Kenya’s Hillary Chemweno is the winner of the 20th Wizz Air Skopje Marathon held on Sunday. Chemweno completed the 42km track in a time of 2 hours 13 minutes and 28 seconds. His compatriot Daniel Kiprotich came second (2:13:53), while Macedonia’s best marathon runner Dario Ivanovski was third (2:16:26). In the women’s race, Kenya’s Irine...
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Health minister lists achievements during first 100 days in office
Adding prescription drugs to the Positive List of Prescription Medications, sacking economic directors, providing public health institutions with new equipment, and carrying out a procurement procedure for a new medical air compressor station are a few of the achievements Health Minister Arben Taravari listed during a press conference held Friday to recount his first 100...
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Energy Minister says country to procure electricity for the long-term
We are assessing the situation, i.e., how much electricity we will lack, and we will look to procure energy for the long-term, we won’t be buying it a week ahead because then it really is more expensive, said Minister of Energy, Mining and Minerals Sanja Bozhinovska at a press conference Friday. “REK Bitola’s capacities aren’t...
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Janevska: Cooperative approach necessary to support young people’s mental health
The Ministry of Education and Science has received six reports of peer violence since the beginning of the school year, and they are being followed up on, said Education Minister Vesna Janevska. She pointed out that the state has a system to support the mental health of young people through the schools, and the Ministry...
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DigitMak- Digital innovation center for strengthening digitization of companies promoted
DigitMax – the digital center for innovation to facilitate the strengthening of digital preparedness and capacities of businesses and public sector, was promoted Wednesday at a cooperation symposium “The Future of Digital Innovation – Academia and Industry Collaboration Symposium” at the Faculty for Computer Science and Engineering in Skopje. Minister for Digital Transformation Stefan Andonovski...
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Citizens can be calm, pension fund to pay pensions on a regular basis, says director
The Pension and Disability Insurance Fund paid Tuesday the increased pensions in the linear amount of Mden 2,500 (EUR 40), which represents an 11.2-percent raise. An alignment using the existing methodology would have resulted in a four-percent increase, says Fund director Nikola Memov. Regarding the Fund’s budget deficit, Memov told Telma that it generally resulted...
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CMC: Nine fires on Wednesday, mosquito spraying in Skopje this weekend
Nine wildfires were reported to the Crisis Management Center on Wednesday, including several dumpster fires, brush fires, and forest fires, the CMC said Thursday. It also warned beekeepers to cover their hives before the mosquito spraying in Skopje this weekend. According to the CMC release, Skopje firefighters put out a fire spreading on a 200...
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Euractiv: Albania to formally open EU negotiation clusters on October 15
The Committee of Permanent Representatives in the European Union (COREPER) has given a green light to the formal opening of the first clusters of Albania’s accession negotiations with European Union, decoupling it from North Macedonia on the EU path, Euractiv reports. The European Union adopted a decision to couple the membership path of North Macedonia...
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Mexhiti and Ginovska announce air pollution inspections this fall
State environmental inspectors will start conducting thorough on-site inspections to investigate sources of air pollution, especially in the fall and winter, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment and Physical Planning Izet Mexhiti and State Environmental Inspectorate director Ivana Ginovska told a news conference Thursday. The inspections will start with the largest industrial production...
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PHI records 64 Covid-19 cases last week
The Public Health Institute (PHI) said on Monday that the number of Covid-19 cases has increased in September, with 64 new cases recorded between September 16-22, which represents a rise of 12.3 percent compared to the week before. Cases were recorded in nine cities, most of which in Skopje, whereas Pehchevo saw the highest incidence....