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PM Zoran Zaev and some of the ministers in the government interrupted their summer holidays abroad in order to control the situation with the forest fires around the country. On Sunday, PM Zaev came to the Delcevo region, where the situation with the forest fires is most critical. According to Zaev, the state’s system for dealing with crises, assisted by ...

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi signed on Friday the Declaration for the 2021 Local Election, the first round of which is to take place on 17 October. “Today I signed the declaration for the Local Election of mayors and municipal council members of all municipalities and the City of Skopje. The pre-electoral campaign is to start 20 days before the date ...

The Health Ministry informs that over the past weekend a total number of 1,101 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the country. Of the new cases, 325 were registered on Friday, 378 on Saturday and 398 on Sunday, and majority of the new cases are located in Tetovo and Skopje. Over the same period, the Health Ministry registered 54 ...

The Government of Macedonia declared on Friday afternoon a state of crises on the entire territory of the country in duration of 30 days after several areas were and are still affected by wildfires. From the government they inform that the decision has been made in order to secure rational usage of the state resources and coordinated actions of all ...

European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic announced via Twitter that the EU will send to North Macedonia firefighting vehicles and personnel to assist the efforts for dealing with the active wildfires. “The EU is sending additional firefighting capacities to Greece and North Macedonia to support the local response. Help is coming from Austria, Bulgaria, France and ...

The latest information from the Crisis Management Centre (CMC) state that at the moment there are 10 active wildfires all over the country. The report of CMC notes that at the moment, in the Stip region, the wildfire stretching between Pehcevo and Delcevo is the most dangerous one because it is being spread around the area uncontrollably due to the ...

Director of the Crisis Management Centre (CMC) Stojance Angelov said at a press conference that many of the outdoor fires around the country are still not under control, and also that they suspect that some of the have been arsoned by people. “Some of the fires are just bursting out of nowhere, which is why we suspect that these may ...

Firefighters from the City of Skopje had to intervene in the perimeter of the Ohis factory in Kisela Voda after one of the buildings was caught by fire. According to Kisela Voda Mayor Filip Temelkovski, a fire that started in a field of dry grass managed to catch one of the buildings, but it was put out thanks to the ...

The Health Ministry reports that in the past 24 hours 4,713 COVID-19 tests were conducted among citizens, of which 2019 came positive. Of the new cases, 65 are registered in Tetovo and in Skopje, 20 in Kumanovo, 19 in Gostivar, 7 in Strumica, 6 in Kicevo, 4 in Struga, Berovo and Vinica, 3 in Prilep and Kocani, 2 in Veles, ...

Several forest fires are still active on the territory of North Macedonia, they report from the Crisis Management Centre (CMC). According to the reports of CMC, most critical is the situation with the fire near Staro Nagoricane, where according to Sitel TV, an 80-year-old woman died while trying to leave her house to escape the fire, and the one between ...