More than 30 villages in Macedonia have no power grid

More than 30 villages in Macedonia have no power grid, the Macedonian daily Vest reports. Electricity is expected to be brought to eight of these in 2008. The rest undergo research to estimate if a power grid can be constructed at all there. According to a program of the country’s Ministry of Economy, adopted yesterday by the Government, 30 Million denars have been allotted from the country’s budget.