8 February 2021
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 […]
5 February 2021
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, […]
25 December 2020
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 […]
31 August 2020
The building of a new railroad line from Miladinovci to the International airport Skopje became part the Government of North Macedonia’s work program for the period between 2020-2024. The new government led by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, which was elected yesterday by the Parliament, obliged itself to build the railroad branch line in the length […]
27 August 2020
The Book Fair 2020 in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, will take place between 8th and 14th of September and will be an open-air event at the A1 Arena Sports Hall “Boris Trajkovski”, near the Aqua Park, informed the organizers. “Book lovers will be able to choose from selections of a large number of […]
11 August 2020
There is still no action by the authorities towards the introduction of a combined travel pass for both trains and public transportation, that would be used by citizens who travel everyday between Skopje and the nearby cities such as Veles, Kumanovo, and Tetovo. The public entreprise Railways of RNM- Transport informed Meta.mk that there haven’t […]
6 August 2020
There is no room for any comparison whatsoever between the accident in Beirut, that was caused by the explosion of inappropriately stored chemical, and the potential danger for Skopje caused by the chemicals stored in the former chemical industry complex OHIS, claims Trajče Stafilov, a Professor at the Institute of Chemistry at the Natural Sciences […]
24 July 2020
Not all of the health services are available for the citizens at all of the wards at the clinics and hospitals in North Macedonia, but very soon every ward will resume work and all services will become available, said the Health Minister Venko Filipche for Meta.mk. At the moment, not all types of operations are […]
18 July 2020
There was a low voter turnout in Skopje in the parliamentary elections in North Macedonia that took place on the 15th of July, but also a narrow election race between the two main competitors – the SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE-led coalitions. Is it because of the dissatisfaction with the political parties’ work or the fear of […]
15 July 2020
During today’s snap parliamentary elections in North Macedonia, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has registered several voting irregularities and offenses throughout the country. The police have registered voters taking photographs of the ballots at polling stations No. 0537 in Debar, 0755 in the village of Osoj, municipality of Kichevo, and 2909 in Skopje. These people […]
15 July 2020
Environmental inspectors investigated the two biggest industry complexes within the yard of the former Skopje Steelworks – “Makstil” and “Liberty Group” (former ArcelorMital), but still do not have a clue who is behind today’s pollution of the Vardar River near Lisiche in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. When the photographs of Vardar River appeared […]
10 July 2020
The Health Ministry of North Macedonia registered 205 today newly infected cases with COVID-19 in Macedonia, 336 recovered patients and 6 deaths. What is noticeable is that the number of recovered patients is the highest in a single day (336) since the start of the epidemic, and at the same time these numbers are significantly […]
6 July 2020
Around 14 tons of vinyl chloride deposited in the former OHIS chemical industrial complex in Skopje, North Macedonia, still await the experts from the French company Kurium to arrive, repackage it in new safe barrels and transport it for proper disposal. The Ekocentar 97 company, which was selected to clean the 11 types of chemicals […]
4 July 2020
The new situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic was very tough on individual sports. This period is highly challenging for swimmers who were forced to pause their training due to the closure of swimming pools and to find other ways to stay in shape. (For automatic translation into English, click on the cogwheel under the […]
2 July 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has had an enormous negative effect on the functioning of public transportation in Skopje and the Public Transportation Company-Skopje (Javno soobrakjajno pretprijatie – Skopje – JSP -Skopje). The long lockdown hours, closed schools, and colleges, many people working from their homes, including people’s fears to use public transportation, in a period of […]
24 June 2020
The Skopje Waterworks and Sewage Public Enterprise “Vodovod i kanalizacija – Skopje” announced it will publish an invitation for pre-qualification of the most favorable bidder for design and construction of a wastewater treatment plant for the city of Skopje. It is estimated that the wastewater treatment plant at Trubarevo will cost 136 million EUR. With […]
24 June 2020
The Health Ministry of North Macedonia informs that in the past 24 hours, 136 new cases of COVID-19 infections were registered and 1.208 tests were conducted. New cases were reported in Skopje – 80 and Tetovo – 24. Kumanovo reported 6, Prilep and Veles reported 3 each, Ohrid -5, Gostivar and Resen – 4, while […]
23 June 2020
It is in the fourth category of bacteriological pollution, while in terms of chemical pollution it might easily stand between the fourth and fifth category. These are the sad results of the examinations of the quality of the water in Vardar River in the Skopje region in North Macedonia, that were conducted by Dr. Ljupco […]
15 June 2020
The Day of the Macedonian Railway Workers was symbolically celebrated this year on the 9th of April. On this day in 1873, the railway traffic was first established between Skopje and Thessaloniki. 147 years since the beginning of the railways in this country, Macedonia, together with Albania, are the last countries in Europe that have […]
11 June 2020
We have new clusters and unfortunately, I have to state that people have failed to comply with the protective measures. Despite the ban, people organize mass gatherings and that is absolutely devoid of logic. We have citizens that are gathering even though it is banned. Weddings cannot be held when they are banned. Citizens cannot […]
