The working week in Macedonia longer than anywhere else in the EU (info-graphic)
The working week in Macedonia lasts longer than in any member country of the European Union, and by the number of working hours weekly, this country is ranking second in the Balkans. The working week in Macedonia is 42.3 hours and the average working...
904.066 votes for victory in the first round of the elections
At the presidential election, whose first round will be held this Sunday, 1.808.131 citizens can cast their vote. According to Article 81 of the Constitution, a victory in the first round by one of the three candidates - Blerim Reka, Gordana Siljanovska - Davkova...
In 18 years, a decline of 40 million passengers using public transportation (infographic)
The number of transported persons by the public transportation in Macedonia has been dropping through the years, but nevertheless, more and more Macedonian municipalities are deciding to introduce regular public transportation in the cities. The data provided by the State Statistical Bureau indicate that...
The rise and fall of the railroad – train travel in the last three decades has decreased by 12 times (video)
The expressions of immense happiness when we await someone close, the goodbyes said through tears with those that are traveling far away, sending people in the army or to studies abroad, the kisses, the hugs, the laughter, cannot be seen anymore at the platforms...
Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia are building railways for 250 km/h, we are “happy” with 80 km/h
While Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece are actively working to build high-speed railways, Macedonia is fast asleep. In a several years, our country could encounter serious problems with the low speeds of the trains, taking into account the pace of development of the railway infrastructures...
China overtook Serbia and became one of Macedonia’s five biggest trade partners (infographic)
In January 2019, according to the total volume of the foreign trade, our country traded mostly with Germany, Great Britain, Greece, China, and Bulgaria, shows the latest data provided by the State Statistics Office. By entering the group of top five trading partners, China...
Confined railway: Our sole foreign destination is Skopje – Blace
The only train from the Macedonian capital that goes abroad is the one to pass Blace. The fast train to Prishtina is the only foreign destination citizens can travel to.
The current Macedonian Railways - Transport timetable shows that the train to Thessaloniki and Belgrade...
Greece is third on the list of biggest foreign investors in Macedonia
Will the implementation of the Prespa Agreement inject new life in the economic relations between Macedonia and Greece is a question that deserves attention, taking into account that the businessmen from both countries have several times before stressed that the name dispute is causing...
Macedonia’s Seven Steps to NATO membership
Formally, there are seven steps, however, two are essential for Macedonia to have full-fledged NATO membership. The process, according to statements, should finish by the end of the year.
The first step is the adoption of constitutional changes, that is, the formal implementation of the...
Unmarked landfill with 8.000 tons of carcinogenic lindane from OHIS is poisoning the environment around Drachevo
In the vicinity of Drachevo, in the Pelenitsa area, there is an illegal landfill with several thousand tons of toxic waste which contains Lindane, the Ministry of Environment told “Meta”. The landfill is unmarked, uninhabited and there is no sign informing the public that...
Government is preparing new “A Computer for Every Child” project and wants to digitize school curriculum
The Ministry of Education is preparing a project to success the project "A Computer for Every Child". This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Education and Science Petar Atanasov for "Meta" who says that it is necessary to digitize the curriculum, enabling students...
Gjorchev has, in the least, lied, about the number of people who left Bulgaria, Romania and Latvia after they joined the EU (infographic)
VMRO-DPMNE’s MP, Vlatko Gjorchev, at his speech at the Parliament during the session for constitutional revision, stated several numbers with which he claimed that number of citizens drastically decreased in three countries that have joined the EU. But the numbers he gave are wrong.
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The long and thorny road to the amendment of the Constitution (infographic)
Changing the Constitution through constitutional amendments is not an easy or simple process. The proposer of the amendments, in this case the Government, needs a two-thirds majority in two instances. Once at the opening of the Constitution and then at the closing of the...
The Many Shenanigans of Gjorge Ivanov
During some of Macedonia's most crucial moments, President Gjorge Ivanov was a man of cancellation and abolishment. When he should have gone, he did not go, he returned when he should of stayed, he did not sign or was absent, but one sure thing,...
In Montenegro, the biggest investor is NATO while in Macedonia, the Bahamas
Can Macedonian citizens expect an increased scope of foreign investments, and accordingly the opening of new jobs if the referendum for the approval of the agreements with Greece succeeds?
Montenegro has the freshest experience, a country that after a decade on its road towards...
The old but new MRT management received a 3 million euros boost (Infographic)
The parliamentary Committee on Transport and Communications yesterday accepted the proposal for re-balancing the budget of the Macedonian Radio Television, which will add another 3 million euros to the account of the public broadcaster, and MRT for 2018 will have a total of 20.8...
Visualization: VMRO-DPMNE wins 51 seats, while SDSM wins 49 seats
According to the preliminary results from Macedonia State Election Commission for yesterday’s early parliamentary elections,VMRO-DPMNE won two seats more than SDSM.
The President of the SEC, Aleksandar Chichakovski, said that according to the preliminary results, VMRO-DPMNE won 51 seats, SDSM 49 seats, DUI 10 the...
