecution in Berovo, it states that D.N. from Berovo has misused his position and authorization.
According to the police, as a mayor of Berovo, Nadzinski has used the municipality's...
Spasovski: There are no indications of expansion of the migrant crisis
There are no indications that the number of migrants is going to increase or that the Western Balkans route is going to be active again, said the MInister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski as soon as the second ministerial meeting ended. The Ministers of Interior and the Heads of the diplomacies of Macedonia, Greece, Albania, and Bulgaria also took part...
Spasovski: The MOI is no longer illegally wiretapping, we are open to inspection
I can strongly confirm that there is no longer illegal wiretaping and we can have expert controls, parliamentary controls at any time. We are at our disposal and we are open to make such controls based on legal regulations, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, in Sunday's interview with Radio Free Europe.
He also rejects allegations...
Sirens and closing down intersections at the US Embassy due to an exercise
Tommorrow before noon, emergency sirens will be set off in Skopje, and intersections at the US Embassy will be closed due to a joint exercise that will be executed by members of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and personnel from the embassy.
The MOI announced, the sirens will be heard by Skopje's residents and with the closure of the intersections, there...
Preparations have begun on the Law on Witness Protection which the SPO have been asking for
Yesterday, the Ministry of Justice started the procedure for the preparation of the amendments to the Law on Witness Protection, which will give the Special Prosecutor’s Office the juridstiction to participate in the witness protection procedure, that is, to request and propose protection of certain witnesses when it is necessary for an investigation.
This is also the main purpose for...
Spasovski:The reform at UBK is in its initial phase
"The reform in the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) that will guarantee that the Administration will regain its reputation of a professional and renowned service is in its initial phase. The basic aims of this reform are "professionalization, de-partisation, and transparency" said the Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, during his presentation of his 100 days in office.
Regarding UBK's...
MOI have fined criminal charges against Janakieski for illegally selling state apartments
Prilep police have filed criminal charges against former Minister of Transport and Communications, Mile Janakieski, who is charged with illegally allowing two individuals to buy state apartments in Prilep at favorable prices, thus damaging the state budget for approximately 2.6 million denars or around 42,000 euros, said today the Ministry of Interior.
According to the MOI, the criminal charges from...
The use of rubber bullets will be terminated as new amendments are being prepared to the Law on Police
The Ministry of Interior is preparing amendments to the Law on Police, which, among other things, will terminate the use of rubber bullets and electric paralysers for breaking up crowds and violent protests.
Rubber bullets and electric paralysers became part of the police’s equipment with the amendments to the Law on Police, which Parliament voted in with 59 votes in...
VMRO-DPMNE accused Spasovski and SDSM for employing party personnel at MoI
The opposition party VMRO-DPMNE has accused SDSM and the Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, that are causing chaos and are turning the Ministry of Interior into a political branch.
At a press conference held at the party's headquarters, VMRO-DPMNE's Sasho Pavlovski announced that Spasovski has been hiring personnel from SDSM's ranks and is degrading professionals.
-According to our information,...
MOI published an advertisement for employment of 500 new police officers
The Ministry of Interior has published an advertisement for employment of 500 new police officers out of which 360 will be allocated in Skopje, 30 in Ohrid, 20 in Bitola, Strumica, Shtip, Kumanovo and Veles and 10 in Tetovo.
The Ministry informs that the chosen candidates will have a one-year basic police training after which MoI will conclude an...
