Tags Environmental protection
Tag: environmental protection
New government of North Macedonia will have to ban imports of sub-EURO 5 vehicles
A year has passed since the North Macedonia Minister of Economy Kreshnik Bekteshi stated that the import of used cars in North Macedonia below the EURO 5 standard for gas emissions will be banned. He announced that the ban of cars older than 10 years will start in 2021, but toward the end of last year, the Ministry of...
Slag from Veles smelting plant exported to Turkey, soon it will also be exported to Albania
The slag from the former smelting plant in Veles is being exported to Turkey, and by the end of this year, it will be exported to Albania as well. At the moment, concessionaire "Keps Mount Group" is negotiating with a company in Turkey to accept larger quantities of the technogenic mineral raw material. The company stated that every day,...
Slag from melting scrap iron in “Makstil” used as building material in North Macedonia
The dross produced in the process of melting scrap iron in the "Makstil" smelter in Skopje, North Macedonia, will be used as material for subbases of new roads and streets and as partial substitute for cement in the production of concrete blocks.
This innovation which was presented in the industrial complex “Makstil” yesterday to Fatmir Bytyqi, the Deputy Prime minister...
With 66 votes in favor, Parliament of North Macedonia declares Shar Mountain a national park
The Parliament of the Republic of North Macedonia yesterday adopted the Law on declaring part of Shar Mountain a national park. With this act, Shar Mountain became the fourth national park in the country, but also the first to be declared since the country's independence. The last declaration of a national park in Macedonia happened in 1958 in the...
Portalb.mk: Declaring Shar Mountain a national park will not stop the construction of 7 small hydro power plants
The construction of the small hydro power plants on Shar Mountain has started. Although it is a matter of days when Shar Mountain will be declared a national park, the 7 hydro power plants whose construction is underway, will yet see the light of the day. Portalb.mk got this information from Hisen Xhemaili, the director of the Environmental Protection...
Fines of €8,000 to €20,000 for four of Skopje’s polluters after unannounced inspections
In December, environmental inspectors from the City of Skopje carried out eight unannounced inspections in industrial buildings that are under the city’s authority, after emissions of harmful gases in four of them were confirmed, say the city inspectorate regarding the activities of inspections related to the handling of air pollution.
Polluters, whose names will not be published by the City...