Due to the announcements for protests on Thursday night, Skopje's downtown area will be closed for traffic. Vehicles will not be able to pass on 'October 11th' street, starting from the intersection with boulevard 'Koco Racin' all the way to the intersection with boulevard 'Kliment Ohridski'. The streets 'Dame Gruev' nad ' Vojvoda Vasil Adzilarski' will also be closed for traffic. The traffic police has redirected traffic towards other streets and boulevards in the area.
Protective fences have been set up on 'October 11th' street and around Macedonia's Parliament where protests were held on Wednesday after President Ivanov's decision to an end to a flurry of criminal charges issued against politicians and their supporters in relation to the political crisis and the wiretapped conversations.