25 August 2021 Skopje – The National Bank and the Insurance Supervision Agency (ISA) have concluded a new memorandum, which will contribute to strengthening and deepening the cooperation between the two institutions on several levels, and thus to further strengthening the financial stability. Skopje — Macedonian Chambers of Commerce president Danela Arsovska announced her candidacy for Skopje Mayor in a Facebook post saying she would enter the race as an independent candidate. Demanding “competent people in the right places,” Arsovska asked for the support of “all of you honorable people who want changes” to make Skopje “a modern European metropolis […] a Skopje that cares for the people of Skopje!” Skopje — As the fourth wave of Covid-19 puts more pressure on the health care system, some local doctors have been spreading pseudoscience and misinformation about the vaccine, about public health protection measures, and the consequences of the virus, the Doctors Chamber of North Macedonia wrote in a press release Wednesday. Skopje – North Macedonia as a NATO member state started at the end of 2020 to contribute to the Alliance’s mission in Kosovo. Our joint mission, one that we share with Kosovo’s government, is to ensure the safety and stability of the entire region, with the aim of having a joint European and Euro-Atlantic future. This is the future we want for our citizens, one that they fully deserve, Defence Minister Radmila Shekerinska said after meeting with Kosovo counterpart Armend Mehaj. Skopje — North Macedonia has so far agreed to temporarily take in about 780 Afghan civilians, according to the government spokesman Dushko Arsovski. Skopje – The State Statistical Office (SSO) is fully prepared to start the 2021 census, the biggest and most important statistical operation. Strict protocols for pandemic-appropriate behavior have been put in place, and we guarantee to fully follow them, Apostol Simovski, director of the SSO, told a press conference on Wednesday. Skopje – All Afghan nationals evacuated from their country will be registered upon their arrival to North Macedonia, Defence Minister Radmila Shekerinska said on Wednesday, adding that the public will be duly notified. Skopje — Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski met Wednesday with Czech Ambassador Miroslav Toman to talk about an upcoming visit of a high delegation of the Czech Republic, which among other things will present a donation of Škoda vehicles for the needs of the Government and the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Interior wrote in a press release. Skopje – In order to coordinate our legislation in the area of personal data protection with European legislation, we needed the Law on Protection of Personal Data which came in force on Wednesday, as well as the ratification of Protocol 223 of the Convention 108 and the transposition of the Police Directive, which has been completed, and the law has been sent to Parliament. The country also fulfilled the EU’s recommendations from last year, Igor Kuzevski, deputy director of the Personal Data Protection Agency told a training course on Wednesday, organized by the Media Information Agency and the Personal Data Protection Agency within MIA’s Journalism School. Skopje — Teona Strugar Mitevska has been shooting her newest film at the “St. Clement of Ohrid” National and University Library in Skopje. According to producer Labina Mitevska, the crew has “occupied” the library over the past two and a half months and is helping renovate the main reading room to help “return the dignity, glow and life” to the library, she told reporters on Wednesday. Zagreb — Ahead the beginning of the new school year in a week’s time, the heads of schools in Slovenia received instructions on Wednesday that unvaccinated teachers who refuse to be tested for the coronavirus can be fired.