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Improving air quality in Skopje needs more assets and stricter controls
In order to see tangible improvement of the air quality in Skopje in 2 to 3 years, bold and all-encompassing activities for solving the problem with air pollution are necessary, not just some minor assets from the budgets allocated each year for this purpose. The priority should be the decrease of the pollution with PM particles, and those that...
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...
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...
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...
