The Director of the National Security Agency Viktor Dimovski at a press conference said that the National Security Agency is becoming operational, as its capacities have been put in function in line with the law on its establishment. Director Dimovski said today was a historic day. “Today marks the end of a key phase of […]
The supervision of security intelligence services should be packaged in a single law and submitted to Parliament after the presidential elections, the Commission for Communications Supervision should work in accordance with NATO and European standards, to invest in the so-called soundproof room and regulate the use and archiving of classified documents – were some of […]
The Skopje-based Criminal Court has extended the detention of former Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) head Vladimir Atanasovski by another 30 days. Vladimir Atanasovski is suspected of ‘association for enemy activity’ related to the 27 April 2017 events in Parliament. Ex-director of UBK Atanasovski was detained last December after the testimony of two defendants […]
Yesterday, the former head of secret police Saso Mijalkov, after the end of the Titanic 2 hearing, met and greeted the leader of the Democratic Party of Albanians, Menduh Thaci. Soon they will both hear the verdict on the election irregularities they arranged together in the 2013 local elections in order to repeat the vote […]
The Skopje-based Criminal Court has extended the detention of former Administration for Security and Counterintelligence head Vladimir Atanasovski by another thirty days. Vladimir Atanasovski is suspected of crime ‘association for enemy activity’ over the 27 April 2017 events in Parliament. The former UBK chief Atanasovski was arrested in December after two witnesses in the case singled […]
President Gjorge Ivanov is inconsistent in all his statements, and his latest public appearances are in the context of removing his responsibility for the violent events in the Assembly. This is how part of the analysts we consulted comment the president’s appearance, who once again reiterated that he did not plan to declare a state […]
Brussels – NATO urges the government to reconsider and issue all security permits in the country after Macedonia’s accession to membership, sometime in 2020, to ensure that internal information from member states and the Alliance will not leak, or be abused. The reform of the intelligence and security services is one of the three key […]
The Skopje Criminal Court ordered a 30-day detention to former director of the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) Vladimir Atanasovski in relation to his involvement in the events of 27 April 2017 in Parliament. He was arrested late Tuesday on charges of “association for purposes of hostile activity” under the Criminal Code and was […]
After the completion of the reform of the communications monitoring system, through the establishment of the Operational and Technical Agency, effective since November 1, three models for reforming the security-intelligence system in accordance with the recommendations of Reinhard Priebe are currently part of a wider expert debate. The Security and Counter-Intelligence Directorate and the Intelligence […]
In the 50-minute speech in Parliament among MPs and from the government and the main opposition party – VMRO-DPMNE, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, heads of state institutions, heads of religious organizations and foreign diplomats, President Gjorge Ivanov, called for a ceasefire. He said an and for political revanchism and especially highlighted hate speech and its […]
