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A decision will be made this week regarding the opening of Macedonia’s border, according to Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. At Wednesday’s meeting with counterpart Ivica Dacic in Serbia, they talked about facilitating the limitations between the two countries resulting from the coronavirus situation, as well as about and the border issue. At a press-conference, the Dimitrov stated that in consultation ...

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 ...

At its session on Tuesday, the Government decided against the recommendation of the Infectious Diseases Committee, which means there will be no new curfew in Skopje, Kumanov, Tetovo, Stip and several other municipalities. Ministers had asked the previous day for the decision to be discussed directly at a session instead of the Chief Crisis HQ making the decisions that are ...

Over the past 24 hours, 87 new COVID-19 cases have been registered, Health Minister Venko Filipce said on Tuesday. It was added that the same period had seen 987 new people tested, five new cured patients, and one new death. The number of active cases in the country is 1,424. Among the new cases is a City of Skopje Education ...

During Friday’s trial over the case concerning the 27 April 2017 incidents in Parliament, in which former senior officials of VMRO-DPMNE are charged with organising the situation, Aleksandar Vasilevski said former PM Nikola Gruevski and the ex-head of the Security and Counter-Intelligence Administration, Saso Mijalkov, had never given him instructions about the storming. All of that, according to the witness, ...

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 ...

Over the past 24 hours, 127 new COVID-19 cases have been registered, the Health Ministry said on Monday. It was added that the same period had seen 702 people tested, 16 new cured patients, and two new deaths. The number of active cases in the country is 1,343. At a press-conference together with Infectious Diseases Committee President Zarko Karadzoski and ...

Police officers from the control point in the settlement of Cair, located in Skopje, who were letting citizens through to buy products at a local store during the curfew will face disciplinary proceedings, according to caretaker Interior Minister Nakje Culev. He said at a press-conference on Monday that it was the State Market Inspectorate, not the Ministry, which was in ...

Political and national consensus on the negotiation process with the EU. That is the initiative presented on Monday by Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani. He believes that all political stakeholders, not just the Government and President Stevo Pendarovski, should be involved in it. According to the Deputy PM, it’s necessary for parliament’s committees, including the European Affairs one ...

For the second time in one month, Austria has made a donation to Macedonia in the efforts to deal with COVID-19. The donation consists of 500 packages containing personal hygiene products for a five-member family. It’s been secured through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism and NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrej Zernovski received the donation in ...