Skopje, 4 December 2021 (MIA) – North Macedonia’s Government at a session on Saturday decided to freeze the prices of basic foodstuffs in wholesale and retail trade. Prices will freeze at Dec. 1, 2021 rates, and the decision will be valid until Jan. 31, 2022, with a possibility of extension if still required by the market situation, the Government said in a press release. “This decision sets the highest prices in the wholesale and retail trade of basic food products, including bread; sugar; flour - type 400; sunflower oil; milk containing 2.8, 3.2 and 3.5 percent of fat; fresh meat and delicacies, and cheese and cottage cheese. The highest product prices are set at the level of prices applied on Dec. 1, 2021, in wholesale and retail trade. The decision will be valid until Jan. 31, 2022, with the possibility of extension if still required by the market situation,” reads the press release.