14 November 2018
I strongly and categorically reject all speculation about any political deal with Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said today, while answering journalist’s questions after a press conference with the Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat. He said that he was convinced that Gruevski would return and serve his prison sentence. “There were many skeptics […]
29 October 2018
Since the new legislative amendments to the Criminal Code for Hate Speech came into force in February 2014, the Skopje Criminal Court has only charged two individuals with a fine over hate speech. The number of fines is very small in comparison to the 341 cases recorded on the digital platform “Report and Resist Hate Speech” […]
8 August 2018
The opposition, VMRO-DPMNE, says that Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski and SDSM are an embarrassment to Macedonia and are destroying the country’s reputation with lies and manipulation. They say yesterday they lied that the MoI arrested seven Macedonian citizens who fought with terrorists in Syria, and actually it was only a matter of making the arrest. “To […]
12 June 2018
The police must learn that journalists reporting from protests are not the enemy, but are also professionals on official duty, who need to be protected if attacked by participants at protests. They deserve protection, in accordance with domestic and international law, said the President of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), Naser Selmani, at […]
4 February 2018
The Greek police announced that during the “Macedonia is Greek” protest, that is taking place in the center of Athens, 140.000 people attended the protest and they arrived there from all corners of Greece with 283 buses, reports the Macedonian information agency (MIA). Parallel to the protest at the Syntagma square, only 800 meters away, […]
28 December 2017
The police violated the right to MPs immunity and the presumption of innocence when the three MPs were detained on November 28th, this year, as part of the 36 people detained who are suspects in the violence in Parliament on 27 April, the Ombudsman found. According to the Ombudsman, the police in this case did […]
30 November 2017
Today, the US Ambassador to the country, Jess Baily, said that the US Embassy is closely following events related to the incident in Parliament which occurred on April 27th, and that the police, prosecution and justice systems must act transparently, while respecting the highest standards in carrying out this process . “The police, the prosecution […]
29 November 2017
The US Embassy in Macedonia called for greater transparency and monitoring of the procedures to a shed light on what happened during the events in Parliament on April 27th . “We are following the news of the arrests. We urge police and prosecutors to pursue these cases with absolute transparency and the highest respect for […]
17 November 2017
For the Association of the Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), the idea where the Government will be regulating the media content is absolutely unacceptable, stressed the President of AJN, Naser Selmani, during the meeting with OSCE’s new General Secretary Thomas Greminger, who is visiting the country. “it is contrary to the best practices in the European […]
14 November 2017
The Ministry of Justice has begun preparing a package of amendments in several laws that should provide external independent control over the work of the police. According to the announcement published today, the amendments will be made in the Laws for the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Public Prosecution, the Council of Public Prosecutors and the […]
3 November 2017
The Association of Journalists in Macedonia claims that the attitude of the institutions is completely unacceptable and that their aim is to intimidate journalists and encourage self-censorship when covering certain court hearings. Yesterday, Mahmuti and Uka, as stated in the statement by the AJM, were detained for six hours at a police station, on the […]
29 October 2017
There were more irregularities in the second round than the first round, said the VMRO-DPMNE leader, Nikola Gruevski after he voted today at primary school “Kuzman Josifovski-Pitu” in the municipality of Kisela Voda. “Unfortunately, during this period we didn’t get to see a democratic atmosphere. There was mass bribery among the public as never before […]
19 October 2017
The former Mayor of the municipality of Karposh, Stevcho Jakimovski, has reported yesterday to the police that an employee in the municipality’s administration has stolen the keys both from the archive and the Public Procurement Commission and has changed the locks. The police report states that Jakimovski has reported that A.Z. without any permission has […]
17 October 2017
The former Mayor of the Municipality of Karpos, Stevco Jakimovski, today at a press conference accused the police of “under the leadership of Zoran Zaev” violently burst into the Municipality of Karpos while his colleagues packed their personal belongings. He said that someone had told the employees of the Municipality that the transfer of the […]
16 October 2017
After the elections, there will be an analysis, with apurpose of determining what was done wrong despite all of the irregularities because we didn’t get bigger support at these elections. As a president I take full responsibility and regarding all of this, about the causes, the results for any future direction will be discussed in […]
12 September 2017
Macedonian citizens have the least confidence in the judiciary system, the police, the public administration, the government, the parliament and the political parties, show the latest polls conducted by “Eurobarometer.” With over 50%, the citizens trust the army (51%) and the European Union (53%). The research was conducted in May this year i.e. before the […]
1 September 2017
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 […]
20 May 2017
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has started an investigation and has temporarily suspended 17 employees because of the outburst of violence at the Parliament, announced today MoI. “The Department for inner control, criminal investigations and professional standards at the Ministry of Internal Affairs has begun a disciplinary procedure against 11 police officers and against 4 […]
8 May 2017
The Ministry of Interior marked the 7th of May, the Day of the Macedonian police within MoI’s premises. At the celebration were present the Minister of Interior, Agim Nuhiu, the directors of the Public Security Bureau(PSB) and the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), Mitko Chavkov and Vladimir Atanasovski and other MoI’s high ranking officials […]
6 May 2017
The Mayor the municipality of Bogovinje, Hazbi Idrizi, succumbed to his injuries after he was shot this morning by a firearm, confirmed the clinical centre in Tetovo for “Meta”. According to unofficial sources, the murder was committed by an employee from the municipality, who allegedly, had been fired from his position. After the murder, A.K. attempted to […]
