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Before the elections, the political parties give numerous promises about infrastructure projects

The two biggest political parties in North Macedonia give similar promises concerning the development of the infrastructure in the next four years if they are given the mandate by the citizens to form the new government. The coalitions "Mozheme" (We Can), led by SDSM and "Obnova za Makedonija" (Renewal for Macedonia) led by VMRO-DPMNE put a stress on the...

North Macedonia with 168 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths and 70 recoveries

The toll of the COVID-19 in North Macedonia in the last 24 hours diverted from the trends of the past few days, when the number of patients who recovered was greater than that of the new cases, but the former took a downturn and today there were only 70 recoveries, while yesterday 230 recovered patients were registered. The number...

Abandoned children find home and love with their foster families

Author: Maja Tomikj, Photography: Arbnora Memeti His outstretched tiny arms, smiling eyes and the childish shy smile gave us a warm welcome in the yard of the family house in the vicinity of Skopje on a warm and sunny July day, far from the city noise and the heat. This kid ran all around us, vividly excited because of the...

Analysis: Balkan countries do not have a consistent strategy for COVID-19 testing

No country in the world knows the exact total number of people infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease. All that is known is what can be learned from the official records kept by health authorities based on the results of the tests performed. All infections that are laboratory confirmed are considered confirmed cases. This means that the...

The vinyl chloride deposited in OHIS still awaits the repackaging into secure barrels

Around 14 tons of vinyl chloride deposited in the former OHIS chemical industrial complex in Skopje, North Macedonia, still await the experts from the French company Kurium to arrive, repackage it in new safe barrels and transport it for proper disposal. The Ekocentar 97 company, which was selected to clean the 11 types of chemicals which are still deposited...

The energy communities will allow the citizens of North Macedonia to produce green electricity

In North Macedonia, there still aren't any energy communities. The concept of citizens or public institutions associating in one local community in order to accomplish a common goal, in this case, production of energy from renewable sources, in the Western European countries has been a reality for a long time. For several years, the energy communities are present in...

COVID-19 caused a loss of 11.6 million passengers and 4.5 million EUR to the public transportation in Skopje (infographic)

The coronavirus pandemic has had an enormous negative effect on the functioning of public transportation in Skopje and the Public Transportation Company-Skopje (Javno soobrakjajno pretprijatie - Skopje - JSP -Skopje). The long lockdown hours, closed schools, and colleges, many people working from their homes, including people's fears to use public transportation, in a period of three months have caused...

“This is madness”, cry the environmentalists against the new mines promissed in the electoral campaign

The concern among the environmental activists who fight against the mines in the Southeastern part of North Macedonia increased when during its election campaign VMRO-DPMNE revealed its stances about the development of the country's mining capacities as was shown in their election program. The program reveals the opening of five mines as a priority: Lojane-Lipkovo, Kadiica- Pehcevo, Plavica, Tajmishte and...

Special Public Prosecution is officially history, but the fight for justice will not stop, says Prosecutor Fetai

The new Law for Public Prosecution comes to force today in North Macedonia. With that, the Special Public Prosecutor's Office (SPO), that was one of the main goals of the opponents of Nikola Gruevski's rule and was finally acchieved after the protests of the Colourful Revolution, will become history. This Prosecutor Office was at the center of the public's attention...

One-quarter of Macedonian citizens live at the moment and do not plan for the future

One quarter (25%) of Macedonian citizens say they agree with the statement "live for today and let tomorrow take care of itself", 17% are neutral regarding this issue and 51% don't agree with this way of living. These are some of the results of the survey conducted by OECD and INFE published in their report "Financial Literacy of Adults...

The three professors haven’t quit the race in UKIM rector’s elections, but have put their candidacies on hold

Professors Petar Atanasov, Vujica Živkovikj, and Dragi Dimitrievski have rejected the claims that they have withdrawn and are boycotting the rector's elections. "Yesterday, we clearly and unequivocally said that we are putting our candidacies on hold following the reports and recommendations by DKSK and DPI. These elections for a rector are illegal, undemocratic, and nonacademic. We put our candidacies on...

Over 2.2 million EUR were transferred to the Railways of North Macedonia for construction of Kumanovo-Beljakovce railroad

In June, the Ministry for Transport and Communications of North Macedonia has transferred over 2.2. million EUR from EBRD's loan on the account of the Public Enterprise "Railways of RNM - Infrastructure", data at open.finance.gov.mk shows. Out of loan's amount of 46.2 million EUR that the country took in 2012, during the first half of the year, the public...

Due to the coronavirus, seven countries have to issue new permits for export of OHIS chemicals

Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, but also North Macedonia, will have to issue new permits for international transportation of hazardous materials to get the chemical deposits in the former OHIS industrial complex exported to Switzerland for incineration. The previous permit for the project "Removal, dislocation, disposal or neutralization of chemical mater” from OHIS Skopje plant expired due to...

WHO’s dr. Scano: Don’t lower your guard – whole society must engage in the fight against COVID-19

Not only the Government, but also the whole society has to take part in finding the contacts during the early phase, as this is the only way to be ahead of the virus. If this is not done, we shall experience an explosive situation and that will additionally damage the economy. Now is not the time to lower the...

The number of new cases isn’t dropping: All gatherings are like biological bombs which will explode if we aren’t careful

The number of newly infected cases with COVID-19 in North Macedonia is above 100 on a day to day basis. Is the health system i.e. the state doing enough when it comes to fighting the COVID-19? What else can be done in order to stop the rise of numbers of newly infected? What other options do we have? To answer these...

Skopje Waterworks Public Enterprise will publish an invitation tomorrow for pre-qualification for wastewater treatment plant construction

The Skopje Waterworks and Sewage Public Enterprise "Vodovod i kanalizacija - Skopje" announced it will publish an invitation for pre-qualification of the most favorable bidder for design and construction of a wastewater treatment plant for the city of Skopje. It is estimated that the wastewater treatment plant at Trubarevo will cost 136 million EUR. With the agreements between the Government...

In the past 24 hours, 4 deaths and 118 new cases of COVID-19 in North Macedonia

In the past 24 hours, 118 new COVID-19 cases were registered and 1.363 tests were conducted, informs the Health Ministry of North Macedonia. New cases were reported in Skopje (55), Kumanovo (9), Tetovo (20) while in Gevgelija, Debar, Bitola, Shtip, Sveti Nikole and Kichevo, each has 1 patient registered, Gostivar (4) and Resen (5). The Institute for Public Health registered...

River Vardar, abused as a dump site, is a source of diseases – Can we rescue it by 2026?

It is in the fourth category of bacteriological pollution, while in terms of chemical pollution it might easily stand between the fourth and fifth category. These are the sad results of the examinations of the quality of the water in Vardar River in the Skopje region in North Macedonia, that were conducted by Dr. Ljupco Kostadinovski, a specialist in...

Summer has arrived but first kilometers of new Kichevo and Ohrid motorway are yet to be inaugurated

The new summer season is about to start but the first several kilometers of the Kichevo - Ohrid motorway still aren't in regular use. The promises of the authorities were that this year the first, more or less, 10 km of this motorway will be put into use in the area between Vrbjani and Ohrid, which is the part...

The end of the state of emergency will remove the price ceiling for masks, southern fruits and basic food products

With the end of the state of emergency, several government orders that prevented the price rise of basic food products, southern fruits, and protective equipment will expire. These were adopted to prevent manipulations in the trade when the coronavirus occurred. The Ministry of Economy informs the retail traders and wholesale traders that with the end of the state of emergency...