The census set to be conducted next year will cost eight and a half million euros and will cost five million euros less than the failed census in 2011. More electronic devices will be used than paper, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev announced Monday, presenting the initiative for EU standards at home.

We aim with the census bill not to treat this statistical operation now and in the future as a political issue. The census will be conducted, not because Zaev said so or because Mickoski wants it that way. The census will take place because the development of the country will not be possible without its results. Because the citizens, businessmen and institutions need accurate statistical data for our population, said Zaev.