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“These days we are witness once again to the case “Public Room”, a case in which the privacy of thousands of women and girls is violated, humiliation, sexism and violence that leave lasting consequences on their lives,” said President Stevo Pendarovski. The head of state emphasized that violence against women and girls, in any form – mental, physical, sexual, is ...

“As a country that maintains friendly relations with Bulgaria and Macedonia, we will try in every possible way to facilitate the resolution of their differences,” said Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in an interview with Euronews. “Following the Thessaloniki agenda, Greece is a strong supporter of the European perspective of the Balkan Peninsula and of course the Western Balkans, and ...

Macedonian-Bulgarian relations, the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, how many highways the Government has built in the last four years, the state graduation exam and education reforms are some of the topics discussed at Thursday’s MP questions at Parliament. Among them was the question by MP from VMRO-DPMNE Blagica Lasovska to the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on the reason ...

The Minister of Environment and Physical Planning Naser Nuredini had a working meeting with the EU Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn, in order to increase investments and more efficient implementation of projects in the field of environmental protection. At the meeting, additional technical assistance was requested from Brussels in preparing and submitting applications to European funds, in order ...

The Ministry of Health announced that Wednesday, during the analysis of data from positive patients, the first case of the British strain of coronavirus was discovered in Macedonia. The Health Ministry informed that Monday there were 394 new registered COVID-19 cases out of 2.236 tested, in the country. During the same period 9 persons infected with the virus passed away. ...

Natural and cultural heritage have universal value for all of us as individuals, communities, societies, but also for wider organizations. It is this heritage that needs to be preserved in order to be more accessible to future generations, said EU Ambassador David Geer, sharing UNESCO’s concern about the risk of the Ohrid region being placed on the endangered world heritage ...

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev received the UNDP Resident Representative, Narine Sahakyan. The current and future activities of UNDP were discussed at the meeting, focusing on the main challenges of local development and the Project “Municipal Capacity Building for Project Implementation”, implemented by UNDP in order to finance the preparation of technical documentation in areas such as hydrotechnical projects, ...

The Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Vasko Gjurcinovski, on Wednesday, at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels participates in the first regular session of this year of the NATO Military Committee, in the format of Chiefs of General Staffs of the Armies of the Alliance member states. After the country’s membership in NATO, General Gjurcinovski participates in all sessions ...

The Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bujar Osmani, on Tuesday, in Brussels met with the Vice President of the European Commission and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. The focus of the conversation was the future of the EU enlargement policy, primarily in the ...

At Tuesday’s 41st regular session, the Government reviewed and accepted the National Plan for COVID-19 vaccination in Macedonia and instructed the Ministry of Health and other competent institutions to implement it and submit regular monthly reports on the progress made. Vaccination in the country will be implemented in three phases in which different categories of citizens are covered. At this ...