The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs Romanian citizens who are in, transiting or intend to travel to the Republic of North Macedonia that, between July 1 and August 31, hot weather is forecast, with temperatures above normal for the summer period, increasing the risk of wildfires throughout the territory of this state.
The MFA has issued a travel warning for North Macedonia PHOTO Shutterstock
The MAE has issued a travel alert due to the possibility of wildfires starting, which can cause road traffic disruptions and increase waiting times at the Macedonian border crossing points.
In these conditions, the movement of vehicles with a total weight of more than 15 tons is restricted on the entire Macedonian road network when high temperatures are recorded, as well as on weekends, as follows: Friday, between 15:00 and 22:00, Saturday, in the time intervals 7:00 – 12:00 and 18:00 – 24:00, and on Sundays in the interval 7:00 – 22:00.
Also, the movement of vehicles heavier than 7.5 tons is prohibited on the A2 Skopje – Ohrid – Skopje route on Fridays between 3:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., on Saturdays between 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. – 24:00 and on Sundays between 7:00 and 22:00.
Romanian citizens can request consular assistance at the telephone number of the Embassy of Romania in Skopje: +38923228058, calls being forwarded to the Contact and Support Center of Romanian Citizens Abroad and taken over by the Call Center operators on a permanent basis.
Also, Romanian citizens who are faced with a difficult, special, urgent situation, have at their disposal the emergency phone number of the Embassy of Romania in the Republic of North Macedonia: +38970239980.
The MAE recommends consulting the Internet pages www.mae.ro and skopje.mae.ro.
Other travel alerts for other nations are also in effect at this time. These are Poland, where the travel alert covers extreme weather conditions, Greece, where there is an increased risk of wildfires due to the heatwave, and Turkey, where the travel alert also covers an increased risk of wildfires.
