18 March 2022 (MIA) Skopje – Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Marichikj and Deputy PM for Economic Affairs Fatmir Bytyqi held Friday an online coordination meeting with the sectoral working group on programming of the IPA instrument in the field of competitiveness and innovation 2021-2027. Skopje – North Macedonia registered 319 new COVID-19 infections after 2,250 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, two patients died and 288 recovered,  the Health Ministry said on Friday. Skopje – Bilingual insignia on uniforms will be introduced only for police units at local level in municipalities where Albanian is also an official language. Central police services and units at state level are not obligated to introduce bilingual uniform insignia, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said Friday. Skopje – Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani and the UN Resident Coordinator in North Macedonia, Rossana Dudzak, held Friday the second meeting of the Joint Steering Committee for the Implementation of the Cooperation Framework for Sustainable Development of the United Nations and National Institutions for 2022. Skopje – Cyber attacks are the price we pay for the fast-growing global technological development. However, due to these threats, we shouldn’t neglect the benefits produced by the fintech sector, and banks need to build systems to respond to the challenges, it was concluded at Friday’s workshop organized by the National Bank with journalists. Skopje – The Ministry of Health has said that a COVID-19 vaccination caravan is set to visit 14 municipalities across the country starting on Monday, supported by the World Health Organization, USAID and UNICEF. Skopje – The government has adopted a decision on the rights of persons with disabilities and other persons to be exempted from paying tuition fees. Skopje – The security situation in stable and calm at this time, and there are no indications of disruption. We always face challenges related to terrorism and migration but these are security risks for the entire region and beyond, said Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski on Friday. Skopje – A Skopje court will hand down its judgment in a case, commonly referred to as “International Alliance ”, on April 7, 2022, in which TV personality Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 is charged with fraud and money laundering. Skopje – Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski and Slovenian counterpart Aleš Hojs signed an inter-governmental implementation protocol in the fight against human trafficking in Skopje on Friday. Skopje – There will be radical changes in European politics but also in global politics after the war that Russia started, Ukrainian Ambassador to North Macedonia, Natalia Zadorozhniuk, tells MIA. Skopje – “The Love Room” documentary by Macedonian filmmaker Suzana Dinevski, won the Agora Docs award at the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. Sofia - Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said Friday in a video message released by his government's press service that the arrest of former prime minister Boyko Borissov shows no one is above the law.