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Cannabis oil available in pharmacies across Macedonia without prescription

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We have fulfilled another significant promise to improve the healthcare system in the country. As of today, cannabis oil will be available for purchase without prescription across pharmacies in Macedonia. This oil will be with a less than 0.2 percent THC level, and it will available with two different concentrations of CBD­ 5 and 7 percent, the Health Ministry informed on Monday. “With this new product, we met the requests of the citizens and the expert community, whose remarks, opinions and suggestions we heard in public debates on this subject and we implemented them in a legal solution in March this year. According to international experiences, the cannabis oil can have positive effects on conditions like stress, anxiousness, nervousness, depression and it can also be used to fight symptoms of nausea, sickness, helps in digestive balance and boosting the immune system. That’s why the oil is sold without prescription and is available to everyone. Also, the product will be without t…
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Macedonia declares measles epidemic

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Macedonia’s Health Ministry Commission for Infectious Diseases declared on Tuesday a measles epidemic on the whole territory of the country.
According to Vladimir Mikikj, an epidemiologist with the Commission, the decision was made in order to control and prevent the further spread of measles, decrease the number of new infections and also prevent severe forms of this disease.
Talking about some of the new measures, Mikikj said, unvaccinated children would not be admitted to kindergartens, and the vaccination age is to be lowered from 12 to 6 months.
“At the moment, more than 70 children are hospitalized and seven are in critical condition,” said Mikikj, adding that hospital visits are banned to prevent new infections in hospital conditions.
Since the onset of the epidemic in the capital Skopje in December 2018, a total of 961 measles cases have been registered in Macedonia.
Official data from the Institute of Public Health showed that during last week more than 60 percent of the cas…
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Time Travel: Skopje Antique Shops Are Full of Objects that Have Long Been Forgotten

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Musical instruments, folklore costumes, uniforms, jewelry and various items and sundries which date back more than 100 years are arranged on the shelves in antique shops in the Old Bazaar, which are some kind of time machines that will take you on a journey in the 19th century through the days of the former Yugoslavia, until the independence of Macedonia.

Antique shops in the Skopje Bazaar, despite for collectors of antiquities, are as well very attractive for tourists who mostly buy traditional Macedonian costumes. But part of the owners of antiques complained that people come in their shop just to take a look at the objects and they joke that they will earn more if they collect money for the entrance.
We visited the antique shop "Pella Antik" which took us back decades ago. On the walls hang military uniforms from the First and Second World War, the time of Yugoslavia, coins, Macedonian costumes ... The shelves are full of traditional Macedonian jewelry, the first Macedon…
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Macedonian lamb price low, mainly exported to Italy

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The purchase price of first-class lamb to traditional Italian market ranges between MKD 135 to MKD 140 for Easter holidays, sheep breeders said.
Sheep breeders are not satisfied either with the price or the product placement. They expect export to reach a maximum to 150.000 heads of sheep which is a decrease compared to last year when it reached 200.000.
“Macedonian lamb is traditionally exported in Italy as well as in Croatia. We also know that there are demands for lamb in Turkey. The price is low which cannot cover production costs. We believe that two factors influence the product placement-the Easter is nearing and the lambs are not grown up for sale. Also the number of sheep stagnates it does not increase. The shepherds work is very expensive and there are no people who would like to work this job,” President of Sheep Breeders Association ‘Dashi’ from Debar, Skender Ame said.
“Last year the purchase price of the lamb was MKD 130 per kilogram, and four years ago it reached MKD 1…
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Macedonia is leading in the Balkans with Medical Cannabis Research and Production

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NYSK Holdings is a pharmaceutical company implementing cutting-edge technology and well-established scientific methods to develop safe, effective, and targeted cannabis products. NYSK Holdings operates from a state-of-the-art GMP certified facility located in the Republic of Macedonia. The facility grows and extracts medical-grade cannabis products. Our team consists of agronomists, botanists, and experts in the cannabis industry. NYSK’s philosophy is to create top of the line, innovative, and effective THC- and CBD-based medications.
Mission Our mission is to provide affordable and high-quality cannabis-based medications to patients. We are getting ahead of the curve on the evolution of medical cannabis products by producing innovative and responsive treatment options. NYSK is heavily invested in research and development and passionate about providing products that truly help people and improve the quality of life for those who are in critical health situations. We hope that what we…
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More than 30000 Macedonians in Sydney

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Macedonian phalanx closed central Sydney streets! The protest march, which was successfully organized by all the Macedonian social, cultural, social and church associations, began before the Sydney Town Hall and flowed through the central Sydney streets, to Martin Place, where the main, official event took place.
On this grand event, the Australian anthem sang Milica Kiprovska, the Macedonian anthem was sung by Blagojce Petrov, and the Aboriginal blessing for holding the event on the Australian soil was given by the Macedonian son-in-law, the Aboriginist Brett Grogan. Before the audience spoke: Joshua Sherman, Zaklina Mihajlova, Igor Markovski, Dushan Risteski and Chris Karanfilovski.
The address highlighted that MACEDONIAN BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS ARE TAKEN. It should not and must not the world to shut the eyes before the genocide against the Macedonian people that has been in existence since 1912 to this day!
The so-called Macedonian Government has no mandate to discuss and negotiate the…
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New evidence: in the 70’s Greece had no problem with our country’s name Macedonia

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Christopher Purdef, an orthodox deacon from the US state of Ohio, posted on Twitter a map of former Yugoslavia in the mid-1970s, which says Macedonia about the then southernmost republic.

“As I was saying, Greece didn’t have a problem with Macedonia in the 70’s”, he wrote.
A little later Purdeff gave a new argument about the Greek attitude towards the identity of its northern neighbor from four decades ago – an excerpt from a book in which the languages of the then SFRY, including the Macedonian, were listed in Greek.
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City of Skopje subsidizes pellet heating

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The City of Skopje has paid the subsidies for purchasing a pellet furnace in 2016.
A total of 196 citizens met the criteria envisaged in the subsidy programme according to principle “first-come, first-served”.
The public call for subsidies was released on October 12 and closed on November 4, including 343 applications.
“All applications were reviewed, with 196 accepted as meeting the requirements, whereas others either did not fulfill the criteria or were filed after the programme funds were exhausted”, said the City of Skopje.
The call was issued in order to stimulate citizens in using renewable energy sources as heating in their homes. The funds amounted to 70 percent of the pellet furnace price, but not exceeding MKD 30,000 (EUR 500). The total budget of the subsidy programme amounted to MKD 5,9 million (EUR 95,000).
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Macedonia Marks 10 Years of Tose Proeski's Death

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Macedonia will mark Tose Proeski's birthday with a blood drives in Krushevo and the Army Hall in Skopje, exhibition of photographs and promotion of a new version of one of his songs.
The singing legend who died in a tragic car crash in 2007 was born on this day in 1981 and would have been 36 today. The blood drive in Krushevo will be held in the Memorial House bulit in his honor and citizens can donate blood during the entire day.
At noon, at the exhibition area in the Memorial House, 15 photographs of Toshe which haven't been shown in public before, will be put on exhibition.
An instrumental version of his song "Nikada" will also be promoted. Fans from across the Balkans, and even Russia, are in Krushevo to honor the singer and humanitarian.
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Denmark to block Macedonia’s accession in the EU, regardless of name change

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Denmark has stated it is not ready at EU’s June summit to support the proposal of the European Commission to start membership negotiations for Macedonia and Albania.
“No, I can say with certainty I will not support that initiative. We should be honest about that issue,” said Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen after EU’s summit in Sofia.
According to him, the EU should not repeat the previous mistakes, citing the decision to start negotiations with Turkey as a grave error.
With this attitude, Denmark virtually joined France and the Netherlands, who also expressed serious stocks.
To Denmark, it doesn’t matter whether Macedonia changes its name, it has nothing to do with Copenhagen decision to block future EU enlargement.
At the moment, the official candidates for EU membership are Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Turkey, of which the last three have started the negotiations – Montenegro in 2012, Serbia two years later, Turkey in 2005, but in 2016 were suspended.
SOURCE: MINA
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