27 July 2021 Skopje – North Macedonia recorded 39 new cases out of 3,839 COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours. 14 new cases were registered in Tetovo, 12 in Skopje, five in Gostivar, four in Kumanovo, two in Kichevo and one each in Bitola and Valandovo. 12 coronavirus patients recovered and no patients passed away in the same period, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. Skopje — President Stevo Pendarovski met Tuesday with Ilija Psaltirov, Suzana Tuneva, Bekri Ajdini, and Abdilxhemil Saiti, economic advisers at North Macedonia’s embassies to Warsaw, Ankara, and Abu Dhabi and to the Consulate in Munich. Skopje – Prime Minister Zoran Zaev addressed on Tuesday a thematic session of the Government dedicated to the 20^th anniversary of the Ohrid Framework Agreement. Skopje – Republic Day-Ilinden, August 2 (Monday) is non-working for all citizens, says the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy. Belgrade – Macedonian nationals continue to get vaccinated in Serbia, at the vaccination sites in Bujanovac, Vranje, Niš, as well as at the Belgrade Fair, MIA reports from Belgrade. Athens – More than 50 bush and forest fires broke out in Greece on Tuesday due to weeks of extreme drought and strong winds. Sofia — The largest group of vaccinated Bulgarians say they are avoiding a Covid jab because they have enough antibodies and as many say the vaccines have not been tested well enough. This transpires in a representative poll by Talk Online Panels held online between July 20 and 23 among 1,003 respondents on a commission from Dnevnik.bg. Zagreb — In the past 24 hours, 106 coronavirus cases and no Covid deaths have been registered in Slovenia, its government said on Tuesday, blaming the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases on the more contagious coronavirus delta variant. Washington – After his space firm Blue Origin lost out in the bidding process to build NASA’s first commercial lunar lander, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is trying again to secure a contract. Tokyo – Macedonian taekwondo fighter Dejan Georgievski won the silver medal in the +80kg division at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, losing 15:9 to Russia’s Vladislav Larin in the final.