Monthly Archives: June 2020

State of Emergency Extended for Another 14 Days

President Stevo Pendarovski declared on Saturday the extension of the state of emergency by another 14 days to June 13 due to the recent increase in coronavirus cases in the country. Caretaker PM Oliver Spasovski said that government’s top priority is protecting public health. “All measures it has adopted have been in line with protecting citizens’ health and the healthcare ...

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Spasovski: Infectious Diseases Committee to Review Opening Borders Question

The Government gave directions to the Infections Diseases Committee on reviewing the question around opening the borders in cooperation with MoFA. This was stated by Technical PM Oliver Spasovski after the end of the coordinative meeting of MP candidates for Election Unit 2 from the SDSM coalition in Kumanovo. “The Government gave directions, together with MoFA, the Infections Diseases Committee ...

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Xhaferi: Political Leaders to Use 14-Day Prolongation to Agree on Election Date

PS Talat Xhaferi, after Saturday’s Security Council stated that the party leaders need to sue the 14 additional days of state of emergency in order to reach consensus on the elections date. According to him, this is their responsibility, and repeated once again that the Parliament is dismissed and only the citizens through the voting process can assemble it. Xhaferi ...

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149 New COVID-19 Cases and 11 Deaths Over Past 3 Days

The new COVID-19 cases for Friday, Saturday and Sunday are 52, 35 and 62 respectively, while deaths are 4, 5 and 2. This makes a total of 149 new cases and 11 deaths over the past 3 days, although several sources believe that the Sunday numbers might be deflated. The largest concentration of new cases is Skopje. On Saturday was ...

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Road Conditions, 01.06.2020

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 ...

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