18:00/3 August/2021 Skopje – Serbia has sent four helicopters to extinguish the wildfires, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski. “They sent us four helicopters to extinguish the fires, which will join our two helicopters. We’ll do the best we can to put out raging blazes across the country,” Spasovski wrote on Facebook calling Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin “our dear friend.” Kumanovo – Defence Minister Radmila Shekerinska visited Tuesday the members of the Army, who were engaged in bringing the Kokino wildfire under control and thanked them and all members of the Protection and Rescue Directorate as well as the local population of the municipality of Kumanovo. She said that only by working together we can tackle wildfires that pose serious threat to the life and health of our citizens and the beautiful nature. Skopje – Parliament is in a summer recess while Speaker Talat Xhaferi is set to schedule the October 17 local elections on Friday. Skopje – Over the next two days (August 4-5), North Macedonia will be gripped by orange-alert temperatures, the Ministry of Health said in a press release Tuesday following warnings issued by the National Hydrometeorological Service. Skopje – North Macedonia recorded 37 new cases out of 3,658 COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours. Twenty-three coronavirus patients recovered, and no deaths were recorded in the same period, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. Sofia – Bulgarian President Rumen Radev discussed over the phone late on Monday with his counterpart from North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, the fire raging in the remote mountainous are near the town of Kocani, located in the eastern part of North Macedonia, Radev’ press secretariat reported on Tuesday. Washington – The Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a cash injection of 650 billion dollars in the form of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), the organization announced in Washington on Monday.