Skopje, 25 October 2022 (MIA) — The government has decided to keep the country’s practice of turning back the clock one hour in the fall, according to an official press release. The decision followed after several state institutions considered whether to keep daylight saving time amid the energy crisis. According to the release, “keeping summer time will cause a 1.5 to 3.5 percent increase in energy consumption during the heating season” so “going back to winter time will save on electricity and heating energy.” The decision was made on the basis of information submitted by the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Finance, the Interior Ministry, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, the Agency for Electronic Communications, the Bureau of Metrology, the Economic Chamber, the National Hydrometeorological Service, the Chamber of Commerce of Northwest Macedonia and the Faculty of Economics in Skopje. mr/