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GOVERNMENT TO INVEST EURO
40 MILLION IN EQUIPPING MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT MACEDONIA
Government will invest Euro 40 million for equipping hospitals and clinics
throughout Macedonia, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said Tuesday at a press
conference.
The amount is five-fold of the investments made for the last 17 years,
Gruevski said, adding that the Health Care Fund will provide for Euro 30
million, while the rest of 10 million is budget support.
The tender for purchasing medical equipment will be open from late July to
October, he added.
The aim is to install the up-to-date medical equipment in health care
institutions throughout Macedonia, contributing to better medical treatment
and disease prevention, Gruevski said.
The investment will also support the educational development of medical
sciences, current and future health care workers, enabling them to be in
touch with the latest achievements in health care and medical equipment.
Health Minister Imer Selmani said the new equipment included systems for
early cancer diagnosis, 4D ultrasound machines, CT coronography, MRI
(Magnetic Resonance Imaging) etc.
MACEDONIA'S SPIRITUAL
TREASURE PRESENTED ON FIRST CHURCH MAP
The entire spiritual treasure of Macedonia consisted of 300 important holy
buildings and marked borders of the eparchies in the country is presented on
the first church map published by the Orthodox Faculty of Theology "St.
Clement of Ohrid" celebrating the 30th anniversary of its renewal.
- Macedonian Orthodox Church for the first time has its own church
geographic and factographic position of the eparchies in the country and
eparchies in the diaspora, Ratomir Grozdanovski, dean of the Orthodox
Faculty of Theology, said at today's promotion.
- Information presented in this map also includes systematic list of names
of churches and monasteries and their location by settlements, classified
according to eparchies. Around of 300 holy buildings are included as the
most important ones, Prof. Blaogja Markovski said. |
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NEWS
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MILOSOSKI-RICE: US REAFFIRMS SUPPORT OF MACEDONIA'S ACCESSION TO NATO
Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki had a meeting Tuesday with US Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice, focused on Macedonia's reform progress towards
NATO membership and bilateral relations.
The meeting reaffirmed the US support of Macedonia's accession to NATO,
Milososki said.
- We are enjoying the US support in regard to the Adriatic Charter. We have
expressed our belief that Macedonia, along with other partner countries, has
a capacity to meet all criteria and to become a serious, well-prepared
candidate fir NATO membership, ready to accept the invitation next year at
the Bucharest Summit, Milososki said.
The US delegation underlined the significance of Macedonia's future results
in terms of judicial reforms, combat against corruption and nourishing of
the country's good image as multiethnic society and functional democracy.
The Government is ready to do its best and present solid results in all
these spheres that will convince NATO members to decide in favor of inviting
Macedonia to join NATO at the next summit, he added.
In this respect the US gave credit to Macedonia for its successful
organization of the last month Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council Forum in
Ohrid, which added to the country's capacity to be part of global events,
important to the Alliance.
The US also commended Macedonia's participation in Afghanistan, Iraq peace
missions, as well as for its progress in the spheres of economy, creation of
favorable investment climate and development of IT society.
The US and Macedonia have identical position on the Kosovo issue. Milososki
explained that Macedonia as Kosovo neighbour preferred a settlement of the
province's final status than a status-quo situation.
The meeting participants also agreed on the need of encouraging the European
Union to offer transparent Euro-perspectives to the entire region and assist
in resolving of this last serious matter. |
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