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PM Zoran Zaev said that now that the government was endorsed by the parliamentary majority at the no-confidence vote on Thursday, the adoption of necessary laws should be unblocked in Parliament. “Now we need to focus on adoption of laws, especially those that are to approve usage of funds for energy efficiency, agriculture, and especially the 5th set of economic ...

The Health Ministry informed that they have received on Thursday morning the contract from Pfizer for procurement of 800,280 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. “The procurement will be conducted in 4 quarters, and the first quarter of 21,060 doses will arrive in our country by the end of March 2021. The Pfizer vaccines are packed in multi-dosage phials, from which ...

The Parliament of Macedonia proceeded on Thursday with the 34th session, which includes 68 points of discussion on its daily order. Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said during the session that the voting for some of the laws and law-changes included in the 34th session will be conducted in the following days, while some of the laws and law-changes will be ...

President of Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski attended and addressed on Thursday an online debate focusing on the brain-drain problem in Macedonia, organised by the European Youth Network for Democracy, as part of the activities of the Presidential Institute for Political Education. “We cannot completely stop the process of brain-drain, but we can implement policies to reduce it. Many factors, like unfavourable ...

With 62 votes in favour, the Parliament of Macedonia has endorsed the government in the confidence vote that took place on Wednesday. The MPs from VMRO-DPMNE were not present in the hall during the vote, after their coordinator Nikola Micevski said that they will leave the session because no discussion upon the no-confidence vote was allowed. PM Zoran Zaev, who ...

Governmental Spokesperson Dusko Arsovski reiterated at a press conference in the government the positions of PM Zoran Zaev concerning the actions of Bulgarian President Rumen Radev for protection of the right of ethnic Bulgarians in Macedonia. “The PM said the official position of the government upon this matter yesterday. We remain with cautious rhetoric. Both Skopje and Sofia should be ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani wrote on Facebook that Bulgarians living in Macedonia should contact the State Statistical office (SSO) in case they are unable to register themselves as Bulgarian in the Population census this spring. “Representatives of Bulgarian associations should notify SSO in case of problems of this type, so that they take action on time,” Osmani wrote. SSO ...

The Health Ministry conducted in the past 24 hours 3,312 COVID-19 tests, of which 807 turned positive. Analyses at the Laboratory of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts confirmed the presence of the British COVID-19 strain among one of two citizens who came back from a holiday in Tanzania two days ago, prompting the Infectious Diseases Committee to propose ...

PM Zoran Zaev reacted to the activities taken by Bulgarian President Rumen Radev for, as Radev said, protection of the right of Bulgarian minority in Macedonia. “I call upon president Radev and the entire Bulgarian state to not fall for insinuations and false information, especially in this very delicate period for both our countries. We are NATO member-states, we are ...

After almost an entire month of inactivity, the Parliament of Macedonia held a plenary session on Tuesday. DUI MP and Coordinator of their MP group Izet Mexhiti was present at the session, after being absent for long period of time due to intra-party misunderstandings in DUI. Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi scheduled the continuation of the 21st, 22nd, 25th and 26th ...