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Iva Mihailova, currently facing trial for a traffic accident, used a podcast appearance to allege that authorities offered her a suspended sentence in exchange for a bribe. Mihailova, who holds dual citizenship and is now in Bulgaria, suggested the legal proceedings against her shifted after she identified as Bulgarian, claiming that she would have been released already had she been Serbian.

In Skopje, activists gathered to demand stronger protections for women following a rise in domestic murders, while the party BDI criticized the Military Academy for failing to admit a single Albanian cadet in its latest intake of 29. Tensions over language also persisted as reactions followed opposition to allowing the national jurisprudence exam to be conducted in Albanian.

The government meanwhile continues to process a backlog of applications for the privatization of state-owned land. With the winter tire deadline approaching, drivers are currently waiting for the season's first snowfall to justify the trip to the garage.

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