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Environmental tax on fuel stranded in Parliament of North Macedonia, number of diesel vehicles has risen by 160.000 in 8 years
Notwithstanding the announcements that the environmental tax on fuels will be implemented in North Macedonia from the 1st of July, until today the tax still wasn't introduced and there are no announcements that an additional rise in fuel prices will happen in the forthcoming period. Environmental tax was announced for diesel, gasoline and other petroleum products. This, reportedly, should...
We need ‘painless’ glucose monitors, says Mia Chichkarikj, a 16 year old diabetes patient
Mia Chichkarikj is 16-years old third-year student in the Orce Nikolov Gymnasium in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. What makes this young girl a true fighter is that every day for the past 10 years, she has been facing the challenges that Type 1 juvenile diabetes has thrown at her. No other medicine can help her but insulin...
Forests in North Macedonia under attack, forest ranger service understaffed and underequipped
North Macedonia must invest in the prevention of wildfires and illegal logging, equip the firefighting brigades with new vehicles and more personnel, modernize the Forest Rangers and the forestry units and introduce new technologies for the protection of the forests. These were the main conclusions from the public debate titled "Dealing with the threats to the forests: Institutional capacities,"...
North Macedonia bans single-use plastic in protected areas from 1st of December, plastic bags prices will rise at least sevenfold
All single-use plastic in the catering establishment in the protected areas in North Macedonia will be banned from the 1st of December 2021, announced the Minister of Environment Naser Nuredini in a press conference about the new package of laws on waste.
Nuredini stressed that starting from December the sale of plastic bags in supermarkets and the grocery stores throughout...
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...
Skopje’s Drisla landfill numb about the plant for secondary waste selection and recycling
This year, the Skopje landfill Drisla will receive an autoclave, or a machine for treatment of the medical waste, but also an air quality measurement station. The landfill received €800,000 in an IPA project for the recycling of construction waste. But the projects for secondary waste selection, treatment of industrial waste and the waste sorting and packaging plant, which...
EU is waiting, municipalities in North Macedonia have been deliberating for 7 months who will manage the regional landfill in Sveti Nikole
The construction of the first landfill in North Macedonia where the waste will be deposited and recycled in accordance with the European standards is long overdue. Even though the municipality of Sveti Nikole in February agreed to the establishment of the Public inter regional enterprise for waste management "EKO ISTOK- SEVEROISTOK," (Eco East-Northeast), the 18 municipalities in the Eastern...
The world is banning the plastic bags, while we still discuss if their prices should go up!
While the world is completely banning the single-use plastic and the plastic bags, in North Macedonia there are still debates whether to increase their prices in the supermarkets and if that can help to decrease the waste production. Civic organizations call the municipalities to account and say that even the best laws are in vain if the local self-government...
Skopje “celebrates” European Mobility Week with one million passengers less in the public transportation
Activities for marking the European Mobility Week have been taking place in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia these days, but along comes defeating data about how people are practising the sustainable urban mobility in their everyday trips.
According to the latest data provided by JSP - Skopje, the capital's public transportation during the first half of the year transported...
North Macedonia in five years invested only €480,000 in protection of forests, no wonder they are disappearing!
North Macedonia invests too little in the protection of the forests, and the end result of this negative phenomenon is the destruction of vast areas with trees. In the past 5 years, the expenditures and the investments for the protection of the forests in North Macedonia were only MKD 29,516,000 i.e. modest €480,000. In the meantime, the big forest...
North Macedonia last year invested €8 million in air quality protection, industry’s share was €1.3 million
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 invested in MKD 124,558,000...
The young should go into education for green jobs, qualified personnel lacking in all industries
The energy efficiency, the renewable sources of energy, the construction engineering, the agriculture, the waste treatment and the natural resources conservation are some of the areas that in the last few years have been creating a large number of green jobs. The concepts of sustainability and the circular economy are becoming part of almost every aspect of the everyday...
In single decade in North Macedonia 150,000 registered vehicles more, most of them pre-owned
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 by the State Statistical Office...
Ministry of Environment starts campaign for proclaiming Maleshevo a protected area
Under the motto "Let's preserve Maleshevo for the future generations!", the Ministry of Environment of North Macedonia together with the Macedonian Ecological Society (MES), the public entreprise "National Forests" and the municipalities of Berovo and Pehchevo, have started a campaign for declaring the Maleshevo a protected area. The campaign will take place in the next 10 days and will...
It can take up to 50 years for the burned forests in North Macedonia to recover
It would take two to five decades for the destroyed forest areas and eco-systems in the wildfires to recover, said the authorities.
Still, at the moment, the institutions have neither precise data about the areas of forests that were was burned down nor the condition of the areas that were affected by the summer fires.
The director of the PE National...
North Macedonia adopted the last Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for the Health Sector in 2011
It was in 2011 when Macedonia prepared the latest National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for the Health Sector and the corresponding Action Plan. In the meantime, the data concerning the Skopje valley provided by the National Hydrometeorological Service of North Macedonia (UHMR) are showing that 9 out of the past 10 years are among the hottest 20 years in...
After the horrible record of 2019, the illegal logging in North Macedonia last year partially put under control
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 previous years, but it...
Aforestation in North Macedonia reaching record lows, there will be nothing left to fight the climate change [infographic]
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 that the country is gradually...
Water levels of artificial lakes in North Macedonia are at a minimal level, and the most critical period is yet to come
The heat waves that are a result of climate change as well as the sudden rises and drops in temperatures, are causing changes in rainfall precipitation quantities, intensity and the spatial distribution. The dry days are the main reason why water levels of natural lakes and rivers in North Macedonia must be maintained. In the last 10 days, the...
It will take one year to cleanup the small lindane landfill in OHIS, the other lindane landfills will have to wait
One year from now, the small landfill with lindane at the OHIS factory in Skopje should be cleaned up, said Macedonian minister of environment Naser Nuredini. Today, the minister announced the start of the activities for remediation of 7,000 tons of this dangerous chemical and contaminated soil that have stood for decades at the yard of the former chemical...
