Wednesday, 1 December 2021
Macedonia 01.12.21 | 09:55

Mickoski visits Bitola for meetings with business representatives and Mayor Konjanovski

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski will visit Bitola today and meet with regional business representatives. Mickoski will also meet with Toni Konjanovski, the recently elected Mayor of Bitola. The opposition leader is touring the main cities won by the party in the local elections landslide, to...

World 01.12.21 | 09:46

France: Eric Zemmour will run for president

There was much speculation about when and how Eric Zemmour would announce his bid for the French presidency. Every survey shows that the essayist is extremely popular among people, ranking third after President Macron and Marine Le Pen, the V4 news agency reported citing recent polls. After a long period...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 09:42

Austrian President Van der Bellen in a diplomatic mission between Macedonia and Bulgaria

Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen launched a push to try to get Bulgaria to lift its veto against Macedonia’s EU accession talks. Bellen had lengthy phone conversations with Zoran Zaev and with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev yesterday afternoon. The push comes ahead of the European Council...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 09:35

Steep fee put in place to discourage use of plastic bags

Starting today, supermarkets will charge 15 denars for each plastic bag – an item that used to cost about 2 denars. The steep fee was introduced by the Environment Ministry, in an attempt to reduce the use of plastic bags. Citizens are urged to bring reusable cloth bags. The Ministry evoked the...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 09:30

Winter begins as morning temperatures drop well below zero

Temperatures dipped below zero overnight and Macedonia woke to the first really cold day of the winter. Daily highs will reach between 4 and 11 degrees, and lows are down to – 10. Bitola is particularly cold, as is Berovo at -8 and Popova Sapka at -7 degrees. Similar weather is expected tomorrow...