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At the 131st session, the Government adopted a decision to establish a Commission for the implementation of a procedure for awarding a Public-Private Partnership Agreement for the construction of a new system for the distribution of natural gas throughout the territory. "The Commission aims to implement an entire procedure for awarding the contract for the establishment of a public-private partnership...

Macedonia is at 95th place in the latest World Press Freedom Index by "Reporters without Borders" (RWB), thus jumping 14 places compared to the previous report, about 2018. With this, Macedonia fares better than the neighboring Bulgaria, which is an EU member and is at 111th place. The Reports without Borders main objection for this year concerning Macedonia is the...

The number of transported persons by the public transportation in Macedonia has been dropping through the years, but nevertheless, more and more Macedonian municipalities are deciding to introduce regular public transportation in the cities. The data provided by the State Statistical Bureau indicate that last year 71.400.000 passengers have used urban or suburban transport, while in the year 2000,...

Instead of renting a bike with ID at the "Gradski Parking" parking lots, Skopje will receive an automated system for renting these means of transportation at 30 various locations throughout the city. The city authorities plans to introduce a public system for the self-renting of 450 bikes, that will be equipped with a positioning system (GPS). Citizens who wish to...

Even though "Park and Drive" was included as a project in 2011 in the first plan for sustainable transport of the City of Skopje, the concept to this day has not been introduced to our metropolis. The project by which cities in developed countries solve the problem of traffic congestion in their city centres has not been carried out...

The country possess only half of the required number of professional firefighters in territorial firefighting units, according to data from the Directorate for Protection and Rescue. At the end of last year, we had 747 firefighters, or one to 2,778 inhabitants. The standards set by the Law on Firefighting, requires that there should be one fireman to no more than...

The Ministry of Defense is preparing a draft law amending the Law on Defense, which define the rules for engagement for our soldiers on NATO missions. "This draft law will allow the deployment of members of the Republic of North Macedonia outside the territory of the Republic of North Macedonia in NATO operations and missions on a compulsorily basis, as...

Albania is actively involved in the construction of the railroad from Corridor 8 in its part of the territory. On the move from Tirana to Durres, construction work is already under way, and in the final stage for the selection of a contractor for the reconstruction is the railway from Durrës to Elbasan. The Director of the Public Railway Infrastructure...

The Ministry of Environment and Planning has announced a tender for acquiring a fence in order to fence off the illegal lindane dump in Pelenica. The tender was initially announced for the end of 2018, and then for the end of January this year or on the 11th of March and it was finally announced on the 22nd of March. The...

The expressions of immense happiness when we await someone close, the goodbyes said through tears with those that are traveling far away, sending people in the army or to studies abroad, the kisses, the hugs, the laughter, cannot be seen anymore at the platforms of one of the biggest railway stations in the Balkans. At the Railway station in Skopje,...

ARM has revoked "certain authorization" from the two of its members suspected of spreading fake news, discovered by Belgian investigative journalist Maarten Schenk. Against the two, who are a Major-Officer for security and a professional soldier, the ARM has announced other sanctions after the formal completion of the disciplinary procedure. "One member was withdrawn from a mission in Bosnia and...

At the official ceremony in front of the Government building, the NATO flag was raised this morning marking a historical event following the signing of the Accession Protocol for Macedonia's NATO membership last Wednesday, which triggered the final steps to full-fledged NATO membership under the name North Macedonia. In the presence of almost the entire government cabinet, the ARM General Staff,...

The Ministry of Defense announced today that it has concluded a purchase of 14.000 sets of military uniforms. For the amount of 840.000 euros, Macedonian Army (ARM) should receive sets consisting of a hat, coat, and pants that were manufactured in accordance with its specifications. The acquisition, which main criterion was the lowest price, was given to a company from...

Ministers from yesterday's government session have accepted the information on the signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway represented by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway for Serbia and Montenegro, for the...