What do online distance learning classes look like: “Teacher, someone has muted you!”
Four days have passed since the new school year began, with most of the pupils and students using the national platform for distance learning. The challenges that the teachers and the students face are numerous and are happening every day, but, from what can...
Pupils in North Macedonia can have an extended stay at schools but without mixing of grades
The grades that will start with lectures with physical attendance i.e. pupils from the same grade will be able to have an extended stay at school without mixing the cgrade. This decision was adopted by the Government during yesterday's session.
The Commission for Analysis of...
Declaration of Shar Mountain a national park became hostage to concessions for hydropower plants
The capture of small rivers and sentencing to death the whole biodiversity in the surrounding area is a consequence of the enormous number of concessions for micro hydropower plants that have no serious contribution to the country's energy resources. The civil society organizations appeal...
The schools.mk platform can work on almost all computers, mobile phones or tablets purchased in the last 3 years
Awaiting the start of the new school year during the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the parents of pupils in North Macedonia have purchased a new computer or a laptop, instead of buying notebooks, pencils and many other school materials. They acted on the recommendations...
South East European University began with lectures, UKIM will do so on 4th of October
The South East European University (SEEU) has started with lectures on Monday, with a hybrid system of teaching for the students in all study cycles. SEEU's rector stressed that all preparations have been made concerning the recommendations for hygiene, physical distancing, and a personal...
Indoor cultural events in North Macedonia will take place only with 30% occupancy of the locations’ capacities
The cinemas, theaters, and other facilities where cultural events take place, will be opened again and they will work in accordance with the protocols for organizing the events that were adopted by the Government of North Macedonia. Following the recommendations, the open-air events must...
Agreement for issuing a building permit by the municipality of Gostivar for the reconstruction of Rusino landfill
The Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Naser Nuredini, received the representatives of the civic initiative "Stop Rusino" and the Mayor of the Municipality of Gostivar Arben Taravari. The meeting was also attended by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs and representatives of...
Environmentalists in North Macedonia dedicate the International Day of Rivers to the fight against micro hydropower plants at Leshnica
The International Day of Rivers, which is marked each year during the last week of September, will be dedicated this year to the effortsfor saving the rivers at Shar Mountain from the micro hydropower plants. Two days ago, environmentalists, civic associations, hiking associations, local...
In North Macedonia 169 elementary and 4 secondary schools met the criteria to organize physical attendance classes
The children with special educational needs will be able to physically attend classes if it is attended by a smaller number of children in different shifts and by completely following the protocols that were provided by the Ministry of Education and Science. This was...
Holocaust denial should be considered hate speech, survivors demand of Facebook
The international organization the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), continues their digital campaign featuring video messages from Holocaust survivors demanding that Facebook includes Holocaust denial into their definition of hate speech.
The main message of the campaign, addressed to Facebook CEO,...
In North Macedonia a new school year in times of pandemic starts: The schools have never been cleaner
Before the new school year starts in North Macedonia, the state education inspectors had been inspecting whether the floors have been cleaned, if there are direction signs placed on the floor, whether the toilets are clean, or if there are enough sanitizers. The inspections...
Research conducted by Metamorphosis Foundation: The teachers in North Macedonia are facing heavy challenges in online education
Research conducted by the Foundation for Internet and Society Metamorphosis, titled as "Conditions and challenges in the implementation of the online teaching process in elementary schools" shows that the teachers and students in North Macedonia face heavy challenges for the upcoming 2020/2021 school year....
This year’s Book Fair in Skopje had 20.000 visitors and 32 book promotions
This year, the Book Fair in Skopje, capital of North Macedonia, was visited by 20.000 visitors that obeyed all of the protocols for prevention of COVID-19, informed the organizers. Additionally, 32 book promotion took place there.
"This year at the fair, the Macedonian publishers presented...
Music documentaries about New Order and photographer Anton Corbijn will open the Skopje Cinema City Film Festival 2020 Edition
The sixth edition of the Film Festival for Music Documentaries "Skopje Cinema City" will start on the 19th of September at the Cinematheque of Macedonia. The festival will be divided into two blocks or film weekends: The first weekend will be organized on the...
The theater won’t change but we need unity, consider some of the actors
Because of the pandemic and in order to prevent the spread of the virus, all cinemas, theaters, museums, and other institutions where mass gatherings, events, concerts, and other cultural events could take place in North Macedonia were closed. But the closure of the theaters,...
Air polution, climate change, and renewable energy sources on top of new government’s environmental agenda
Intensive greenification and change of the means of heating the institutions and homes, as one of the urgent responses to air pollution; then, appropriate waste treatment and new transport policies with a stress on subventions for ecological vehicles and bikes, are some of the...
After the protest of the high school students, Minister Carovska offers a combined teaching model
After yesterday's protest by high school students against an overall online teaching model, the students have met with the new Minister for Education and Science, Mila Carovska, who during the two meetings with the students and their parents offered a combined teachingmodel.
"It is of...
Citizens and environmentalists warn: The micro hydro power plants are jeopardizing Markova Reka in North Macedonia
The destruction of water resources in order to build micro hydro power plants must stop, appeals the Civil society organization "Eko svest" (Eco Consciousness). They are reacting to the last case of destruction of Markova Reka (Marko's River) upper stream, so that a micro...
During the long weekend, Galichnik Film Festival will offer 50 short films online
During the long weekend ahead, film lovers will be able to watch the movies from the Galichnik Film Festival's program online for free, the latest film event in the country.
This year's program can be watched for free on the Cinesquare platform starting from tomorrow...
Book Fair in Skopje between 8 and 14th of September as an open air event
The Book Fair 2020 in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, will take place between 8th and 14th of September and will be an open-air event at the A1 Arena Sports Hall "Boris Trajkovski", near the Aqua Park, informed the organizers.
"Book lovers will be...
