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Zaev, Vucic and Rama signed the first official documents of the OpenBalkan Initiative

As the first important steps of a new and concrete impulse to promote regional co-operation within the framework of the "OpenBalkan" Initiative, North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, the president of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic and the Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama, yesterday signed the Agreement on Cooperation in Protection and Rescue Operations in Natural Disasters in the Western...

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...

In the autumn the vaccination certificate will be required in order to attend a mass event in N.Macedonia

Health authorities are beginning to consider a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination certificate in order to attend a massive event in North Macedonia in the autumn. This means, as was stated by Health Minister Venko Filipche, that when attending a cinema or another cultural event, a certificate will be required. - Starting from the autumn, during these forthcoming weeks we will be...

Macedonia ranks at the bottom of Europe according to the percentage of wastewater treatment [infographic]

Macedonia, together with Serbia and Kosovo, are at the bottom of Europe according to the percentage of the population that has access at least to a secondary treatment of urban waste waters, shows the Eurostat and Macedonian State Statistical Office's data. In 2018, only 21,7% of the urban wastewaters in North Macedonia were subjected to treatment before being discharged...

Four new cases with COVID-19’s Delta variant were registered in North Macedonia

Four new cases with COVID's Delta variant were registered in North Macedonia. With this, the number of people infected with the Delta variant has climbed to eight people. Yesterday's suspicious cases of people that are treated in Skopje were confirmed to be infected with the Delta variant. "We spoke with them, they had not many contacts with other people but...

Fourth confirmed case of COVID-19 Delta variant infection in North Macedonia, four other cases also suspected

So far, we had 3 confirmed cases of the new COVID-19 Delta variant, and yesterday another case was confirmed. The patient is treated in Veles and has a milder clinical picture. We are waiting for the results of other 4 patients that are treated in Skopje. Out of them, one is put on ventilator while the others have stable...

Vocational and technical education becoming more attractive for high school students in NMacedonia

What to choose, a gymnasium or vocational-technical high school Not so long ago, the majority of 9th-grade primary school students in North Macedonia were choosing to continue their secondary education in a gymnasium instead of opting for vocational-technical schools. Now, only 4 days after the start of the high school enrollment, it is obvious that the things are slowly...

Tourists from Serbia will not pay road tolls in North Macedonia this summer – Macedonian government provides 200,000 free toll cards

Nationals of Serbia traveling with private cars will not pay the road tolls in North Macedonia this summer. This decision is a response by the government of North Macedonia to Serbia's humane act to give for free tens of thousands of vaccines against COVID-19 to Macedonia. The Government of North Macedonia ordered the Interior Ministry to allocate electronic road toll...

Civil society organizations in North Macedonia call the president to reject the Act on legalization of the illegal constructions

Civil organizations "O2 Inicijativa" (O2 Initiative), "Eko-svest" (Eco- Consciousness,) and the World Wide Fund for Nature called the president of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski to reject signing the Law on legalization of illegally constructed buildings and to return it to the Parliament. The environmentalists, supported by other 22 civil society organizations, are requesting that the law should be adopted...

North Macedonia: 4 Russian-made army and police helicopters will be modernized in Czechia

The Czech Defense Minister Lubomir Metnar is in official visit to Macedonia as the first defense minister of a NATO member country visiting Macedonia since the country's accession into the Alliance. Together with Macedonian Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska and the Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski, he signed a Memorandum for Understanding and Technical Cooperation between both countries, which encompasses the...

President of Georgia visits North Macedonia, visa liberalisation agreement signed

The President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski received today with highest state and military honors the President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, who is on an official visit to the Republic of North Macedonia. As part of the visit, apart from the tet-a-tet meeting between presidents Pendarovski and Zurabishvili, a plenary meeting took place between the official delegations, when an Agreement...

Zaev met with Várhelyi: Macedonian identity mustn’t be the ground for blocking North Macedonia’s EU integrations

North Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, accompanied by the Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov, the Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani and the Head of the Mission of the Republic of North Macedonia to the EU, Agneza Rusi - Popovska, has met today in Brussels with the European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi, informed North...

Rush for stickers with Macedonian footballers after arrival of official sticker book “Euro 2020“ in North Macedonia

For the first time after the breakup of Yugoslavia, the sport stickers collectors in North Macedonia have a chance to see their national football team in a sticker book for a European championship. Judging by the reactions on the social networks and the swarms at the stores and news stands, the most recent sticker book "Euro 2020" by the Italian...

Macedonian Radio and Television decides Garvanliev is still North Macedonia’s representative at Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Macedonian Radio and Television's "Board of Responsibility"(MRTBR) held a meeting on the 19th of March, after public's reactions tо the video clip of this year's North Macedonia's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, Vasil Garvanliev and аt his statements. The Board determined that MRT has completely met the internal procedures when applying at the European Broadcasting Union - EBU for...

Average net salary in North Macedonia in January was MKD28 272

The State Statistical Office of North Macedonia published the average monthly net salary per employee in January 2021  - MKD28 272, which is 2.7% more in comparison with January 2020. The average monthly gross salary per employee in January 2021 was MKD42 204, which is 2.7% higher compared to the same month in 2020.

Shar Mountain put under temporary protection, environmentalists in North Macedonia happy

Naser Nuredini, the Minister of Environment of North Macedonia, has placed Shar Mountain under temporary protection until it is declared a national park. As the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning informs, Nuredini has passed a decree in accordance with the Law on Nature Protection for temporary protection of the part of the Shar Mountain which is under a...

US State Department approves the sale to ARM of 54 Strykers, worth US$210 million

The US State Department approved yesterday the sale of 54 Stryker light armored vehicles to the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia - ARM, informs the Defense Ministry of North Macedonia and the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency. The sale is part of the larger take on the modernization of ARM, in which the Stryker infantry carrier vehicles...

Tender procedure for construction of regional landfill in Mechkuevci in North Macedonia started

The Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning of North Macedonia explained for Meta.mk that the tender procedure for the selection of a company that will be building the regional landfill and the six waste transfer stations in the Eastern and the Northeastern Planning region in North Macedonia has already started. This regional landfill, where 65% of the whole waste...

If they want to prevent corruption, state institutions must publish data in open and easily accessible format

There is no direct correlation between the openness of the institutions and their budgets. There is no correlation between the openness of the executive bodies and the openness of the ministries they are part of... This is what the results of the all-encompassing empirical research present, on the basis of the Index of Openness as part of USAID's Civic...

Macedonian Interior Ministry issues a national arrest warrant for Sasho Mijalkov

The Interior Ministry (MOI) of North Macedonia informs that a national arrest warrant was issued for Sasho Mijalkov. The reason for that is because: "with all undertaken measures and activities, this person still hasn't been located," said MOI, who have been looking for Mijalkov since yesterday in order to hand him over the decision for house arrest. Since this...