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Environmentalists to Zaev: Government not aware of the impact of implementation of the Green Energy Scenario
Civil organizations "Eko-Svest" and "Front 21/42" appealed to the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev to change his stance that the small hydro power plants are the most environmentally friendly sources of energy. The environmentalists are worried that, in a situation of a climate crisis that we live in, with the rise of global temperatures and the decrease...
Loan of €55.3 million for regional landfills in five regions in North Macedonia
On request of the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, at the start of February, the Government of North Macedonia approved the start of the procedure for securing a loan from international financial institutions for implementing regional systems for waste management in the Southeastern, Vardar, Pelagonian, Southeastern and Polog regions. Over €55.3 million will be necessary to start the...
With the 4.680 Pfizer vaccines from Serbia, North Macedonia will vaccinate 2.430 health workers
The vaccination of the health workers that are working in the COVID-19 centers in North Macedonia will start on Wednesday, in the modular ward of the Clinic for Infectious Diseases in Skopje, informs the Health Ministry of North Macedonia. This will also be the official start of the vaccination against COVID-19 in the country, which will continue when the...
Germany gives North Macedonia non-refundable grant of €2.4 million for energy transition
ESM's General Director Vasko Kovachevski and the KfW Bank's Director for North Macedonia and Kosovo's, René Eschemann signed a non-refundable grant agreement for funding an energy transition from coal to renewable energy sources.
The signing of the agreement brings non-refundable assets from the German government in the amount of €2.4 million, which also ease the access to additional €80.5 million...
North Macedonia authorities far from accomplishing the idea of a completely electric vehicle fleet
The news about the complete replacement of the entire US federal government fleet with new electric vehicles was generaly overlooked in North Macedonia. In order to meet the climate agenda of the new US government, American President Joe Biden decided to replace almost 650.000 vehicles with electric ones.
Meta.mk queeried the Macedonian state and local authorities about this decision of...
The Green Scenario and the investments in renewable energy remain North Macedonia’s strategic priorities in the energy sector
The fulfilment of the Green Scenario, part of the Strategy for Energy Development of the Republic of North Macedonia until 2040, is definitely the most favored option for the country's energy future. At the same time, replacing coal with gas and other renewable energy sources (RES) i.e. the transition from coal to RES remains a strategic priority for the...
The project for building photovoltaic power station at REK Oslomej “restarted”
There is great interest by domestic and foreign investors, but for now, no substantial results concerning the two photovoltaic power stations at Mining and Energy Production Complex Oslomej in North Macedonia, which will be built on the location of the old coal mine as a public-private partnership.
At the tender, that was published last February and was open until May...
Due to COVID-19 crisis, public transportation in Skopje last year with 30 million passengers less
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a drop of the number of passengers that used the public transportation in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, reaching a historic low. Last year, "JSP Skopje" (Public Enterprise for Transportation) buses and the buses of the private transportation companies transported 27.709.556 passengers, which is almost 30 million passengers less compared to 2019. In...
The Park & Ride terminals for solving the parking issue in Skopje will wait for the new Master Plan
The building of passenger transportation terminals in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, will have to wait for the new Master Urban Plan for 2022-2032. The popular Park & Ride terminals were promised a decade ago, but until today, the entrance terminals in Skopje which would have allowed the visitors to park their vehicles there and then travel wit ...
The Preliminary design for the Bus Rapid Transit System in Skopje to be finished in March
City of Skopje expects to receive the Preliminary design and the accompanying documentation for the first line of the Bus Rapid Transist System (BRT) in Skopje from Gjorche Petrov to Novo Lisiche in March. The city authorities said for Meta.mk that they have no information about eventual delays in the preparation of the Preliminary design, for which the agreement...
Auditor’s report: Almost no sorting of plastic waste in North Macedonia, recyclers have to import
Illegal waste landfills on every corner, overflowing garbage skips in the towns and cities, record quantities of produced waste on a national level. Despite this condition with the waste in North Macedonia, the plants that recycle the plastic waste must import waste plastic from abroad to provide an efficient production process in the treatment and processing of the plastic...
Corridor 10’s Intelligent Transportation System: This year a call for a tender, next year it will be put into use
The Economic Reform Programme 2021-2023 that was adopted by the Government of North Macedonia is determining precisely the dynamics of the implementation of the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) at the highway along Corridor 10, a project that Meta.mk has been reporting about at length. This year, the practical implementation will have to be accelerated through issuing a call for...
Investments and increased energy production from renewable sources, priorities in the energy sector until 2023
The increased quantity of the electric energy produced from renewable sources of energy (RSE), new investments, and improvement of the energy efficiency remain some of the main goals of the energy policy for North Macedonia in the forthcoming period. Its energy sector should provide reliable, steady and superb supply of energy and fuel for the customers, rapid economic development...
North Macedonia this year will ban import of used cars below the EURO 5 standard
During yesterday's conference titled "Vision for Energy Transition 2040," Kreshnik Bekteshi, the Minister of Economy announced that this year North Macedonia will ban the import of used cars below the EURO 5 standard of gas emissions.
"This year, the norms for imported cars in our country will be expanded. Regarding the measures, we are already implementing several measures for installing...
Clear it Up Alliance requests to participate in the preparation of Report on Ohrid Region that will be submitted to UNESCO
31 civil society organizations and educational institutions from the Advocacy and Lobbying Alliance “Clear it Up” demand involvement of the public in the preparation of the report on the status of preservation of the natural and cultural heritage of the Ohrid Region, which the Government of North Macedonia should submit to UNESCO.
The “Clear it Up” Alliance believes that the...
The best options for lower exposure to PM particles is to go on foot or ride a bike when the air is clean or by bus when the air...
On foot or riding a bike are the best options when the air pollution is low, and vice versa, these are the riskiest exposures to PM particles when the air pollution concentrations are high, shows the research conducted by an expert team from the Goce Delchev University of Shtip, North Macedonia in collaboration with the Center for Climate Changes...
Тhe waste and the landfills in North Macedonia in 2030: It is high time people changed their habits!
A usual morning at a bakery in Skopje... Two-quarters of burek and two cans of yogurt, says customer Tome. He came to buy breakfast for his family, but he forgot to take the cloth bag with him. Even if he had taken it with him, the saleswoman would have been surprised if Tome had offered his bag to put...
North Macedonia must adopt waste management laws urgently
To avoid last year's criticism from the European Commission (EC) in its Report for 2021 on North Macedonia's progress, the state authorities will have to accelerate the procedure of passing the waste management laws. The Minister of Environment and Physical Planning Naser Nuredini announced them a month ago, while the Government at its session on the 22nd of December...
The drop in the COVID-19 death rate and the number of infections is not a signal for North Macedonia to relax
Even though the numbers of new infected patients on a daily basis from the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the people who died as of result of the COVID-19 infection in North Macedonia are dropping, the pandemic is still far from over and the people still have to continue to obey the mitigation measures, the epidemiologists warn.
Compared to the other Balkan...
First phase of the Skopje-Blace motorway could be finished by next summer
Despite the current situation with the COVID-19 in North Macedonia and the problems that arose with the expropriation of the land several months ago, the Public Enterprise for State Roads of North Macedonia expect the contractor to meet the deadline for finishing the construction works of the first two kilometers of the Skopje-Blace motorway, said PE for State Roads...
