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Health Minister Venko Filipce revealed at a press conference that in the past 24 hours in Macedonia 18 new cases of COVID-19 positive patients have been registered, which raises the total number of cases in the country to 617. Besides this, two COVID-19 related deaths were also registered in the past 24 hours, while 5 patients that were hospitalised at ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov accepted on Wednesday at the Skopje International Airport a donation of medical equipment arriving from Turkey. The donation that arrived on a military plane included 50,000 medical face masks, 1,000 body suits, 1,000 testing kits and other medical equipment, and was handed over to Dimitrov by the Turkish Ambassador to Macedonia Mehmet Sekizkok. “We’re ...

The Government of Macedonia held on Wednesday its 38th session in which several regulations related to the COVID-19 situation were adopted. The government adopted a protocol for entry in the country of foreign accredited ambassadors and diplomats and their families. According to the protocol, when entering Macedonia, the ambassadors and their families must go in a compulsory and controlled self-isolation. ...

Deputy PM for European Affairs and National Coordinator for Distribution of Foreign Assistance Bujar Osmani held a video-conference with several ambassadors of EU member-states to Macedonia. Osmani thanked the ambassadors for the assistance the EU and their respective countries provide to Macedonia during the COVID-19 pandemic. “North Macedonia’s inclusion in the EU Solidarity Fund, the Joint Procurement Agreement for medical ...

Health Minister Venko Filipce informed that in the past 24 hours in Macedonia 29 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, while 5 patients have passed away due to COVID-19 complications. Four of the patients passed away at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases in Skopje, while one patient died in his home in Kumanovo. The current number of COVID-19 positive patients ...

President of Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski spoke on the phone on Tuesday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in relation to the recent accession of Macedonia in NATO as the Alliance’s 30th full-fledged member. Pendarovski thanked Stoltenberg for the warm welcome of Macedonia in NATO, and said that the membership in this Alliance will motivate the country to proceed with further ...

At a session held on Tuesday the Government of Macedonia adopted the text of the contract between the Macedonian and the Turkish government for a donation from Turkey of 50,000 protective masks, 1,000 protective suits and 1,000 diagnostic tests. The government also adopted a regulation in relation to the Law on Local Self-government, which allows the presidents of municipal councils ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on predominantly dry roads. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo – Demir Hisar, and Resen – Bukovo. Motorists ...

  Health Minister Venko Filipce announced at a press conference that in the past 24 hours in Macedonia 15 new cases of COVID-19 were registered, after which the total number of cases in the country increased to 570. “In the past 24 hours we also registered 3 deaths related to COVID-19, one 40-year old man from Kocani without previous diagnoses ...

Caretaker PM Oliver Spasovski informed at a press conference that the government decided to extend the curfew on the entire territory of Macedonia during the coronavirus epidemic. Starting on Wednesday 8 April 2020, the curfew will be extended from 04:00 p.m. to 05:00 a.m. on working days, while for weekends the curfew will start on Friday at 04:00 p.m. and ...