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Customs officers discover 12 illegal migrants in Skopje

Customs officers from the Skopje Customs Office discovered 12 illegal migrants from Egypt and Sudan while inspecting goods declared for import clearance at two...

MoI employee gets 2.6 years in prison for forging driver’s licenses

Three defendants in the case involving the forgery of driver's licenses pleaded guilty and received prison sentences under an expedited procedure. The first defendant,...

Pulse case trial: 49 hearings, 1,390 pieces of material evidence presented, 45 witnesses, 5 expert witnesses testified

Since the start of the trial on the Pulse nightclub fire in Kochani, in which 63 people died and over 200 were injured, not...

Police officers raid over 30 locations in Prilep in large-scale operation

Unofficially, Prilep has been under a heightened police presence since early Wednesday morning. Special units and uniformed police officers have been deployed to the...

VIDEO/PHOTO| Arsenal seized, five arrested, electricity theft uncovered – MoI releases details on anti-ISIS operation

Assault rifles, assault rifle magazines, a sniper rifle, a sniper rifle magazine, handguns, ammunition of various calibers, a tactical vest, radio communication devices, an...

MoI: Polish nationals on quad bikes attempted to force open the gate at “Erebino” facility

On Monday evening, seven Polish nationals riding quad bikes attempted to force open the gate at the “Erebino” Army warehouse complex near Zhelino. Guards...

Mass brawl in downtown Skopje, eight arrested

Fourteen suspects were detained early Sunday morning in downtown Skopje following a physical altercation involving multiple people. Police detained eight adults—M.E. (19), G.S. (19), I.R....

PPO requests detention for FVA inspector for soliciting €250 bribe

The Skopje Public Prosecutor's Office (PPO) has issued an order to initiate an investigation against an individual reasonably suspected of committing the criminal offense...

MoI: 34 fewer road fatalities over eight months

  During the first eight months of the year, the number of fatalities on Macedonian roads decreased by 34, while the total number of casualties...

Major police operation to crack down on cigarette smuggling; 13 arrested

The Macedonian Customs Administration is currently conducting an operation codenamed “Filter” to dismantle a complex organized cigarette smuggling network. The operation involves freight forwarding,...

Ten detained for reckless driving and without driver’s license

Over the past 24 hours, police officers across the country detained nine drivers for the criminal offense of reckless driving under Article 297-a of...

Interior Minister: Some of the seized medicines were for Macedonia, others for a neighboring country

Some of the illegally imported medicines seized during the police operation were intended for sale in Macedonia, while others were destined for a foreign...

VIDEO | Strumica farmers arrested for cultivating cannabis in hidden filed section

The Strumica Police Department filed criminal charges with the Strumica Basic Public Prosecutor's Office (PPO) against Z.M. (34) and A.T.G. (30), who were cultivating...

Kochani nightclub fire trial: Pulse owner offers property worth €200,000 as guarantee

Dejan Jovanov-Deko, the primary defendant in the case concerning the fire at the Pulse nightclub in Kohani, has offered real estate valued at approximately...

MoI: Official approved fraudulent land privatization decisions

A resident of Struga is suspected of producing fraudulent land privatization decisions for other individuals between 2022 and 2024, and subsequently unilaterally affixing an...

Ex-director Bajrami pleads not guilty in State Lottery trial

Former State Lottery director Perparim Bajrami says that he does not feel guilty regarding the State Lottery case during Friday’s hearing at the Skopje...

MoI disbands entire Kumanovo-based Drug Enforcement Task Force

Eleven weeks after the Drug Enforcement Task Force was established, its results were deemed insufficient. Following a proposal by Public Security Bureau head Aleksandar...

Number of murders down; 12 murders by August, security situation improved, says Interior Minister

The investigation into the murder in Chair is ongoing; authorities are clarifying circumstances regarding one of the two suspects—including why the individual was at...

Pulse case trial: Hearing against 13 police officers postponed due to absence of witnesses

A hearing in the trial of 13 police officers, accused of serious offenses against public safety related to the tragedy at the Pulse nightclub...

Violent offender and loan shark arrested for threatening PM Mickoski via social media; PPO seeks detention

A public prosecutor from the Kumanovo Basic Public Prosecutor's Office (PPO) has initiated proceedings against a 39-year-old resident of the village of Cherkezi, based...

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