Tag: Monuments

"Eternal glory to the heroic fighters from the anti-Hitler's coalition who defeated Nazism and freed the European nations!" This sentence has been inscribed on the monument behind the Universal Hall in the center of Skopje, that was officially opened on the 9th of May 2020 by the Russian Ambassador to North Macedonia, Sergey Bazdnikin and the former Mayor of...

"Bulgaria is a NATO member and so are we. The communication between the allies shouldn't be in this manner," said Radmila Shekerinska - Jankovska, Defense Minister of North Macedonia, commenting the statement of her Bulgarian counterpart Кrassimir Karakachanov, who said he will "send an engineering regiment" in Macedonia to remove all of the monuments with the plaques that mention...

Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, at a press conference projected a joint message that with the Prespa Agreement, both Greece and North Macedonia will benefit both the citizens and future generations, and that opponents of the agreement will in time, see all the benefits. They said the current political leadership is committed to building bridges and demolishing walls, that...

State institutions, meaning all those financed by the state, will have to adapt and follow the spirit of the agreement with Greece, said government spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski while answering questions of possible changes to the names of institutions ARM, MANU, MRT, MNT. He revealed that the meeting between the two prime ministers Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras will take place...

The Ministry of Culture from the working group received the first elaborates of Andon Janev – Koseto monuments from the court complex "Mother Theresa" and the "Warrior of the Horse" at "Macedonia" square, said Minister of Culture, Robert Alagjozovski, who today took part in the conference for the European Union’s project, "Creative Europe". The elaborates, Alagjozovski said, will be forwarded to...

There was a request from the leadership of the former governing party, but those requests were rejected, said last night the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in an interview for the national broadcasting service MRTV when he was replying to a question whether in the past period there were talks about amnestying high ranking officials from the VMRO-DPMNE's ranks. He...

In the past few days, cleaning of the sculptures of the lion monuments located at the beginning of Goce Delchev Bridge, which were painted by the “Colourful Revolution” has intensified. Out of the four lions, two have been cleaned and the other two are currently covered in white sheets and work is in progress. A large number of monuments and state...

At tonight’s protest, there was a small clash between the ‘Rapid Deployment Unit’ and demonstrators from the “Colourful Revolution” when the protesters attempted to demolish the monument dedicated to Prometheus, which was part of the infamous “Skopje 2014” project and is located in the Woman-Warrior Park. Demonstrators began to move the protective scaffolding from around the monument. They then tied...

Today the "Colourful Revolution 'continues in 13 cities across the country. The protest in Skopje starts at 18:00 in front of the Special Prosecutor's Office, and today protesters will be bringing attention to the economic situation of the state and its borrowing. "I protest because Macedonia is a poor and dilapidated land, even though it can be an economic success story!...

If you can have lions and bulls in Skopje, and maybe the whole zoo, why not the double headed eagle , which means something to the the people of that part of town. So many monuments have been constructed on the other side, realistically, I doubt there is not even one Macedonian who knows who all of the monuments...

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRNP) released the report „Skopje 2014 investigated“. It says in it that the Ministry of Culture and the Government’s Service for General and Common Works have spent most of the funds on the Skopje 2014 project, because they figure as investors in some of the largest buildings: The VMRO Museum, the Old Theater, the...