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The vaccination against COVID-19 in North Macedonia starts, the Health Minister will be vaccinated from the new batch [Photo gallery]
The vaccination against COVID-19 in North Macedonia began today. In the modular hospital situated at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases in the capital Skopje, the health workers from this clinic received the first dose from the batch of the Pfizer vaccines that was received from Serbia. In the next 10 days, all the health workers in this clinic should...
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,...
Year after year, Macedonian construction companies are losing the foreign markets
There are almost no major construction projects abroad that the construction companies from North Macedonia are taking part in, and the situation has been gradually worsening with the years. The statistical data shows modest number of signed and completed contracts in the foreign markets.
In 2020, the completed construction operations abroad by the companies from North Macedonia ammounted to only...
With the 4.680 Pfizer vaccines from Serbia, North Macedonia will vaccinate 2.430 health workers
The vaccination of the health workers that are working in the COVID-19 centers in North Macedonia will start on Wednesday, in the modular ward of the Clinic for Infectious Diseases in Skopje, informs the Health Ministry of North Macedonia. This will also be the official start of the vaccination against COVID-19 in the country, which will continue when the...
The offered compromise on state graduation exams acceptable for the Macedonian Ministry of Education and Science
The compromise solution on the state graduation exams, which was accepted by the Union of High School Students is also acceptable for us, announced the Ministry of Education and Science of North Macedonia. It assures that the proposed model is in the interest of all high school graduates and none of them will have repercussions and the state will...
North Macedonia: New 389 coronavirus cases, the number of active cases dropped below 6 000
In Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, there are less than 3 000 active cases of COVID-19, and the total number of the active cases throughout the country is below 6 000, i.e. Skopje has 2 778 cases and in the country there are 5 933 active COVID-19 cases, informs the Health Ministry of North Macedonia.
It reported that in...
Around 4.000 health workers in North Macedonia register for vaccination against COVID-19
Almost all health workers that are working with COVID-19 patients in North Macedonia have registered for vaccination, informed the Health Minister Venko Filipche, who explained that their number is around 4.000 people. There are around 3.000 doctors and 9.000 nurses, and recently the Health Ministry published the results of a poll they carried out showing that 70 to 80%...
Due to COVID-19 crisis, public transportation in Skopje last year with 30 million passengers less
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a drop of the number of passengers that used the public transportation in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, reaching a historic low. Last year, "JSP Skopje" (Public Enterprise for Transportation) buses and the buses of the private transportation companies transported 27.709.556 passengers, which is almost 30 million passengers less compared to 2019. In...
The Preliminary design for the Bus Rapid Transit System in Skopje to be finished in March
City of Skopje expects to receive the Preliminary design and the accompanying documentation for the first line of the Bus Rapid Transist System (BRT) in Skopje from Gjorche Petrov to Novo Lisiche in March. The city authorities said for Meta.mk that they have no information about eventual delays in the preparation of the Preliminary design, for which the agreement...
Army personnel in North Macedonia will have to choose – uniform or politics!
Army or civilian personnel in the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia will not be allowed to manage, represent or act on behalf of a political party or to be members of any party bodies. With their party membership they mustn't bring into question their professionalism, impartiality and the lawfullness while conducting their duties in the Army or...
Auditor’s report: Almost no sorting of plastic waste in North Macedonia, recyclers have to import
Illegal waste landfills on every corner, overflowing garbage skips in the towns and cities, record quantities of produced waste on a national level. Despite this condition with the waste in North Macedonia, the plants that recycle the plastic waste must import waste plastic from abroad to provide an efficient production process in the treatment and processing of the plastic...
Nikola Dimitrov remains a Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, the impeachment attempt was unsuccessful
After yesterday's 12 hour debate about the interpellation of the Deputy Prime Minister of North Macedonia for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov, 53 MPs voted in favor of while no one was withheld. With it, the Parliament of North Macedonia didn't accept the opposition's initiative to recall Dimitrov from his position.
At the parliament, Dimitrov said that the impeachment procedure against...
Macedonian Health Minister: The vaccination against COVID-19 will start this month with the Chinese vaccines
Venko Filipche, the Health Minister of North Macedonia, announced yesterday that the vaccination against COVID-19 will start this month with 200.000 doses of the Chinese vaccines. Their transportation will be organized by the Health Ministry.
Filipche stressed that all vaccines that are available on the market are safe and there aren't any restrictions for any kind of vaccine, as they...
Macedonian Government demands insight into all criminal charges and corruption and money laundering reports from the past 2 years
In its 43rd session, the Government of North Macedonia analyzed and adopted the Information about the undertakend activities for the regular use of the System for collecting and processing statistical data about prevention and repression of corruption and money laundering, says the official press release.
"The Government ordered the Interior Ministry, the Interior Ministry - Bureau of Public Security, the...
New 350 coronavirus cases in North Macedonia, 20 people died and 266 recovered
In the last 24 hours in North Macedonia, 2 291 tests were done and 350 new cases of COVID-19 were registered, informed the Ministry of Health.
It adds that 20 patients died from the disease and 266 recoveries were registered in the same period.
The total number of COVID-19 diagnosed cases in North Macedonia since the start of the pandemic is...
Corridor 10’s Intelligent Transportation System: This year a call for a tender, next year it will be put into use
The Economic Reform Programme 2021-2023 that was adopted by the Government of North Macedonia is determining precisely the dynamics of the implementation of the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) at the highway along Corridor 10, a project that Meta.mk has been reporting about at length. This year, the practical implementation will have to be accelerated through issuing a call for...
The UK coronavirus strain detected in North Macedonia
The Ministry of Health of North Macedonia informed that today, during the analyses of the data for the COVID-19 positive patients egistered in January, in one specimen the Laboratory of Genetics and Personalized Medicine in the Zhan Mitrev Clinic in Skopje identified the UK coronavirus strain.
The patient is a 46-year-old man who had already recovered - in the database...
North Macedonia this year will ban import of used cars below the EURO 5 standard
During yesterday's conference titled "Vision for Energy Transition 2040," Kreshnik Bekteshi, the Minister of Economy announced that this year North Macedonia will ban the import of used cars below the EURO 5 standard of gas emissions.
"This year, the norms for imported cars in our country will be expanded. Regarding the measures, we are already implementing several measures for installing...
Government of North Macedonia adopts Economic Reform Programme 2021-2023
The Government of North Macedonia adopted a three-year strategy - the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) 2021-2023 that consists of a mid-term macroeconomic and fiscal framework, as well as the guidelines for the structural reforms that should be implemented and which were determined through a dialogue with the European Commission.
The Economic Reform Programme 2021-2023, written under the coordination of the...
Zaev – Galloway: The collaboration with the United Kingdom intensifies
Zoran Zaev, the Prime Minister of North Macedonia met with Rachel Galloway, the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to North Macedonia. The intensification of the cooperation between the two countries even during the pandemic was hailed at the meeting, the press release notes.
"An expectation for even more active promotion of this cooperation in all areas, after the signed Agreement...
