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Deputy Foreign Minister Andrej Zernovski spoke on the phone on Friday with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia David Zalkaliani. As the Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports, the interlocutors discussed possibilities for improvement of the bilateral cooperation between Macedonia and Georgia. Zernovski and Zalkaliani agreed that the priorities in the field of foreign policy of both countries are ...

Levica leader and MP Dimitar Apasiev sparked controversy on social networks and in the broader public after verbally offending MP Radmila Sekerinska in a Facebook status, as a reaction to her absence from the commemoration ceremony of the Karpalak Ambush. Apasiev criticised Sekerinska’s absence from the Karpalak ceremony using swear words. SDSM MP Kostadin Kostadinov also reacted to the status. ...

The Health Ministry registered over the past weekend a total number of 440 new cases of COVID-19 in Macedonia. Of the new cases, 155 were registered on Friday, 200 on Saturday and 85 on Sunday, with most of them located in Skopje, Stip, Kumanovo, Gostivar, Tetovo, Kavadarci etc. Over the past weekend, 10 people died as a result of complications ...

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 ...

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 ...

SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti and VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski held a meeting on Thursday afternoon in the Parliament, where they discussed the possibilities for formation of ruling majority and a new government. DUI Spokesperson Bujar Osmani said in a statement for Sitel TV that the meeting of the party leaders was rather constructive. “I can conclude ...

Caretaker PM Oliver Spasovski met on Thursday the Chinese Ambassador to Macedonia Zhang Zuo. As the governmental press service informed, the interlocutors discussed the cooperation between the two countries, focusing on the activities for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Spasovski thanked Zuo for all assistance provided by China in donations of medical equipment, whereas Ambassador Zuo conveyed Chinese Premier Li ...

The Health Ministry and the Public Healthcare Institute officially opened on Thursday the new Epidemic Centre in Skopje. The centre will handle the COVID-19 situation, as well as other health states of emergency. It will provide information and advice, and will follow situations in case of epidemics or pandemics, and will also include a system for early warning and detecting ...

The Health Ministry informed that in the past 24 hours they have run 1,543 COVID-19 tests among citizens, of which 113 turned positive. Of the new cases of COVID-19, 35 are registered in Skopje, 23 in Stip, 15 in Gostivar, 12 in Kumanovo, 7 in Bitola, 6 in Ohrid, 5 in Tetovo, 2 in Kocani and Demir Hisar and 1 ...

Health Minister Venko Filipce revealed in an interview for Kanal 5 TV details about the plans of the Health and Education Ministries for reopening schools and kindergartens on 1 September. “The position of the Health Ministry is that children should go to schools and kindergartens, but only under precisely defined protocols and regulations. Initially, these protocols will include compulsory face ...