Sunny and hot weather, heatwave conditions continue in Macedonia

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Weather in Macedonia will be sunny and hot. Possible thundershowers in the country's south during the afternoon.
Temperature will range between 30°C and 40°C.
Similar weather in Skopje with temperatures up to 39°C.

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Political parties finalize candidate lists for local elections. Besa movement announced the name of its leader Bilal Kasami as candidate for mayor of Tetovo, while the Alliance will oppose with Adnan Neziri. The current mayor, Teuta Arifi, remains in the race for the top position, who will try to reach the second term. Menduh Thaci's DPA proposed Bardul Dauti. Goran Manojlovski will again be a candidate of VMRO-DPMNE.

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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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Scenes of French Film 'A Fond' directed by Nicholas Benamou Filmed in Skopje

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The French film "A Fond" by director Nicholas Benamou is expected to be projected in cinemas in France on December 21. The main location of the filming took place exactly on the Skopje bypass.

Last year, in the midst of filming, the bypass was closed from September 7-11 from 7 to 19 PM. Traffic was banned from the junction near Hipodrom to Saraj area.
After filming on the bypass, the whole machinery of the movie moved at the Negotino- Veles highway, where the section was also closed during shooting until October 23.
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President Gjorge Ivanov pays July 5-7 a visit to Spain, taking part at the 28. annual session of the Crans Montana Forum in Barcelona.

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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”.
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“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.
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“As I was saying, Greece didn’t have a problem with Macedonia in the 70’s”, he wrote.
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