PROGNOSIS Minister of Health Venko Filipce outlined that the country is prepared and has organized capacities for the following months, and especially for the beginning of autumn, when, as he said, a new wave of COVID-19 cases is expected.
DONATION The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has directed 2,5 million Euro to “Ohridska Banka” AD Skopje, with which projects for energy efficiency in residential buildings will be supported.
EDUCATION The Ministry of Education is intensively working on how the school year will be organized. Recommendations have already been prepared from the Commission on Infectious Diseases on not only how to organize the classes, but also other educational courses, symposiums, by keeping distance…
ANNOUNCEMENT With the money from the fund for tackling coronavirus, medical equipment will be procured. So far, around 90 million denars have been collected from MyVAt.
DENIAL The Government most strongly denies the disinformation presented in some portals related to an alleged argument in regards to the ban on movement during the May 1 holidays. “We inform the public that the Government is not holding a session today, nor has such a session been scheduled for today, nor has there been any “fierce argument”, nor is there any plan for additional tightening of the measures”, – is said in the denial.
FRIENDSHIP Tackling COVID-19, the latest developments in the region, with a special reflection on the Kosovo issue, were the topics of today’s telephone conversation between President Stevo Pendarovski and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Pendarovski expressed gratitude for the recent US assistance for dealing with the coronavirus, which amounts to over one million US Dollars.
REMEMBRANCE “April 27, obviously, still stands as a reminder of the fight between madness and normality. And of the difference between them. And even today, and probably in the years ahead of us. Whether the madness will be repeated or we will continue defeating it – depends on us!”, writes Petrit Saracini in his column in Midnight Express
