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“Institutional silence” about name board for Ukrainian city of Sevastopol on Russian children playground in Skopje, North Macedonia
For more than a month, the Centar Municipality, City Hall of Skopje and the Foreign Affairs Ministry of North Macedonia are silent about the questions sent by Meta.mk about the new Russian playground behind the Universal Hall in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The playground had a board set and then removed, that had the name of the...
North Macedonia with record mortality rate
The birth rate in North Macedonia has decreased and with lesser live births, the population is aging. The older population is predominant and, accordingly, the mortality rates in the country are on the rise. Still, in the last three years, we are seeing such high mortality rates that we have never been seen before.
Those are the remarks told to...
Truthmeter.mk: Lots of courts and judges, but little Justice
With the systematization of the judicial network for judges in all levels of courts and for all types of courts, 636 judicial seats are provided, and 493 seats have been filled, but even with this number, we are leaders in Europe. With 34 courts, we are leaders in terms of the number of courts, but we can never get...
Truthmeter.mk: Narratives which Russia uses to influence news media in Western Balkans
A research titled "Russia’s narratives toward the Western Balkans", published by the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence (NATO StratCom COE) identified several Russian narratives in the news media in the Western Balkans. The research is based on the media reporting in 2018, which cited the Serbian edition of the Russian state news agency "Sputnik". The Sputnik website, which...
Rama: External forces court the Western Balkans, but there will be no renunciation of the EU membership
It is frustrating to wait, but Western Balkan leaders need to reject proposals from foreign powers and maintain faith in EU membership, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama appealed in an interview with the Financial Times
“Others can bring money, investment, maybe even caviar, but they will not be able to bring what you need to build a functioning free country,”...
Government will help 7,500 households in North Macedonia pay electricity bills
The Ministry of Economy of North Macedonia issued a call for applications for financial aid to low-income households for their electricity bills. The total amount of the aid is MKD60 million (€ 974.000) from the state budget, with the aim to protect the vulnerable consumers.
More than 7,500 low-income households will receive monthly state support in the amount of MKD...
Street in Berovo named after the Slovenian firefighter Žan Kofol
The Council of the Municipality of Berovo unanimously adopted the initiative to rename a street in Berovo with the name of the Slovenian firefighter Žan Kofol. He was one of the symbols in the fight against the forest wildfires in the Maleshevo area this past summer.
The initiative for renaming a street in Berovo after the Slovenian fireman was submitted...
Two political parties in North Macedonia want tighter regulation for cryptocurrency mining
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Democratic Renewal of Macedonia (DOM) announced that, taking into account the energy crisis and the consequences on the environment in North Macedonia, through its MPs in the Parliament they will request legal amendments on the mining of cryptocurrencies.
"During an energy crisis it is inadmissible to waste electricity on cryptocurrencies for personal enrichment....
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...
Construction of new hydro power plants, mines, hotels and roads in new Shar Mountain National Park will be banned
Construction of new hydro power plants, opening new mines, geological researchеs or new pipeline infrastructure will be banned on the whole territory of the Shar Mountain National Park. In all the planned management zones of the national park, raising introduced and invasive plants and animals will be banned as well.
In the protected area of Shar Мountain, construction of houses...
Rexhepi went to police station, say he wasn’t abducted but went to a friend’s home with his family
Kastriot Rexhepi, member of the parliament of North Macedonia from the BESA political party, who with his absence yesterday blocked the no confidence vote for the government of North Macedonia, today went to the Police station "Bit Pazar" in the capital Skopje, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) of North Macedonia informs.
As the police says, Rexhepi, together with his family,...
Analysts comment North Macedonia prime minister’s resignation: Political crisis imminent
The news of the resignation of the prime minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, both from the government and from the helm of his SDSM political party has been broadcasted by the most influential international news agencies and media around the world.
Zaev yesterday evening, just a few hours after the runoff local elections in North Macedonia, which brought a...
North Macedonia prime minister Zoran Zaev resigns after local elections defeat
Zoran Zaev, the incumbent prime minister of North Macedonia yesterday in a late night press conference resigned from his prime ministerial post and also from the post of the president of the SDSM political party, after the defeat of his party in the second round of the local elections. However, he remains adamant that early parliamentary elections are not...
The temporary stay of the 27 Afghan refugees in North Macedonia is over, they left for Ireland
A group of 27 Afghani citizens that had a temporary stay in North Macedonia, yesterday morning with the members of their families have left for Dublin, Ireland, their permanent residence, informed the Government of North Macedonia.
These people found a temporary shelter in Macedonia after they fled Afghanistan in August, when the Talibans took over the power in the country....
Openness Index: Government of North Macedonia first, Parliament third in Western Balkans
According to the latest Openness Index, which ranked four countries from the Western Balkans - North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, i.e. their governments and parliaments, the Government of North Macedonia was ranked first on the list, while the country's Parliament was ranked third.
The evaluation of the state of good governance of the parliaments and the executive...
Zaev from Slovenia: Steps undertaken by Radev on behalf of Bulgaria are an insult to Macedonian citizens
The Prime minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev yesterday, at the end of the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Brdo, Slovenia, in a statement for the media said that it is obvious that only one member of the EU – Bulgaria – objects to the start of the negotiations for accession of North Macedonia to the European Union (EU). He...
North Macedonia, 15-year-old girl dies from COVID-19
The Ministry of Health of North Macedonia informs that a 15-year-old girl from the village of Selce, in the Tetovo region, died today at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases in the capital Skopje.
"The patient was brought to the Infectious Diseases Clinic with a very serious manifestation of the infection, 13 days after the symptoms first appeared. Before being hospitalized,...
Dr. Stojanov: Аnalysing why North Macedonia is having 20 to 30 COVID-19 deaths daily is a must!
It is crucial to conduct an analysis and find out why the number of deaths from COVID-19 is high in North Macedonia. We have been dealing with the pandemic for a year and a half, but the number of deaths is still high, says epidemiologist and former director of the Public Health Center Skopje, Dr. Aleksandar Stojanov. According to...
Glenn Beck’s statement about US asking Macedonian authorities not to accept Afghan refugees is false
Meta.mk, under the cooperation agreement with fact-checking service Truthmeter.mk republishes its latest assessment about a viral media manipulation affecting the US and North Macedonia:
Conservative US commentator and a long time media figure, owner of The Blaze media network Glenn Beck published a tweet containing a snippet of his interview with the Arkansas senator Tom Cotton.
Here is the tweet (Source:...
North Macedonia adopted the last Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for the Health Sector in 2011
It was in 2011 when Macedonia prepared the latest National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for the Health Sector and the corresponding Action Plan. In the meantime, the data concerning the Skopje valley provided by the National Hydrometeorological Service of North Macedonia (UHMR) are showing that 9 out of the past 10 years are among the hottest 20 years in...
