29 August 2021 Skopje – Sunday is set to mark the start of construction works on the 400 kV transmission line from Bitola (North Macedonia) to Elbasan (Albania), as part of Corridor 8. Skopje – DUI leader Ali Ahmeti in a Facebook post on Sunday urged mass vaccination and expressed condolences to the families of COVID-19 fatalities. Skopje – The 60th edition of the Struga Poetry Evenings international festival is set to end on Sunday evening with the Bridges international poetry reading and the Miladinov Brothers and Bridges of Struga award ceremony. Struga – The realization of North Macedonia’s investment in an electricity transmission network, worth EUR 50 million, started on Sunday with the launch of construction works at the Ohrid substation, as part of the new 400 kV Bitola-Elbasan transmission line. Vevchani – Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Deputy PM for Economic Affairs Fatmir Bytyqi and Vevchani Municipality Mayor Sasho Jankoski on Sunday visited Vevchani’s new tourism center. Paris – For the seventh weekend in a row, tens of thousands of people demonstrated in France against the tightened coronavirus rules introduced by President Emmanuel Macron’s government. Vienna – Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was re-elected on Saturday as head of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (OeVP) for his tough stance on immigration. Gaza City – Israeli fighter jets targeted several positions of the Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip late Saturday, according to the Israeli army. Berlin – Leonardo Mancuso scored to secure a surprise 1-0 victory for newly promoted Empoli in Turin that left Juventus stunned and still without a win in Serie A this season.