14 January – Authorities arrested four police officers, including a police commander, under suspicion for helping a prisoner convicted of murder to escape. The prisoner was being transferred to a hospital.[1]
20 January – North Macedonia and Bulgaria denounce a hate crime committed against Hristian Pendikov, secretary of the Bulgarian cultural club Tsar Boris III, in Ohrid.[2]
5 June – 10 men are arrested as suspected members of an international people smuggling ring following a two-year investigation. Police describe the group as a sophisticated criminal organization that operated routes between Greece and Hungary as well as from Bulgaria and Serbia to various destinations in the European Union.[3]
4 September – Thousands of protestors gather in Skopje over allegations that patients at a state cancer hospital missed life-saving treatment because staff were stealing the drugs to sell on the black market.[4]
8 September – Greece and North Macedonia, alongside the European Centre for Byzantine Monuments, sign a deal to save Byzantine frescoes from the 12th century. The fresco paintings were found inside St George's church in North Macedonia and are an example of Byzantine art in the Balkan region.[5]
