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European airports expect more passengers in 2024 than pre-pandemic

Europe's airports expect to see a higher number of passengers next year than before the Covid-19 pandemic, writes German news agency DPA. After a strong year-on-year increase of 11.6% in passenger numbers in August, industry body ACI on Wednesday upgraded its forecast for next year. Volumes will be 1.4% higher than in the pre-crisis year 2019, the association said in Brussels....

North Macedonia with record mortality rate

The birth rate in North Macedonia has decreased and with lesser live births, the population is aging. The older population is predominant and, accordingly, the mortality rates in the country are on the rise. Still, in the last three years, we are seeing such high mortality rates that we have never been seen before. Those are the remarks told to...

Dr. Stojanov: Аnalysing why North Macedonia is having 20 to 30 COVID-19 deaths daily is a must!

It is crucial to conduct an analysis and find out why the number of deaths from COVID-19 is high in North Macedonia. We have been dealing with the pandemic for a year and a half, but the number of deaths is still high, says epidemiologist and former director of the Public Health Center Skopje, Dr. Aleksandar Stojanov. According to...

After the horrible record of 2019, the illegal logging in North Macedonia last year partially put under control

The illegal logging in North Macedonia is a burning issue that is continuing to devastate the forest fund. Only in 2020, 19,282 cubic meters of wood were cut down illegally from the forests in North Macedonia, state the data provided by the State Statistical Office (SSO). The situation improved last year in comparison to the previous years, but it...

North Macedonia: Rate of new marriages last year dropped by 25.6%, rate of divorces by 21.2%

The number of the couples who entered wedlock in North Macedonia in 2020 dropped by 25.6% in comparison with the year before and is 10,278, announced the State Statistical Office (SSO). Most of the new marriages, 1,423 or 13.8% were contracted during last August, and the least in April, 162 or 1.6%. 94.1% of the brides and 92.8% of the grooms...

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 bus transportation in North Macedonia, burdened by problems already, gets the nail in the coffin by the coronavirus! (Multimedia)

An empty waiting room with few people quickly purchasing their tickets at the ticket officer and hastily heading out towards the platforms. This is the picture that can be seen at the Skopje Bus Station these days. The usual crowd is gone and the platforms are empty. The people simply cannot miss the occassional bus to their destinations. The guards have...

Car-Free Day marked symbolically, the motorization rate is growing continuously in Macedonia (infographic)

The Car Free Day which is celebrated on the 22nd of September, this year as always is marked with symbolical events from state institutions and municipalities nationwide. As a rule, the officials use this day to photograph themselves as they go on foot to work or as they are driving bicycles. Still, the official statistical data show that the...

Public Health Institute: Number of tests and recovered patients in North Macedonia increase, the number of deaths and new cases drops

In the period between the 10th and the 16th of August, a total of 11.605 COVID-19 tests were conducted, which is by 17.8% more compared to the previous week. Out of the conducted tests, 902 new cases were registered and in percentage, 7.8% of total tests were positive. This shows a trend of continuous decline compared to the previous...

In North Macedonia 12 000 infected with the new coronavirus variant so far, new outbreak expected in autumn (Infographic)

The number of people infected with the new coronavirus in North Macedonia surpassed 12 000. From the first case that was registered about five months ago, up to date, the number of deceased people is 530. However, in the last few weeks, the daily graph of the number of patients who recovered is very good, as day by day the...

New 139 COVID-19 cases in North Macedonia, one death and 239 recoveries

In North Macedonia, 1 627 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours and 139 new cases were registered. The distribution by cities is as follows; Skopje 30; Kumanovo 20; Debar 2; Shtip 15; Prilep 1; Tetovo 6; Struga 8; Bitola 2; Ohrid 3; Kavadarci 8; Gostivar 19; Gevgelija 1; Strumica 2; Kochani 5; Demir Hisar 2; Makedonski...

We travel mostly by car and public transport, we use buses and trains less and less (infographic)

In the past three decades, the traveling habits of the Macedonian nationals have changed significantly. The data provided by the State Statistical Bureau of North Macedonia show that car and taxi transportation have had become the main means of transportation through the years. In 2018, 80.4% of the traveled passenger-kilometers in the road transport (9,452 millions passenger-kilometers), were in private...

The Public Health Institute registered more people recovering from COVID-19 and less newly infected and deceased patients

In the period 20th - 26th of July, the Public Health Institute of North Macedonia has registered a decrease in the number of newly infected and deceased persons. Also, there was an increase in the number of recovered persons compared to the previous week. What is evident when comparing age groups is that a larger number of infections were...

102 new COVID-19 cases, 99 patients recovered and 5 died in North Macedonia

In the past 24 hours in North Macedonia, 1.356 tests were conducted and 102 cases of COVID-19 were registered, informs the Health Ministry. Also, 5 persons have passed away and during the same period 99 patients recovered from the disease. The youngest patient who passed away was from Prilep and was aged 48. The total number of patients who were...

The number of people caught without face masks drops, although the number of active COVID-19 cases is high

The Ministry of Interior (MOI) informed that in the past 24 hours, the police have registered 237 people who were not wearing face masks. This is the smallest number of reported violations by MOI in the past period since the government has issued the order for mandatory wearing personal protection in order to prevent the COVID-19 spread. Against the drop...

Coronavirus crisis lead to half a milion passengers less than projected for the airports in North Macedonia (infographic)

The first four months of the coronavirus crisis in Macedonia have caused serious damage to air traffic. Due to the decision on the 18th of March to close the two airports as a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in North Macedonia, by the end of May half a million passengers are "lost". The data provided by the...

269,000 vehicles in the country are older than 18 years

Out of the 466,000 registered vehicles in the country, until 2017, 269,000 were made before 2002. The math shows that more than half of the vehicles on our roads in the country are 18 years or older. According to the Ministry of Economy's Rule-book on old-timers, the status of a vehicle with  special museum value (old-timer) is given to a...

Record number of PhDs in social science in 2018

A record number of 243 persons have graduated in the social science PhD programs in the previous year which represent an increase of 16.3% compared to 2017. The largest number of PhDs come from the area of social sciences with 34,9%, and is followed by medical sciences, 28.8%, humanistic sciences with 18.5% and the remaining are persons that have...

Statistics from MOI: Mostly men commit domestic violence, and women are the most common victims

In the first six months of this year, the police filed criminal charges against a total of 388 people suspected of domestic violence, according to statistics from the Ministry of Interior. Of the total number of the perpetrators of this crime, according to the statistics, 94% are men. In most of the reported cases or in a total of 161...

In 2015 more marriages took place than the previous year

The number of marriages in 2015, compared to 2014 increased by 2.7% and amounted to 14 186, and last year the number of divorces have slightly decreased, according to an analysis of the State Statistical Office. Most marriages, 1.844 or 13%, took place in August, and the least - 702 or 4.9% took place in March. Most of the marriages were...