An earthquake measuring 3 on the Richter scale and III degrees according to the European Macroseismic Scale was felt at 10:07 am on Friday in Demir Kapija. According to the Seismological Observatory at the Faculty of Science and Mathematics in Skopje, the earthquake was felt by the population in Negotino and the surrounding area.
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Finance minister doesn’t support caping of trade margins because it produces no results
Finance Minister Gordana Dimitrieska Kochoska said Thursday she maintains her position against the caping of margins because it produces no results, adding state institutions don’t have the capacity to monitor how the measure is being implemented. “I’ve already commented this saying I could never agree with the caping of prices because it requires awfully complex...
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Health Ministry procures 11,520 new doses of Covid-19 vaccines
The Ministry of Health informed Wednesday that 11,520 doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been procured and will be distributed across healthcare institutions during this week. All interested citizens who wish to receive a vaccine against Covid-19 can contact the nearest health center. In Skopje, vaccinations will take place at Bit Pazar Polyclinic, the Ministry of...
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Kenya’s Chemweno wins Skopje Marathon
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...