29 July 2022
Energy efficiency and production of electricity from solar energy are an unreachable reality for most Macedonian homes, and part of the people in North Macedonia are facing a problem meeting the most basic needs from the previous century – drinking water, sewage and electricity. The State Statistical Office (SSO) published the latest data from the […]
26 July 2022
With the increase in oil prices, the energy crisis has led to a decrease in the import of vehicles from abroad due to the lower demand. In Macedonia, during the first 6 months of 2022, a total of 10,666 cars, trucks, and buses were imported, while 3,272 were imported as new vehicles. The data provided […]
2 July 2022
The saying “Slow but steady wins the race” maybe is the simplest explanation of China’s slow entry into the North Macedonia’s railroad sector in the past several years. From the takeover of the Piraeus Port in neighboring Greece, through the purchase of locomotives and multiple-unit trains for “RNM Railways – Transport” Public enterprise to the […]
30 June 2022
Institutions in the RNM communicate very little with each other through the Interoperability Platform, which is intended for the exchange of data through electronic systems, with the aim of more efficient and faster provision of services. The data provided by Portalb.mk show that, in general, all institutions on the Platform have a decrease in the […]
2 June 2022
The number of filmgoers in North Macedonia last year was 170,567, shows the data provided by the State Statistical Office (SSO). In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began and a decision was made to close the cinema theaters, it contributed to a decline in the annual number of visitors compared to the pre-pandemic period. In […]
15 May 2022
No decision has been made so far to amend the regulation on the imports of used cars in North Macedonia, that will ban the import of vehicles below the EURO 5 gas emissions standard. This is the reply that Meta.mk received from the Ministry of Economy and the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia […]
7 March 2022
On the the order of the Russian president Vladimir Putin, the Russian government has compiled a list of states that have allegedly “taken hostile actions against Russia, Russian companies and Russian nationals”, informs the Serbian television N1. Out of this list of enemy states in Europe, that was published by Russian state media, just the […]
7 February 2022
The birth rate in North Macedonia has decreased and with lesser live births, the population is aging. The older population is predominant and, accordingly, the mortality rates in the country are on the rise. Still, in the last three years, we are seeing such high mortality rates that we have never been seen before. Those […]
14 January 2022
Over 10.000 hectares of forests were destroyed in the catastrophic wildfires that hit North Macedonia during this year. The situation was extremely serious during August, when the extremely bad combination of drought, a prolonged heatwave with temperatures of over 40 C and strong winds, caused the devastation of whole forests in the Maleshevo region, the […]
12 January 2022
At the UN’s Climate Change Conference (COP 26), 104 states have agreed to cut down the emissions of methane gas into the atmosphere by at least 30% by 2030. This gas is held up in the atmosphere much less than the carbon dioxide, but methane has the potential to heat up 80 times higher than […]
12 January 2022
The number of registered vehicles in the country’s passenger transport is on the rise and with it, the average age is also on the rise which is especially causing concern regarding the cars. In 2020, the country has for the first time in its history evidenced over half a million registered passenger and towed vehicles […]
22 December 2021
The level of the air pollution in Skopje during October and November of 2021 was lower compared to the same period in 2020. Concerning the PM 10 and PM 2.5 particles during this past autumn, there is a trend of their decline, while the carbon monoxide and the nitric oxide were within the normal limits. […]
8 November 2021
The inflow in the central budget of North Macedonia from the environmental taxes is on the rise. In 2019, €219 084 552 were collected in the state budget i.e. a record sum of taxes was paid, compared to the previous years, shows the State Statistical Office’s data. A year before, in 2018, €209 190 164 […]
17 September 2021
Even though the air pollution in North Macedonia is a hot topic, the investments in air protection are scarce. Last year, around €8 million were registered as expenditures and investments in air quality protection, show the latest data provided by the State Statistical Office (SSO). The industry and the specialized producers throughout the country have […]
28 August 2021
From 350,762 registered vehicles in 2012 up to 500,633 vehicles with North Macedonia registry plates last year! In less than a decade, the number of vehicles traversing North Macedonia’s roads has increased by 150,000. What is causing a great concern is that these are mostly older vehicles which are heavy polluters. The national data provided […]
5 August 2021
The illegal logging in North Macedonia is a burning issue that is continuing to devastate the forest fund. Only in 2020, 19,282 cubic meters of wood were cut down illegally from the forests in North Macedonia, state the data provided by the State Statistical Office (SSO). The situation improved last year in comparison to the […]
3 August 2021
The aforestation in North Macedonia has been in decline during the past decade. In 2020, new trees were planted on 569 hectares only, which is the second-lowest level in the past decade, after 20,17 when 553 hectares of land were forested, show the data by the State Statistical Office. What’s most worrisome is the fact […]
13 July 2021
Macedonia, together with Serbia and Kosovo, are at the bottom of Europe according to the percentage of the population that has access at least to a secondary treatment of urban waste waters, shows the Eurostat and Macedonian State Statistical Office’s data. In 2018, only 21,7% of the urban wastewaters in North Macedonia were subjected to […]
29 June 2021
In 2020, North Macedonia experienced no substantial advancement in the field of protection of the waters from the sewage. Two-thirds of the human excrement from the populated areas are still dumped in rivers and underground waters without undergoing any treatment. No major wastewater treatment plants were put into use in the cities throughout the country […]
28 June 2021
The lack of parking spaces in Skopje is becoming a chronic problem. The number of cars on the streets of the capital of North Macedonia is on the rise from year to year and this trend is not leading to opening new parking locations for these vehicles. The statistical data shows that the city’s authorities […]
