18:00/April 11/2022 Washington – The US Department of State said Monday it has imposed bans barring former prime minister Nikola Gruevski and former secret police chief Sasho Mijalkov from entering the United States as a result of involvement in significant corruption. Skopje – Agriculture Minister Ljupcho Nikolovski said Monday he expects Serbia to lift the ban on export of sunflower oil, too. After a meeting of the wheat working group, he stressed it is not the time for spreading fake news and creating panic because the country will have enough bread, flour, eggs and cooking oil. Skopje – According to our information and knowledge, the strike is taking place in all primary and secondary schools and in preschools, even those who aren’t members of the Independent Trade Union for Education, Science and Culture (SONK) are joining the strike en masse, SONK Head Jakim Nedelkov told a press conference on the general strike that started on Monday demanding an increase in salaries in the education sector. Negotino – We have still not made this decision and today’s exercise has contradicted all skeptics claiming that our Army is not prepared. Nevertheless, the decision will be made in coordination with NATO allies, said Defense Minister Slavjanka Petrovska on Monday over the participation of North Macedonia’s Army in the reinforcement of the Alliance’s eastern flank. Skopje – North Macedonia registered 23 new COVID-19 infections after 953 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, 190 people recovered and one person died, the Health Ministry said on Monday. London – The United Kingdom on Monday sanctioned Milorad Dodik, Bosnian-Serb member of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state-level Presidency, and Zeljka Cvijanovic, President of the entity of Republika Srpska, for their destabilising activity in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Bucharest – Romania‘s trade deficit widened in February, as imports increased more than exports, figures from the National Institute of Statistics showed on Monday.