• Wednesday, 25 December 2024
MIA FLASH
18:00/5 August/2021 Delchevo – Inhabitants living in regions badly affected by a wildfire near the villages of Nov Istevnik and Star Istevnik in Delchevo, eastern North Macedonia, have been ordered to evacuate and transfer to the nearby town. Brussels – The European Union will send equipment and assistance to help North Macedonia fight wildfires, European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič tweeted on Thursday. Skopje - Forty-six Slovenian firefighters and 16 Slovenian fire trucks have arrived in the country and are already in Berovo, being deployed to help put out the wildfires in the region, according to Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska on Thursday. Skopje – All communities in North Macedonia benefited from the Ohrid Framework Agreement, but there’s a long road ahead for its full implementation, said panelists at Thursday’s roundtable on the importance of the agreement on smaller communities, organized by the Agency for Community Rights Realization and the Ministry of Political System and Inter-Community Relations. Skopje – A total of 105 people who have contracted COVID-19 are currently being treated in hospitals across the country, including the capital Skopje. Skopje – North Macedonia recorded 219 new cases out of 4,713 COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours. Thirty coronavirus patients recovered, and four patients, including two from Skopje (aged 61 and 66), one from Tetovo (76) and one from Kichevo (76), died in the same period, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday. Sydney – Australia‘s government has set aside 378.6 million Australian dollars (280 million US dollars) in reparations for members of the country’s Stolen Generation – Indigenous people who were removed from their families in an effort to mainstream them into Australian society. Paris – Older and more vulnerable people in France are to be offered a booster vaccination against the coronavirus from September onwards, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an Instagram video address to the nation on Thursday.