Category: Macedonia

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...

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....

The state will invest EUR 18 million into remodeling student dorms nationwide, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said during his visit to Skopje’s Blazhe Koneski Elementary on Wednesday. Speaking to the press after launching construction works on a new school addition, PM Mickoski said works were already under way on the two Skopje dorms. “More than...

At a session Tuesday the Government established a Public Finance Management Council as the highest coordination body of the Government tasked with monitoring the implementation of public finance management reforms foreseen with the Public Financial Management Reform Programme 2024-2027. The Council, according to the Government, will be composed of a president and nine members. The...

North Macedonia aims to eliminate the use of coal for energy needs by 2050, complying with the EU’s deadlines for a transition to renewable energy sources, First Deputy PM and Minister of Environment and Physical Planning Izet Mexhiti told the 9th Central and Eastern European Energy Security Conference in Washington. He pointed out that the...

The nine new drugs on the positive list will be available to patients free of charge in pharmacies as of September 16, said Minister of Health Arben Taravari on Wednesday. “We have developed a platform together with the World Health Organization (WHO) that will ensure transparency of the entire process and the future enlargement of...

Despite the recently increased number of publicly financed medicines, catastrophic health spending — or out-of-pocket payments that are large in relation to a household’s capacity to pay for health care — remains a problem in the country, according to a new WHO assessment report on North Macedonia presented Wednesday at a high-level health workshop that...

Four years after the governments participating in the Berlin Process adopted the action plans on a common regional market and the green agenda, there is little progress. The biggest achievement remains the free roaming in the Western Balkan countries, but it is far from enough to claim that progress has been made, concluded speakers at...

The Commission for Infectious Diseases has determined an increase in the number of Covid-19 infections compared to the previous week and reminds the citizens of the need to respect the general measures for the prevention of respiratory infections, the Ministry of Health said in a press release Tuesday. “Crowds and long stays in closed areas...