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North Macedonia envisages that public sector employees come to work with negative PCR test or certificate of at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine

In North Macedonia, all the pubic sector employees i.e. the central administration employees, the employees of the local self-government units, all the state institutions, will have to come to work with a certificate for at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine or with a negative PCR-test results, done at their expense. If they don't have any of the confirmations...

Dr. Aleksandar Stojanov: Even the vaccinated people should avoid any gatherings

The vaccine is protecting against COVID-19 and life is easier with it. Last summer we didn't have any vaccines, and now when we do have them, there isn't much interest in them. What is very important now is that people should get vaccinated, including the children older than 12, says Dr. Aleksandar Stojanov, an epidemiologist and former Director at...

North Macedonia’s Commission for Infectious Diseases didn’t recommend any new protective measures against COVID-19

During today's meeting, the Commission for Infectious Diseases was analyzing the epidemiological situation in North Macedonia and at the moment it won't recommend additional measures against coronavirus. They would be tightened when such a need arises. "There is a slight increase of people tested positive to COVID-19 in Skopje and Tetovo. According to the analyses in Tetovo, the spread of...

Fifth stimulus package in North Macedonia – €160 million for citizens and companies

The fifth financial package with financial aid for companies and citizens of North Macedonia is worth €160 million, stressed today Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in a press conference. The package consists of 29 in four categories: direct financial aid for companies in the areas of tourism, artisanship, hospitality industri, transportation, the event industry so that they can keep people's jobs,...

Health Minister Filipche concerned about the COVID-19 situation in North Macedonia

Health Minister Venko Filipche expressed his concern about the situation with the COVID-19 and once again appealed all measures and legal amendments to be done expediently and by urgent procedure in order to implement the right protective measures against the outbreak. "We are registering a record of 30% of positive cases out of all tested and almost 600 patients were...

Health Minister Filipche: The safety measures must be observed, I will not allow lack of hospital beds

The Health Minister of North Macedonia, Venko Filipche, said that with yesterday's rise of the number of new cases of COVID-19, it is evident that the country is experiencing the anticipated "Autumn wave" of the epidemic. "Even though many didn't believe in the announcements that it will happen, still the expectations were proven to be real. At the moment, the...

The Chambers of Commerce Union asks new pool of measures from North Macedonia’s new Government

During today's official meeting with the Prime Minister of North Macedonia and his financial team, the Union of Chambers of Commerce of North Macedonia (UCC) pinpointed the priorities that should be realized during the first month of new government's mandate for crisis mitigation and economic recovery. During the meeting with Prime Minister Zaev, the UCC President, Danela Arsovska stressed that...

Filipche: New cases of COVID-19 in Skopje and Ohrid contracted at celebrations – which are banned

We have new clusters and unfortunately, I have to state that people have failed to comply with the protective measures. Despite the ban, people organize mass gatherings and that is absolutely devoid of logic. We have citizens that are gathering even though it is banned. Weddings cannot be held when they are banned. Citizens cannot gather since it is...

International evaluation of the pollution prevention measures: The budget is inappropriate and there is no control over the measures

The industry is the biggest polluter in Macedonia, states the Joint Audit Report about the air quality EUROSAI - European Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions, and then this is followed by the pollution caused by household heating and smaller companies while cars are ranked as middle-rank polluters, and the waste, the agriculture and other factors are ranked as...

The government’s measures for fighting pollution entered into force this morning

Due to the measured high concentrations of hazardous particles above 200 micrograms at two measuring stations, the government's measures for fighting pollution will enter into force, announced the government's spokesperson Mile Boshnjakovski at today's press conference. Boshnjakovski announced that the measures have entered into force this morning at 9.30h. Among other things, the measures include days off for pregnant...

Manchevski: The control of communications surveillance is part of the reforms in the judiciary and UBK

In four different priorities from the "3--9" plan - Parliament, judicial reforms, reforms in the intelligence and security services and the fight against organized crime and corruption, are included measures that refer to monitoring of communications. This was stated by the Minister of Information Society and Administration, Damjan Machevski at the promotion of the "Towards the citizens' panopticon -...

Osmani: MOI and Parliament are late with the measures from the first part of the “3-6-9” plan

Out of the 73 prepared measures, in the first part of "3-6-9" plan, 34 measures have been implemented so far, more than 30 measures are ongoing, and several of the measures are delayed, Government stated. Today, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani announced this before the beginning of the 36th meeting of the Working Committee for European...

Kostovska: There are 15.800 people ill with flu, however the figure is certainly higher

A total of 15,800 people ill with the flu required treatment at health facilities, as of last Friday, informed the State Advisor in the Ministry of Health, Jovanka Kostovska at a press conference. “From the information we have from the Institute of Public Health, from last week, there has been a reported 9,500 cases of the flu. Surely this figure...

Gruevski Forgets His Place Again, Even Though He Is Just Party Leader, He Announced Government Activities

The former Prime Minister, and the current leader of the VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, after a short break, has begun yet again to act like the “de facto” Prime Minister. The last example of this, was the so called “promotion of measures taken in the field of sport”, where he acted like he ran the whole Government, or in the smallest...

Poposki: The Government Will Act on Part of Turkey’s Requests

At a closed session, the Government decided to act on the requests made by Turkey which were delivered after the failed attempted coup, stated Nikola Poposki, Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs to radio “Slobodna Evropa”. Poposki said that he could not comment on the decisions made at the closed Government session, therefore he could not disclose specific details on Turkeys...

The government will reimburse citizens 100% in affected regions

The government of the Republic of Macedonia today adopted measures aimed at citizens in areas affected by the floods in the Skopje region. The Minister of Health, Nikola Todorov who presented the measures, stated that the first measure will be to provide 100 percent compensation to the citizens from the crisis regions where the most damage has been caused by...

Civil Organizations present reform packet that will pull the country out of the crisis

Today, dozens of Civil Organizations and experts presented their “Proposal for Urgent Democratic Reforms”, a document which presents two concise directions for the way key democratic changes should be conducted in the country. The main purpose of the document is to propose measures to implement urgent reforms that will create conditions for free, fair and credible elections. The initiators say that...

Southern border closed, Steering Committee will decide later on today what is to follow

The Steering Committee have scheduled a meeting for 18:00 today, to deal with migrant crisis, at the meeting they will determine the countries new policy regarding the removal of refugees, after decisions were made at the summit in Brussels and after the confirmation of the new measures to close the borders to most asylum seekers, which yesterday was already...

Emergency measures due to pollution: Pregnant women and people with chronic diseases should stay at home

The Government at an emergency session, discussed the increased levels of air pollution, where they decided to adopted a several conclusions and recommendations. Therefore it is advisable to inform all employers in Skopje and Tetovo, that pregnant women, people over 60 years with respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, as well as persons under the age of 60 years diagnosed with asthma...

Institute of Public Health appeals to the public to stay outdoors as a little as possible

"The measures taken to reduce air pollution are directed towards the consequences, and not the causes. When we begin to focus on taking measures for the cause, the situation will change significantly”, said Dragan Gjorgjev from the Institute of Public Health. “Air pollution can not be reduced in the short term. For the situation to change, we need to make...