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Caretaker Foreign Minister Svetlan Stoev discussed on Monday with the ambassadors of EU Member States to Bulgaria priority matters on the Union's agenda, including the post-Covid recovery and the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, environment and climate issues, migration, and EU enlargement, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release.

Small businesses first to suffer

"Today you are only my third customer. I only have made about 300 Denars [five euros]," a taxi driver wearing a face mask and protective gloves, as prescribed by the authorities, told BIRN.

More than half of the residents of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) agree that the Balkan nation should join NATO and the European Union under the name "Republic of North Macedonia" as part of the deal signed with Greece in June, a recent poll has shown.

Limak's tourism division is to invest around $300 million in building two hotels in southern Turkey's Mersin and 250 million euros ($292 million) in a complex in Macedonia's Skopje, the Turkish company's chairman said on July 4

The European institutions and the European Commission will continue to use the name Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) until the full implementation of the agreement that was signed on Sunday between Athens and Skopje, the EU spokeswoman for foreign affairs and security policy said on Monday.

To the delight of both liquor lovers and producers, Macedonian stores shelves lined with bottles of beer, wines and spirits will no longer be off limits during the evening and night hours.

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev's party successfully passed its first serious test on Sunday, winning the local elections in the country, reports Mediapool. 

''Our wish is to start a procedure for  purchasing new trains during this autumn, transport minister Ivaylo Moskovski said in the show "This morning" on bTV.

''The  main idea is  the supplier to deliver trains to Bulgaria for about BGN 350 million'',  Moskovski added. 

Macedonians quizzed in the streets of the capital say democratization of the country and improving the economy are equally pressing issues that they expect political parties to discuss before casting their ballots at the December 11 early general elections.

As the escalation of Macedonia's political crisis makes many Macedonians concerned about the safety of their bank deposits, the country's central bank has intervened to calm fears about a possible devaluation of the currency.