Albania has banned the import of pork from North Macedonia

In a decision taken for an indefinite period of time, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Albania banned the import of pork from North Macedonia. The decision was taken after it was found that some of these animals in North Macedonia were infected with African plague, Albanian television Ora News reported. The Food and Veterinary Medicine Agency of North Macedonia announced on Friday that the African plague was last registered in a pig farm in the Kumanovo village of Tromeja, where 60 pigs died. A day later, residents of the Kumanovo village of Recitsa protested with blockades over the decision to bury the dead pigs from the farm in Tromeja near their village, and four people were arrested in the conflict with the ...