North Macedonia

The 'Confucius Institute' will offer in Bitola schools various activities aimed at teaching the Chinese language at the initial, intermediate and advanced levels, as well as courses in traditional Chinese - calligraphy or artistic papermaking

North Macedonia has the worst urban air quality in Europe, according to the European Environment Agency's latest report on air pollution in Europe

Government has set a trade margin of up to 5% for a number of products such as white bread, sugar and sunflower oil until 30 September

An electronic application for high school enrollment in the country is being enabled, for the first time ever, by logging on to the e-services portal of the Ministry of Education and Science

Today open the finals of the Poker Nations Cup 2021, postponed, hosted in Gevgelija, with 14 nations participating, 12 of which will take part as qualifiers, the country as host and Ukraine as defender of the title from the last edition

Work on road markings in Kichevo has begun and will be completed by the end of May; the director of the utility company emphasised how the road markings are a great contribution in reducing traffic in the city and have increased pedestrian safety

North Macedonian broadcaster MRT is considering withdrawing Andrea as the nation's Eurovision contestant after the singer threw the nation's flag on the floor during the Eurovision 2022 opening ceremony

UNICEF, seriously concerned about the continued interruption of lessons, calls for immediate measures to be taken to enable primary and secondary school children to make up for lost education as soon as they return to school

SONK unions have not accepted the government's proposal to increase salaries by 10% and have decided to continue the strike in education

Over 29% of the population is ethnic Albanian and 54% is Macedonian, as reveal the partial results of the first census conducted in 20 years in the country in September 2021 by the State Bureau of Statistics

Around 140 fires - bush, forest, building and households - were recorded in March, some of them very serious, with damage estimated at around 38,5 million euros, according to the director of the Crisis Management Center (Cmc)

The government has sent amendments to the VAT law to parliament, with the aim of safeguarding the living standards of its citizens and ensuring the liquidity of local businesses amidst the global energy and food crisis

The Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning has received air quality measuring equipment worth over €300.000, provided as part of Sweden's support for improving the country's air quality