NEWS OF THE DAY
Cafes and restaurants to be closed one more week and the curfew to be from 8.00 pm until 5.00 am, is the proposal of the Commission for protection of the population from infectious diseases to the government. The proposal that will probably be supported by the government, comes as a result of the epidemiological picture of the country, which, although is improving, still suggests that there is pressure on the hospital capacities.
According to the bans that are in force, hospitality facilities are not allowed to work, except for delivery of food and drinks and over the counter. The curfew instead of 10.00 pm to 5.00 am, continues to be in force from 8.00 pm to 5.00 am the next day, that is, two hours longer. Conferences and seminars are not allowed to be organized, gyms are not allowed to work, as well as betting shops, except for over the counter.
STATEMENT OF THE DAY Xhaferi: I worked in accordance to the Protocol for implementing Covid-19 measures, MPs who were in hazmat suits did not have any contact with anyone in the Parliament
“The protocol is adopted on July 30, 2020, I signed it while I was in hospital. That protocol was presented as a whole before the State Health Commission and that protocol was adopted there and received a pass and we organized the consultative session. At the moment when we were supposed to elect the government, Arben Zekiri reported that he has symptoms, in the meanwhile you know that we let the opposition consider about online work of the Parliament. The opposition in no way accepted this”, stated at today’s press conference Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi.
FLASH NEWS
MEASURES The Basic Criminal Court in Skopje has accepted the proposal of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and a precautionary measure has been ordered for the other two persons included in the investigation for the procurement of software. The Court informs that today the two persons have been summoned before a pre-trial judge at the Criminal Court.
COOPERATION Assistance and support related to the integration of the Army of North Macedonia to the NATO structures, training and education in the centers of the Greek Army, cooperation on a series of topics of mutual military interest, is included by the program for bilateral military cooperation for 20201 signed between North Macedonia and Greece.
ECONOMY The Sector for tourism and hospitality continues to be the most affected sector, where some of its activities were and continue to be completely closed. The restriction of free movement, as a result of the pandemic, also affects the decline in the number of tourists in the country… Read more in “The hospitality at the mercy of the state”
EDUCATION For students not able to use e-textbooks, the school will print the textbooks for them, informs the Ministry of Education and Science.
COURT With the hearing of the witnesses proposed by the defence, today in the Basic Criminal Court in Skopje, the trial continued for the events of February 26, during the protests for the “Monster” case, against defendants Fabion Idrizi and Arton Sadiki.
JUSTICE After becoming Minister of Justice, my priority has been an independent judiciary and working without pressure. This, of course, does not mean that there are no pressures, from the political, or business side. Our government has removed its hands from the judiciary, says Minister of Justice Bojan Maricic in an interview for the Serbian newspaper “Politika”.
URBANISM Residents of Novo Maalo this weekend started collecting signatures for a petition with which they will be requesting from the Municipality of Center and the government to act according to the laws and to enable the construction of the complex that is foreseen to be built on the parking of Holiday Inn. INTERVENTIONS The Union of high school students is concerned about the implementation of the agreement reached with the government regarding the state graduation exam 2020/2021, after high school graduates have informed about professors of some high schools stating that they will not comply to certain items of the agreement. In the letter sent to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Minister Mila Carovska and the Director of the State Examination Center, Elizabeta Naumovska, it is requested that they intervene for all high schools to comply to and implement the agreement at the same time.
B. Jordanovska
Translation: N. Cvetkovska
