Skopje, 28 January 2022 (MIA) – North Macedonia’s Government at a session on Friday decided to extend until Feb. 28, 2022, the price freeze of basic food products, including bread, sugar, flour – type 400, sunflower oil, milk containing 2.8, 3.2 and 3.5 percent of fat, fresh meat and delicacies, cheese, cottage cheese, rice, eggs, and pasta. “Under the decision, the highest product prices are set at the level of prices applied on Dec. 1, 2021, in wholesale and retail trade,” the Government said in a press release. The price freeze, adds the press release, which took effect as of Dec. 6, 2021, will be extended until Feb. 2022. Earlier on Friday, Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi posted on Facebook that the Ministry of Economy has forwarded to the Government a decision proposing that the price freeze of basic foodstuffs be extended until the end of February 2022.