Tag: North Macedonia

If the number of people infected with COVID-19 continues to rise, Shtip together with Skopje and Tetovo will highly likely be put under lockdown, just as city of Debar was. This was announced during a press conference by the State Secretary at the Health Ministry, Vladimir Miloshev. Taking into account the extended weekend, with Friday being a non-working day, these...

The number of live births in North Macedonia last year was the lowest in the period between 1994 and 2019, the data provided by the State Statistical Bureau shows. 2019, with 19.845 live births, scored 7% lower compared to the number of live births in 2018. These worrisome numbers about Macedonia's birth rate were repeated fifth consecutive year in...

The Health Ministry informed that the Institute for Public Health registered 16 recovered patients, one each in Skopje, Kumanovo and Bitola, four in Prilep and nine in Veles. Two patients from Tetovo passed away. At the Clinic for Infectious Diseases a 74 year old patient passed away, while a patient aged 57 passed away at the "8th of September"...

Last year, a total number of 7,874 students have graduated from higher education institutions in North Macedonia, which is an increase by 2.2% since 2018. Most of them, 5,845 have graduated at state colleges against 2,004 students who graduated at private colleges. On the other hand, 25 persons have graduated at the colleges of theology. The statistic shows that...

After today's lifting of the curfew, tomorrow all the restaurants and bars that have open areas will start working again. The working hours of such facilities will be until 20:00. All the protective measures- such as social distancing and wearing protective masks have to be observed. During today's press conference, the Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi informed that according to the...

The Institute for Public Health registered 25 newly infected people with COVID-19, 17 recovered, and 3 patients died as a result of complications caused by the virus, informed the Health Ministry of North Macedonia today. Two patients died at the Infectious Diseases Clinic in Skopje today, a patient from Struga 58) and a patient from Skopje (47). Both of them...

The wind energy is still under-exploited for electricity production in North Macedonia, although the country has great geographical potential, as feasibility studies have identified 15-some eligible locations for wind turbine farms. Although the production of energy from renewable source and the phasing out of coal as energy source has become the buzz, only one wind farm was erected in North...

The transition towards clean energy sources is necessary not only for reaching the energy and climate goals, but also to protect people's health. Also, the transition to green economy doesn't exclude North Macedonia, even though the country's energy system is almost completely dependent on coal, which is one of the main reasons the county climbed to the top of...

In conditions when the situation with the tourism sector is painful and complex, it is hard to imagine that one measure can compensate the consequences from the COVID-19 pandemic due to the scope of the problems that resulted and are getting increased. A new critical period has started whena new set of economic measures will be necessary, states the...

The Institute for Public Health registered today 50 patients recovered from COVID-19 in Skopje, Kumanovo, Prilep, Tetovo, Veles, Kriva Palanka and Valandovo. The Health Ministry informed that one patient from Skopje, aged 78 and another from Tetovo, aged 77, passed away. "In the past 24 hours, 533 tests have been performed and 22 new COVID-19 cases have been registered. The total...

The second political parties leaders' meeting in North Macedonia President's Office today finished without agreement on the date for the parliamentary elections. The largest opposition party, VMRO-DPMNE has opted for the end of August or beginning of September, while the SDSM is all for the end of June. According to VMRO-DPMNE, the late date will expose the citizens to least health...

Several labor syndicates, civil organizations and associations disagree with the Government's third set of economic aid and reacted since it was adopted without any prior adjustment with their opinions and requests that were accentuated during the joint meeting with representatives of the Government. In their joint press release it states that the Government hasn't accepted any of the proposals. "We...

The USAID Representative in North Macedonia Erik Janowsky and North Macedonia’s Minister of Finance signed an joint agreement for $16 million by the US to help North Macedonia reduce corruption, better integrate youth in society, and increase economic competitiveness. The agreement will help national and municipal government efforts to leverage and successfully manage financial resources and implement accountability mechanisms; the...

North Macedonia political parties' leaders did not reach an agreement on the date for the general elections, at the meeting in country president's office today. Presidents of SDSM, Zoran Zaev, VMRO-DPMNE's Hristijan Mickoski, DUI's Ali Ahmeti, Alliance for the Albanians' Zijadin Sela, Alternativa's Afrim Gashi and Besa's Bilal Kasami agreed only that the health of the citizens is of utmost...

The Committee for Infectious Diseases will send a proposal to the Government for easing the measures against COVID-19 which will include reopening of the educational centers, test centers, betting shops and the shopping malls, the Minister of Health Venko Filipche informed during today's press conference. They will function in the hours when the people are allowed to leave their...

Two months since the first case of COVID-19 was registered in Croatia, as the first Balkan nation to have officially confirmed the presence of the virus, there almost 20,000 inhabitants of 10 Balkan nations that have been infected with the virus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB8HhRy16kM What's most striking about the official statistics published by the World Health Organization, the Johns Hopkins University and Worldometer,...

In the past 24 hours, the number of new case of people infected with the coronavirus increased by 26 cases and the total number of diagnosed persons is now 1.326 An 80 year old patient has also passed away from the virus.. The number of passed away patients is now 57. During the same period, 36 patients were...

The European Commission (EC) in the short report released on Monday recommends that the European Union (EU) start accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania. Among the highlights, EC points out that North Macedonia has taken decisive steps to strengthen the independence of the judiciary,  improved its performance in the fight against corruption and organized crime and also advanced...

At the height of disinformation dissemination, journalists in Kosovo argue that reporting challenges throughout the region have increased immensely. The professionals argue that the media outlets who do not have physical presence throughout the Balkans should pay extra care to filtering the information they republish but should also be very cautious which media outlets' content they republish. The multiple award winning...

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) from the United States released a new working paper titled “Demand for Deceit: How the Way We Think Drives Disinformation,” authored by Samuel Woolley and Katie Joseff. The paper focuses on the demand for disinformation and raises the question of why there are such news consumers who are constantly seeking and trusting disinformation sources while rejecting other information sources. What...