Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, accompanied by Minister of Education and Science Pance Kralev, laid the cornerstone Monday of a new sports hall in Novaci's elementary school, within the Government's project for construction of 145 school halls nationwide.

The hall is to include modern equipment for several sports, available to students, sport clubs, athletes.

The hall construction will cost Denar 24 million (EUR 400,000), allocated from the state budget and a Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) loan.

PM Gruevski and Minister Kralev are also set to visit municipalities Bitola, Mogila and Demir Hisar later in the day.