5 July 2019
UNESCO gave the Macedonian authorities a deadline until February next year to implement the recommendations for the protection of the natural resources and for now Ohrid will not be proclaimed as an endangered area. “The authorities have to submit to the Committee for World heritage until 1st of February a new report for saving the […]
12 June 2019
At the 139th session, the Government adopted the information for acting upon UNESCO’s recommendations and decided to continue with meeting of UNESCO’s recommendationts and decisions for the purpose of keeping the status of a world heritage of Ohrid region’s natural and cultural heritage. “The government set the task to the Vice Prime Minister for Economic […]
28 May 2019
EU Ambassador Samuel Žbogar has launched a promotion in Ohrid for a new environmental campaign called “To be clean as your home” which aims to support eco-activism to raise the public’s awareness as well as local authorities for environmental protection and greater public cleanliness. The EU Ambassador pointed out that it is no coincidence that […]
22 May 2019
The Government has stated that it is approaching the complex conditions regarding the natural and cultural heritage in the Ohrid region seriously and attentively and has done for many years. However, the statement adds, for the unenviable position, the previous government is to blame. “The longstanding mismanagement of the region and the megalomaniac projects that […]
3 January 2017
With Ivica Dačić’s latest statements, he is knowingly violating relations in the region and is again inciting and provoking reactions from neighbouring countries, says one of the two announcements by the Serbian Liberal Democratic Party in response to the interview with Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić where he stated that Serbia had made a big […]
27 August 2016
World Heritage Centre of UNESCO at it’s 40th meeting in Istanbul expressed serious concerns about the future of the region of Ohrid, due to the numerous infrastructure projects that have been proposed, confirming that they would probably cause a significant and potential impact on the outstanding universal value of the region of Ohrid. Following the […]
29 November 2014
UNESCO informed that Macedonian national dance “Kopachka”, which is authentically cherished by the eponymous folklore group from the Delchevo village Dramche, is recorded in the representative list of intangible cultural heritage. The application of the Republic of Macedonia through the Ministry of Culture in 2011 helped us to achieve this, along with Shtip custom “chetrse”, […]
