- Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski announced that the Government made a decision to solve the status of 3,000 redundant workers from state firms and 4,000 professional soldiers. According to PM Gruevski, the ministries of defense, justice and interior in ten days must draft the analysis on employment of professional soldiers in state institutions and the redundant workers from state firms who will receive at least 7,100 denars per month. Necessary 4 million euro will be covered by the state budget.