Monthly Archives: August 2021

518 New Cases of COVID-19, 4 Deaths in Past 24 Hours

The Health Ministry informs that in the past 24 hours 5,809 COVID-19 tests were conducted among citizens, of which 518 turned positive. Of the new cases, 179 are registered in Skopje, 96 in Tetovo, 65 in Gostivar, 35 in Kumanovo, 29 in Kicevo, 20 in Struga, 14 in Bitola, 11 in Ohrid and Strumica, 10 in Debar, 7 in Kavadarci, ...

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CMC: Several Forest Fires Still Active

According to the latest information from the Crisis Management Centre (CMC) several forest fires remain active on the territory of the country. “The fire near the village of Budinarci in the Berovo region was finally put under control, while the ones in the Delcevo region near the villages of Nov Istvenik and Pasjak are localised and under control. The fires ...

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Sekerinska: State to Assist Promotion of Home Companies at NATO Market

Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska announced on Tuesday that a Centre for Support of Domestic Companies for promotion in the market of NATO will be open at the Defence Ministry very soon. “With our accession in NATO, a great and valuable market is now open for the companies from our country. NATO has an annual budget of around 5 billion euros ...

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CMC: Eight Wildfires Still Active Around Country

Vice-Manager at the Crisis Management Centre (CMC) Marija Milkova presented at a press conference the new command system NIX which will digitise data about the fire collected from terrain and will store it in a central database for the necessities of CMC. “This will provide us with better insight into the situation so that we can properly plan our further ...

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Angelov, Maksuti: EU Mechanisms for Civil Protection at Our Disposal

Director of the Crisis Management Centre (CMC) Stojance Angelov called upon energy companies EVN and MEPSO to conduct on terrain checks over transmission lines, and for the citizens to not use tools and devices that produce sparks or fire, in order to eliminate potential dangers for new wildfires. “In case new fires appear, we have at our disposals EU and ...

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Health Ministry: Vaccination is Best Way to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic

The Health Ministry came out with an announcement in relation to the newest anti-COVID-19 restrictions the government adopted on Saturday, after the numbers of new and active COVID-19 cases started to increase rapidly over the past week. “So far in the country we have detected 30 cases of COVID-19 with the Delta variant, which makes the immunisation even more crucial. ...

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First Deputy PM Grubi Hands over to State Archive Original Copy of OFA

First Deputy PM and Minister of Political System and Inter-Community Relations Artan Grubi handed over to the State Archive on Monday an original copy of the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA). As Grubi explained, the copy was in possession of former PDP member Ilir Luma from Tetovo, who kept the document within his possession for 20 years, and handed it over ...

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Levica File criminal Charges Against PS Xhaferi

The legal department of the political party Levica have filed to the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office (BPPO) in Skopje criminal charges against Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi. According to Levica, Xhaferi allegedly abused his official position as Parliament Speaker when on 22 July 2021, allowed the Draft-changes to the Law on Citizenship to pass further in the parliamentary procedure with European ...

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Latest Developments with Wildfires Around Country

The latest data from the Crisis Management Centre (CMC) reveal that several wildfires are still active all over the country. From CMC they informed on Sunday morning that the great fire near Delcevo has finally been localised and that it no longer poses danger over the surrounding villages, but that it still remains active and teams of firefighters and soldiers ...

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Professional Teams from EU Countries Provide Help for Dealing with Fires

Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska wrote on Facebook that Romania will deploy one airplane C-27 with great capacity for interventions over wildfires. The airplane, with capacity for holding up to 6 tonnes of water, arrived on Saturday morning in the country, and intervene over the fires in the areas around Delcevo, Pehcevo and Berovo, where the situation is most critical. In ...

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