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GOVERNMENT RECOMMENDS CUTTING OF
WORKING HOURS DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES
Macedonian Government recommends cutting of working hours following the
reports on upcoming high temperatures in Macedonia.
The measure (working hours from 07:00 to 14:00) should be applied for those
who work in non-climatized offices, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday in
a press release.
Pregnant women and older people (over 60-year of age) should be released
from duty during the hot period, while those working outdoors, i.e. being
directly imposed to the sun to work in double shifts - 07:00 - 11:00;
18:00-20:00.
If necessary additional measures will be recommended for preventing the
citizens from the harmful effects of high temperatures, the press release
said.
SPE LAUREATE FATOS ARAPI ARRIVES IN STRUGA
Poets from the Balkans build with their verses a special mosaic, which
cannot be torn down. By doing so, they make poetry to become even stronger.
The more we learn about each other, the bigger understanding and love we
have for one another, Albanian poet Fatos Arapi, this year's laureate of the
Struga Poetry Evenings (SPE) told MIA upon his arrival in Struga.
- I'm coming to Struga as a poet, not as an Albanian, because poetry, as
well as language and culture, don't make any difference, said Arapi, who
will be presented with SPE's Golden Wreath award on Sunday during the
manifestation "Bridges", which traditionally closes the festival.
Fifty local and 70 foreign poets from 45 countries worldwide are to attend
the 47. Struga Poetry Evenings, which will run from 21-24 August. The
festival of poetry will be formally opened tomorrow in Struga's Poetry House
with an international poetry reading "Poetic Meridian".
Within the frameworks of the traditional event "A Night Without
Punctuation", the young Croatian poetess Antonija Novakovic, winner of the
UNESCO award "Bridges Over Struga" for best young poet, will be presented.
Arapi's literary portrait will be held in "St. Sofia" church in Ohrid on
August 23 with a sermon from academic Gane Todorovski. The traditional
evening of national poetry this year is dedicated to Ukraine, thus a
collection of contemporary Ukrainian poetry will be launched.
This year's Struga Poetry Evenings will also host numerous events, such as
symposium "Language, Poetry, Identity", manifestation on marking the 100th
anniversary since the birth of writer Koco Racin, international poetry
meeting "Bridges" where the Golden Wreath and other awards will be presented
on festival's final day.
After SPE will be closed, its participants on August 25 will have the
opportunity to take part at the manifestation "Poetry on the Road" and will
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NEWS
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NIMETZ IN SKOPJE, TO VISIT
THESSALONIKI ON FRIDAY
UN mediator in Macedonia-Greece name dispute talks Matthew Nimetz will
arrive in Skopje on Thursday for talks with Macedonia's state officials in
connection to the ideas outlined at a recent round of talks between
Macedonia and Greece's negotiators in New York on August 13.
Nimetz will hold separate meetings with President Branko Crvenkovski and
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who will present their coordinated position
in relation to the ideas.
After meeting separately with the countries' name negotiators in New York,
Nimetz said that fresh ideas were reviewed as well as variations of old ones
that were previously reviewed, adding that both sides concurred the name was
the focal point of the ongoing negotiations. The mediator estimated the
dispute was solvable and if closed it could pave the way for resolving many
other open issues.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a response to the letter sent
by Gruevski, notes that his envoy Matthew Nimetz will resume his efforts
towards finding a solution to the name issue row. - I am aware of the
existence of other issues, which you consider should become the subject for
Skopje-Athens talks. I hope that by resolving the name issue, a way will be
paved for better ties that will contribute to tackling these other issues
and possibly to finally settling them, Ban Ki-moon wrote to Gruevski.
Nimetz on Friday will take off for Thessaloniki for a meeting with the Greek
negotiator Adamantios Vassilakis. Thus far, there are no announcements for
high-ranking meetings. Greek media say Greece is attempting to dodge
Washington's efforts in closing the name dispute before President George
Bush leaves office. Athens, according to the media, has informed Nimetz that
there's no need for him to come to Greece, because the country's position on
the matter is clear.
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