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The Government of North Macedonia will insist on the demolition of all illegal constructions around Lake Ohrid
UNESCO's draft-report about Ohrid is a loud alarm about the situation with the Lake Ohrid region which imposes an enormous need for the highest level of engagement by all parties, so that all risks that are jeopardizing the Lake Ohrid will be removed. This is one of the conclusions from the meeting between Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the...
UNESCO requests the idea for a marina in Lake Ohrid to be abandoned for good
UNESCO's draft report about the condition of Lake Ohrid's natural and cultural heritage is causing waves not only among the public in Ohrid, but also among the wider public in North Macedonia and incited reactions from the local self-government as well.
The report has already arrived in all the relevant institutions on the central and the local levels, and the...
Instead of stimulating purchases of new vehicles and installing LPG fuel systems in the used vehicles, the state with opposite measures
There aren't any subsidies from the state budget for 2021 for the citizens who would like to buy electric or hybrid vehicles, the assets planed for subsidizing the installing of LPG fuel systems in old vehicles are projected to only 210.000 EUR for the next 12 months, the eco stickers for the vehicles weren't implemented this winter, and there...
Poll: People aware they are the biggest polluters of the waters, but unaware how to protect them
42% of the respondents in the poll conducted by the Institute for Communication Studies as part of the "Clear Waters" campaign consider themselves the biggest polluters of the waters in Macedonia. One third of the respondents, or 33%, consider that the processing industry is the biggest polluter of the waters, while 10% consider the mining capacities as the biggest...
The pandemic imposed unprecedented changes in education, high school students demanded decision-making role
This time last year, no one in the world and in North Macedonia, as well, could anticipate that the education will be facing one of the biggest challenges so far. With the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, last year's March was the key point when things began to change. The schools, kindergartens, and even the colleges were all closed....
Energy sector investments in North Macedonia were put to a halt during the COVID crisis, will there be any boost during 2021?
During 2020, the investments in new energy facilities from renewable sources of energy (RSE) were more than modest. For 2021, the Government announced very ambitious and significant projects that will start with issuing public calls during the first half of this year.
During last year, the energy projects remained in the shadow of priority health-economic measures for dealing with the...
This autumn the air in Skopje much more polluted compared to this spring, during the curfew
The air pollution in Skopje was far lower during spring this year, during the lockdown, compared to this autumn. The movement restrictions that limited the traffic in Skopje and the industrial production have contributed to cleaner air during March and April compared to October and November 2020, show the data of the air quality from the monitoring stations in...
The everyday fight for human lives in Tetovo Clinical Center (Photo gallery)
Everyday they wage a war for human lives. At the Clinical Center of Tetovo, the medical personnel is achieving the impossible for the patients that are hospitalized in the COVID-19 ward, helping them overcome this unfathomable sickness and return to their families.
Wishing to witness the situation of the patients that were hospitalized in this ward,...
Extraordinary inspection in OHIS: The stockpiled hazardous waste has to be removed in a period of three years
The State Environmental Inspectorate has conducted an extraordinary inspection at the OHIS chemical industry complex near Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, where 6 facilities are still operating. One produces cannabis oil and the remaining are stockpiling both hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
"During the inspection, Eko-centar was repackaging poluting chemicals that were stored there for so long, preparing them for...
The Feasibility Study will determine Negotino power plant’s fate – sale or public-private-partnership
The future status of the Negotino thermal power plant in North Macedonia could be decided soon. An announcement for public procurement was published Wednesday in the Electronic System for Public Procurement, inviting bidders for the contract for preparing a feasibility study for either establishing a public-private partnership or potential sale of the Negotino power plant. The call ends on...
Skopje covered in thick fog and heavily polluted air yesterday evening (Photo gallery)
Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia yesterday evening, on Christmas Eve according to the Gregorian calendar, was engulfed in thick fog and heavily polluted air, with PM 10 particles concentration of 155 µg/m3.
The city streets were mainly empty, with rare passers-by that seemed to be hastily walking to their homes. The atmosphere in downtown Skopje looked more like a...
The export of the remaining 10 tons of dangerous chemicals from OHIS awaits the final permit
The transport of the remaining 10 tons of chemicals from the OHIS chemical industry complex near Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia awaits the permit from France. The chemicals would then be transported to an incinerator in Lyon. Four countries, Serbia, Hungary, Austria and Germany through which the dangerous chemical will be transiting, have already received the documents and...
The Corridor 10 railroad track Nogaevci-Negotino under overhaul for seven years
For the past seven years, Republic of North Macedonia's (RNM) Public Enterprise for Railroad Infrastructure has been overhauling the railroad track Nogaevci - Negotino. This track which forms part of the Pan-European Corridor 10 is 31 km in length and the building activities are still dragging on, in a period when all of the neighboring countries, such as Bulgaria,...
Paper Mill company fined €20 000 for PM10 emissions, inspectors on offensive
The State Environmental Inspectorate of North Macedonia fined the company Paper Mill from Kochani €20 000 and tasked it to install a filter in a period of two months to prevent the air pollution with PM10 particles from its smokestacks. The municipality of Tetovo may also be fined, because despite the warnings that the reservoir for drinking water in...
The experts are clear: Existence of plan for monitoring COVID-19 vaccine’s side effects doesn’t mean it is unsafe
The US Food and Drugs Administration published a list of medical conditions that will be monitored during the vaccination process with the anti-COVID-19 vaccine, and not a list of the side effect that have already happened, reacted the medical experts in North Macedonia when a video was published on Facebook by journalist Boban Nonkovikj that spreads disinformation about the...
Minister Bochvarski announces a more strict control over the implementation of capital investments
There have been many promises and many numbers, but at some infrastructural projects, there have been delays in the building and prolongation of deadlines for the building. Because of this, next year, the state, on a central level, will form a unit for monitoring and accomplishment of capital projects in order for a higher level of accomplishment to be...
Environmentalists request revision of the law and protection of Shar Mountain from new mini hydro power plants
Civil society organizations are urging the Ministry of Environment of North Macedonia to revise the Law for declaring Shar Mountain a national park since, as they state, the proposed draft law doesn't offer protection from the negative influence of the mini hydro power plants.
Environmentalists from 44 associations and initiatives, with a joint stance, have requested from Minister Naser Nuredini,...
Environmentalists object, the Government of North Macedonia says lowered taxes for registering vehicles will not influence air pollution
The session of the Government of North Macedonia held on 24th of November caused heated reactions from the environmentalists, with the confirmation of the text of the Draft Law for registering vehicles with foreign registration plates. It will alllow first time registration of those vehicles with Macedonian registration plates with up to 50% less than the value of all...
Two Turkish companies in the competition for the public-private partnership on natural gas distribution system in North Macedonia
At its 24th session, the Government of North Macedonia adopted a decision about the first phase of the procedure for approving an agreement for public-private partnership for financing, projecting, building, managing, maintaining and development of the final-tier natural gas distribution system in the country.
On basis of a report, the Government adopted a decision to select the candidates "Aksa Dogalgas...
Investigative article: Citizens still go to the counters, N. Macedonia is 10 years behind Europe in digitalization (I) – Portalb.mk
Citizens of North Macedonia can hardly obtain documents "with just one click" on the Internet. This is because the state provides limited electronic services, the potential of the e-portal is not fully used, and citizens, although they have the equipment, do not have enough information about electronic services. According to the research conducted by "Portalb.mk", it appears that there...
