Government with Several Decisions over Wildfires and Crisis Management

At its session on Tuesday, the Government secured 52 million denars from the state reserves for 2024 to increase the Protection and Rescue Directorate’s Budget over the wildfire situation.

Over the same matter, the Government also extended the state of crisis on the whole territory of the country.

In addition, the session, PM Hristijan Mickoski said, saw a decision made to merge the Directorate and Crisis Management Centre, aiming at more efficient functioning of the crisis management system.

The Centre said at 4 pm there were 10 active wildfires in the country. The situation was especially serious in Pehcevo and on Galicica. Earlier, police had said they had arrested a man from the Prilep region for causing a wildfire.