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EU office in Macedonia launches awareness campaign about EU assistance

Xinhua, January 28, 2017 Adjust font size:

The European Union (EU) office in Macedonia launched the EU for You campaign here on Friday to raise awareness and inform the Macedonian public of EU assistance in the country, local media reported.

The EU for YOU campaign highlights the importance of maintaining a clean environment, one of the key EU policy and sector priorities and areas of EU investment, EU Ambassador to Macedonia Samuel Zbogar told reporters at a press conference.

According to him, overall EU assistance in the field of environment in Macedonia amounts to more than 80 million euros (86 million U.S. dollars) under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA).

There is further support planned for 100 million euros under the next IPA financial allocation, Zbogar told a press conference. (1 euro = 1.07 U.S. dollars) Endit