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Bajaga and fans celebrate 40 years since “Positive Geography” album and first concert in Skopje
On April 6, Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori repeated their first concert held in the Youth Cultural Center in Skopje, held at the same location 40 years before, in 1984.
Two members of the original 1980s lineup joined the frontman Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga" on stage in Skopje - guitarist and vocalist Živorad Milenković "Žika" and keyboardist...
OSCE parallel conference: Russia is brutal towards Ukraine, the role of the civil society is extremely important
From the address of Pia Kauma, the president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Photo: Meta.mk
Democracy is declining in countries where there is no room for civil society activism. We are witnessing an alarming number of armed conflicts, in the last year we have been witnessing how Russia has been brutal towards Ukraine and destroyed European values. It should be...
(In)visible “Russian touch” in the last round of tensions between Sofia and Skopje
Although there are more variations of the topic related to where the Russian influence was greater in the latest escalations of the relations between North Macedonia and Bulgaria, more serious sources agree quite distinctively that it is there. No doubt, many information and disinformation surrounding this problem are also present contributing to the escalation, with the probable ultimate goal...
Skopje City govt. ignores massive anti-corruption protest: Youth Cultural Center hampered with nontransparent budget cuts and replacements, mobbing
Less than a month after Youth Cultural Centre Skopje - YCC (Mladinski kulturen centar Skopje) marked the half-century anniversary, this cult institution for the youth in the capital of North Macedonia is now facing the most difficult period of its abundant history. During the current mandate of the Mayor of Skopje, Danela Arsovska, YCC has experienced budget cuts, directors...
The high school students in Skopje did not get the promised tablets, the procedure is ongoing
Photo: Hal Gatewood, Unsplash
The Mayor of the City of Skopje, Danela Arsovska, in her electoral “Manifesto for Modern Skopje” promised that all high school students and teachers will receive tablet computers, as well as training for the teachers on the use of the equipment. Allegedly, the City of Skopje is currently working on this promise, so we evaluate it...
REDI-Reciklazha will collect selected waste from buildings in Aerodrom, Butel, Gazi Baba and Kisela Voda
The mayors of the municipalities Aerodrom, Butel, Gazi Baba and Kisela Voda signed a Memorandum for Cooperation with the social enterprise “REDI-Reciklazha” (REDI-Recycling) which has been dealing with primary waste selection from residential property in Skopje for more than a year. Memoranda for cooperation were signed within the framework of the Second International “REDI Summit” which took place on...
The suspect for the latest in the series of bomb threats in Skopje released after questioning
Items were seized from the home of the suspect for the latest bomb threat for high schools in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) of North Macedonia told Meta.mk. With a search warrant by a public prosecutor, a search of the home of the suspect was done, and the suspect, after a couple of...
TE-TO will provide central heating for Skopje using imported gas from Serbia, the produced electricity to be sold to Belgrade
North Macedonia and Serbia are negotiating a contract for gas distribution to North Macedonia, so that the combined electric power plant TE-TO in Skopje can continue working without delays.
During a press conference, the Republic of North Macedonia Government's Advisor for Energetics sector, Viktor Andonov informed that there are talks with our northern neighbor for import of the needed quantities...
The second part of Skopje Pride Weekend will be organized at several locations from the 15th to the 17th of September
The second part of the program of the jubilee Skopje Pride Weekend will be organized from the 15th to the 17th of September, at the Youth Cultural Center - MKC, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Stanica 26 Club, informed the organizers.
The basic curatorial theme of this year's edition of the festival for queer culture, art, and theory,...
Another 6 defendants receive conditional sentences for the July incidents in front of the Parliament of NMacedonia
During yesterday's hearing at the Basic Criminal Court in Skopje, 6 more defendants accused for the incidents that happened in front of the Parliament of North Macedonia on the 5th of July, during the protests against the French proposal, received conditional sentences. They pleaded guilty and received court sentences for "participating in mob violence."
"All of the 6 defendants, pleaded...
Skopje City Hall rejects the Bus Rapid Transit System, but with the budget rebalance, money were withdrawn for new public transport solution
Skopje citizens will not feel the convenience of a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT), as the Skopje City Hall refuses to implement the €70 million project, the funds for it already being provisioned through a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
The previous leadership of the capital of North Macedonia in October last year announced the...
Russia donates monuments throughout Skopje and determines what inscriptions they will carry
"Eternal glory to the heroic fighters from the anti-Hitler's coalition who defeated Nazism and freed the European nations!" This sentence has been inscribed on the monument behind the Universal Hall in the center of Skopje, that was officially opened on the 9th of May 2020 by the Russian Ambassador to North Macedonia, Sergey Bazdnikin and the former Mayor of...
Apart from decreasing parking fees from March, Skopje City Hall has no solution for parking space problem
The number of cars on the streets of the capital of North Macedonia is spiraling up and, consequently, so is the lack of parking spots. People from different parts of Skopje are complaining every day that they are cruising for 10 minutes before they can find a free parking spot, and this problem is most evident in the central...
Skopje City Hall fails to publish map with over 150 cleaned illegal dumps
The cleanup of all illegal dumps and landfills in 82 days and the revitalization of the areas and their transformation into clean green spaces was an election promise of Mayor Danela Arsovska for the very start of her mandate at the helm of Skopje. On the 31st of January 2021, in her report, Arsovska backtracked from her promise to...
“Institutional silence” about name board for Ukrainian city of Sevastopol on Russian children playground in Skopje, North Macedonia
For more than a month, the Centar Municipality, City Hall of Skopje and the Foreign Affairs Ministry of North Macedonia are silent about the questions sent by Meta.mk about the new Russian playground behind the Universal Hall in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The playground had a board set and then removed, that had the name of the...
PE Communal Hygiene selected only 0.32% of total waste collected in Skopje in 2021
In 2021, the community hygiene public enterprise (PE) of Skopje, the “Komunalna higiena - Skopje” (PE Communal Hygiene - Skopje) has managed to select and bale 538.8 tons of waste. The total quantity of collected waste last year was 166,678 tons. This means that the PE was able to select a modest 0.32% of the collected waste from the...
After 82 days in office, Mayor Danela Arsovska still hadn’t cleaned all illegal dumps throughout Skopje
The first 82 days since Mayor Danela Arsovska took over the helm of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, expired on Friday, the 28th of January, which prompted Meta.mk to check on site whether one of the most important promises that Arsovska gave in her election campaign was fulfilled: cleanup of the illegal dumps throughout Skopje.
During her election campaign,...
[Photo] Citizens of Skopje pay homage to late music star Aki Rahimovski
Numerous citizens of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia, today paid homage to the late music star Aki Rahimovski. Condolence book was placed in the central Macedonia Square, and among others, the president of the Republic of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski and the minister of culture Bisera Kostadinovska – Stojchevska, signed it.
A number of musicians from...
Last year 11,000 cubic meters of waste collected from illegals dumps in Skopje, 3-4 reports for illegal dumping each day
"Komunalna higiena", the community hygiene public enterprise of the city of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, last year collected 11,000 cubic meters of waste from the illegal dumps and other sites. Also, in 2021 their Eco Patrol handed a total of 1,359 Informative-educational Reports to the people and the legal entities that were caught dumping waste illegaly.
By average,...
BEG wants to “central-heat” citizens of Skopje at 300% higher prices – and with Russian gas
Approximately 56 000 users connected to the central heating network in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, could get much higher bills from the 1st of January. Balkan Energy Group (BEG), the operator of the network, submitted request to Energy and Water Services Regulatory Commission of North Macedonia (EWSRC) for 300% increase of the fees for its service.
Balkan Energy...
