Tag: arsenic

The State Environmental Inspectorate (SEI) of North Macedonia is conducting inspections and reports its findings on old environmental pollution to the Ministry of Environment. However, it has no other obligations related to environmental hot spots. "The ministry should secure assets for these locations to be adequately fenced off and marked, as well as to provide assets for their remediation. The...

The sale of the biodegradable plastic bags in North Macedonia in just four months – from the 1st of December 2021 to the end of March 2022 brought MKD44.7 million, or over €720,000, to the state’s coffers, says the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning (MEPP) for Meta.mk. The calculations and the payments by the retailers from the plastic...

Turkish company Kaltun Madencilik A.Ş submitted a request to the Ministry of Economy of North Macedonia for unilateral termination of the concession agreement due to lack of economic interest for further execution of the concession to exploit the deposited arsenic, informed the Ministry of Economy. The Turkish concessionaire in 2014 signed an agreement with the Macedonian government for exploitation of...

After Meta.mk's article about the situation with the stockpiled arsenic and other toxic mineral raw materials in the tailing ponds of the former Lojane Mine and the deposits near the village of Tabanovce in relative vicinity, the Ministry of Economy of North Macedonia sent a request to competent inspectorates to conduct an inspection and to take measures if they...

In the past several decades, the villages of Tabanovce, Lojane and Vaksince in the Kumanovo region have been continuously poisoned by arsenic and other toxic elements that had been dispersed on two locations near the border of North Macedonia with Serbia. At the first location, in the proximity of the Tabanovce Railway Station there is an illegal dump with hundreds...

Soil examinations in Tetovo have revealed that the earth is contaminated with arsenic two and a half times above the permitted estimates, according to a survey conducted by environmental organizations "Vila Zora" from Veles and "Eko Guerilla" from Tetovo. This was presented at today's presentation at the South East European University in Tetovo (SEEU), by Arijanit Xhaferi from the Tetovo...

The civil initiative “Arsena” has started a civil petition for decreasing the price for the water in the Gevegelija’s water supplies on the level of technical water i.e. with the price of 5 denars per cubic meter. The association said that the reason for the petition is due to several years of ignorance on part of the local authorities and...

The Mayor of Gevgelija, Ivan Frangov, today, stated to “Meta” that the new water supply system in Gevgelija is being constructed because the city needs additional quantities of water. He claims that the water in Gevgelija is clean, but that local authorities want to remove any doubt. “We have decided to build a new water supply system because we need...

Following several years of accusations by the NGO "Arsena" concerning contaminated drinking water in Gevegeleija, the Municipality of Gevgelija has just announced a tendering process for the construction of a new water supply system for the city. “Meta” attempted to contact Mayor Ivan Frangov on the telephone so he that he could explain to us the reasons regarding the construction...

The water in Gevgelija contains 10 times more arsenic than the allowed limit, and for 37 months the State Agency for Food and Veterinary Directorate has issued a decision banning the use of water from wells in Moin, from where the water of Gevgelija comes from. Three years after the discovery of arsenic in Gevgelija there has been no...