Skopje, 9 January 2024 (MIA) – The government has nominated Hekuran Asani as new the M-NAV’s management board chair. The government revised the decision from today's session, and removed Ilir Mehmedi as M-NAV's management board chair for not meeting qualifications.

The government at its Tuesday’s session has instructed the management board of the state-owned joint stock company national air navigation service provider M-NAV to dismiss Fahrudin Hamidi from the position of M-NAV management board and executive director and Ljube Stamenkovski from the position of management board member and executive director. In place of Stamenkovski, according to the government's directives, Milan Korakj will be appointed.

Trade Union of Air Traffic Controllers has suspended the strike announced for tomorrow, which aimed to completely shut down air traffic.

“After the government's decision, we are suspending the strike. This is a step forward. We will analyze the entire situation and developments, and if there is a positive implementation of the government's recommendations by the supervisory board, we will withdraw the strike decision,” Trade Union of Air Traffic Controllers leader Aleksandar Tasevski told MIA.

The government said it would discuss ways to resolve the situation in the M-NAV at its session scheduled for Jan. 9, including the dismissal of all managers and management board members, following the incident in which eight people, including Bekim Neziri, a former government minister, M-NAV executive advisor, and DUI branch president, broke into the air traffic control facility and attacked staff on Jan. 4.

As of today, the Financial Police Office is conducting inspections at M-NAV.

The Skopje Public Prosecutor's Office has issued an order to conduct an investigation against eight persons over suspicions they committed the crime of endangering air traffic safety, referencing Article 303, Paragraph 2 in connection with Article 22 from the Criminal Code.

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