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North Macedonia Safe City expands, faces phishing scams

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The Safe City traffic‑monitoring system, launched in February 2026, continues expanding has continued its rollout across North Macedonia and into Greece. By late June it was active in covered Skopje, Tetovo, Kumanovo, the 8 and 10 corridors, Veles and the Novo Selo post in Debarca, with testing underway in Debar. The pilot logged about 110 000 violations on its first day, fell to roughly 500‑600 daily by early February and has recorded more than 130 000 violations overall, 95 % for speeding. From February to June road‑death fatalities dropped 40 % to 33 and traffic‑accident victims fell by a similar share. On 14 July the Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski announced amendments to five laws to permit wider deployment of intelligent transport systems (ITS) on highways, systems, backed by a €13 million Western Balkans Support Mechanism grant and cooperation with the EU delegation and the World Bank. Planned upgrades include weight‑in‑motion sensors, hazardous‑material monitoring and air‑pollution measurement on Corridor 10 (A1/E75), plus a national traffic‑management centre for real‑time information. centre. The EU also donated 18 new vehicles – 16 patrol cars, two monitoring units and a control‑centre vehicle – to the State Transport Inspectorate to strengthen inspections of overweight trucks, hazardous‑goods transport Inspectorate, and overall traffic supervision. On on 19 July police intensified traffic controls nationwide, controls, detaining ten individuals drivers for driving without a licence or the appropriate vehicle category, including two minors in Mercedes‑Benz cars. Vehicles were seized and criminal complaints for reckless driving under article 297 of the Criminal Code were filed. vehicle‑category violations. On 28 July the Ministry of Interior warned of a surge in phishing attacks that masquerade masquerading as Safe City notices. Fraudulent SMS, e‑mail, web pages, mobile apps and social‑media posts appear to originate from On 30 July the Department Ministry of Motor Vehicles (MVR‑SC) Internal Affairs confirmed that Safe City cameras became operational on the Gorenci‑Trebenista highway segment in Debarca, continuously recording speeding, red‑light runs and direct users to a counterfeit payment site. expired registrations. Additional units are in final testing for the Ohrid region, with May‑2026 data showing 28 494 violations, chiefly for speeding, underscoring the system’s growing role in road safety.

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