NEWS OF THE DAY: North Macedonia, Serbia and Albania sign Memorandum of Cooperation in conditions of COVID-19
A Memorandum of Cooperation in conditions of COVID-19 was signed today by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev with President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister of Serbia Ana Brnabic and Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama, in the presence of the Ministers of Health.
The memorandum, among else, anticipates for citizens of North Macedonia, Serbia and Albania to cross borders without a PCR test, if citizens due to COVID-19 should find themselves in a hospital in these countries, the state will cover the costs for their medical treatment, the health ministers and doctors of the three countries will cooperate and will exchange experience in the fight against the coronavirus…
Prime Minister Zaev, who hosted the event, said that this lays the path for even stronger cooperation between our friendly countries. – We want to make life easier for our citizens and lay the basis for economic recovery, said Zaev who then announced what this cooperation will include.
CIVIL ACTIVITIES
On the Macedonian cobblestone to Europe
What is characteristic for the CIVILians is that they can’t sit still and sit in the office. Even in times of the COVID-19 pandemic, certainly in compliance to all the recommendations and protection measures against the virus, CIVIL visited a dozens of municipalities promoting European values.
Tetovo, Gostivar, Kratovo, Staro Nagoricane, Centar Zhupa, Vevcani, Rostushe, Struga, Ohrid, Negotino, Kavadarci, Rosoman, Kriva Palanka, Kocani, Stip, Vinica, Karbinci, Bitola, Prilep, Mogila, Novaci, Strumica, Bosilevo, Novo Selo, Sveti Nikole, Kicevo, Resen… were just part of the route. Reading out loud all the places we visited, at one moment I felt like Vlatko Gjorchev when he used to number the cities in which they had won… (traumas from my childhood).
The newsletter “Europe is our home”, or popularly said mini little newspaper for promotion of European values, was handed out to thousands of citizens around the country.
FLASH NEWS
Bulgaria in Berlin had accepted a non-paper in which the Macedonian identity and language are not questioned.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani, together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria, Ekaterina Zaharieva, hosted a meeting of foreign ministers of the Berlin Process for the Western Balkans.
Minister of Justice Bojan Maricic participated in an online conference of justice ministers, which was held under the auspices of the Greek Presidency of the Council of Europe.
Anticorruption Commission: The appointment of an acting director is not used by some institutions in order to overcome a temporary situation, but rather as if it is a regular way of appointing a director.
“The implementation of six measures within the Ministry of Economy from the fourth set of economic measures of the government for revitalization and restarting of the economy in conditions of COVID-19 is starting”, announced Minister of Economy Kreshnik Bekteshi on his Facebook profile.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favour of two Romani complainants, represented by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), who had been brutalized as minors by the police in Skopje in 2014.
The Public Revenue Office has submitted the orders for VAT refund to citizens from the measure Weekend without VAT, and the payment starts from tomorrow.
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translation: N. Cvetkovska
