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Macedonian Interior Minister Spasovski and UK Ambassador Galloway talk about the cooperation between the countries
The Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski and the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to North Macedonia, Rachel Galloway, had a meeting today at the ministry's offices where they discussed the successful cooperation regarding the fight against illegal immigration on a regional and international level, informs the Ministry of Interior (MoI) of North Macedonia.
"At the meeting, among other issues, there were...
Macedonian President Pendarovski and the Foreign Affairs Ministry condemned the burning of the Bulgarian flag at the Vevchani Carnival
President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski condemned the act of burning the Bulgarian flag at the Vevchani Carnival.
"The burning of the Bulgarian flag during the Vevchani Carnival is inadmissible and it must be condemned. It is necessary to build trust, understanding, and respect among the neighbors," wrote Pendarovski on his official Facebook page.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry (MFA) of North...
North Macedonia’s Finance Minister: Projected growth this year 4.1 %, but only if the COVID-19 crisis subdues
This year, the budgetary policy and the policies directed towards economic recovery and rapid growth will be redesigned - SmartER Growth Policies and returning to the pre-crisis trajectory, with a growth in the second half of 2022. The main goal is to accelerate the economic growth by 2.6% as it was by average annually in the previous 10 years,...
Muhamed Zeqiri appointed Secretary-General of the Government of North Macedonia
SDSM's Deputy President Muhamed Zeqiri was appointed the new Secretary-General of the Government of North Macedonia at yesterday's 24th session, informs Government Press Service. Zeqiri will replace Dragi Rashkovski, who resigned from this position almost two months ago.
The Government also adopted the decision to discharge Zoran Ivanov from the government-funded news agency Media Information Agency - Skopje's Supervisory Board.
The Macedonian journey towards complete agreement with Bulgaria much like firewalking
Bulgaria's refusal to approve EU's negotiating framework for North Macedonia at the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Ministers of EU's member countries i.e. the EU's General Affairs Council (GAC) on the 17th of November 2020 was expected, as it was announced and has been portended with resolutions, declarations, and announcements for more than two years, the intensity rising since...
North Macedonia produces enormous quantities of waste and has problems collecting it [infographic]
Year after year we are producing more and more communal waste, and almost one-third of the waste we produce loses its trail. According to the evaluations provided by the State Statistical Bureau, 915.943 tons of communal waste was produced last year in North Macedonia. The annual amount of generated communal waste in 2019 was 456 kilograms per person, which...
Health Minister Filipche: Restrictions on gatherings in order to avoid parks full of people
The new government decision to ban groups of more than four people in public spaces was made when we saw that the parks during the weekend are full of people, said the Minister of Health Venko Filipche.
"The restriction on groups was made in order not to have gatherings in the parks. After 9 p.m. we saw that the parks...
Ban on public space gatherings in North Macedonia of more than four people throughout the day
During yesterday's session, the government adopted a decision to ban public space gatherings of more than four persons in parks or anywhere else in open spaces throughout the day, with defined exceptions for this ban.
Previously, the ban on groupings started after 9 p.m., informed the government's press service.
This is a step further towards strengthening the measures in order to...
Public health institutions in North Macedonia will be able to perform 2000 daily tests for COVID-19
Starting from today, the Public Health Institute, apart from the existing admission office, another admission office with a laboratory assistant and administrator will be put into use which will speed up the procedure behind the testing for COVID-19, Macedonian Health Ministry informed. This way, the admission office will be unburdened as the patients who arrive for testing will be...
Osmani: New workgroups will be dedicated to the clarification of certain issues in North Macedonia – Bulgaria’s Good Neighborly Agreement
Macedonia is ready to work further on certain issues in the Good Neighborly Agreement with Bulgaria, and for that purpose, working groups from the Macedonian and Bulgarian foreign ministries will be discussing on a daily basis, in order to overcome the differences on the expectations from the Agreement. This was stressed, among other issues, by the Foreign Affairs Minister...
North Macedonia with all-time high – 641 new COVID-19 cases, number of active cases surpassed 6 000
North Macedonia registered today an all-time high number of newly diagnosed cases of COVID-19. According to the Ministry of Health, in the past 24 hours 2 688 COVID-19 tests were done and 641 new patients were diagnosed with the disease. More than half of them, 325, are from the capital Skopje.
The Institute of Public Health registered 233 recoveries, and...
Shekerinska reacts to Karakachanov’s “regiment”: The communication between allies shouldn’t be in this manner
"Bulgaria is a NATO member and so are we. The communication between the allies shouldn't be in this manner," said Radmila Shekerinska - Jankovska, Defense Minister of North Macedonia, commenting the statement of her Bulgarian counterpart Кrassimir Karakachanov, who said he will "send an engineering regiment" in Macedonia to remove all of the monuments with the plaques that mention...
Zaev: There is no Plan B when it comes to North Macedonia’s road towards the EU membership
I don't want to talk about Plan B. We have to succeed, said Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, when asked by a journalist whether the state has a Plan B if the EU accession negotiations fail to start in December.
He said that the Government under his leadership never had a Plan B since in that case, they...
Record 364 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours in North Macedonia
The Ministry of Health of North Macedonia informs that in the last 24 hours, there were 2 140 COVID testings and 364 new cases diagnosed with the disease. 184 are from the capital Skopje.
Most of the current active cases are also from Skopje – 241 in the Municipality of Centar, 240 in the Municipality of Aerodrom, 214 in the...
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...
Macedonian Railways having difficulties with maintenance of the Chinese trains, timetable barely functional
Although this summer the train between Skopje and Prishtina and the express trains for Belgrade and Thessaloniki didn't travel, the RNM's railway company can barely maintain the current timetable with only 15 planned departures from the Skopje Train Station. During the summer, the passenger train between Skopje and Kochani wasn't operational due to maintenance of the broken locomotive and...
Shekerinska after Karakachanov’s statement: Now is the moment to see who wants good neighborly relations
"Now is the moment when it becomes evident who wants good neighborly relations. We passed our test," said North Macedonia's Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska - Jankovska after the statement by her Bulgarian counterpart Krassimir Karakachanov that Bulgaria will oppose the intergovernmental conference between the EU and North Macedonia on the start of the EU accession negotiations.
"These statements aren't in...
NATO’s Public relations center will be turned into a Center for Fighting Disinformation
The Defense Ministry of North Macedonia will turn its Regional Center for Public Relations (RSPR) into a regional NATO Center for Fighting Fake News and Disinformation. RSPR which is known under its acronym PARC (Public Affairs Regional Centre), since 2013 has been accredited by NATO as a partner center for education and training.
"We shall specialize in the spirit of...
Justyna Mleczak: Tourism has an unbelievable power both to build and destroy
Justyna Mleczak is a tourist influencer from Poland, whose blog Do Macedonii offers a rare opportunity for Polish audiences to learn more about North Macedonia in their native language. She recently made another visit to the country in cooperation with European Union-supported Smart Toursim Enhancement Project (STEP). In this interview with Meta.mk she shares her experiences in organizing travel...
Two patients from Skopje and Strumica aged 23 and 29 are among the people who died today from COVID-19
The corona virus took two young lives, persons aged 23 and 29 have succumbed to the virus. The Health Ministry informs that in the past 24 hours, 9 people have died of COVID-19: a patient from Kriva Palanka (aged 52), two patients from Gostivar (aged 60 and 62), one patient from Kumanovo (aged 60), one from Veles (aged 70),...
