Tsipras comes without a tie, without prejudice and full of vigour


Alexis Tsipras will land at the airport in Skopje today, which in the current turbulent chronology of the Macedonian-Greek relations will be listed as the first Greek Prime Minister who arrived on an official visit to the country. His visit means achieving what seemed unlikely in the first years of independence, and which became impossible […]

Students drowning in garbage around the FNM


Building materials, plastics, clothes, plastic bags, paper handkerchiefs, plastic bottles – this is the picture that can be seen around the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje. Citizens, but the students themselves complain of pollution. They say they often see people that park their vehicles and throw garbage there. According to them, no […]

Skopje – first city in North Macedonia in the Green Cities network


Skopje has become the first city in North Macedonia to join the EBRD’s successful urban greening programme, and develop an action plan for dealing with environmental challenges. The Skopje Green City Action Plan was launched at a kick-off workshop on Wednesday for local stakeholders in the city by the mayor of Skopje, Petre Silegov, and […]

Health Minister Filipce: New city hospital to be built in Aerodrom municipality


Health Minister Venko Filipce said Friday discussions would be held with representatives of the Council of Europe Development Bank by the end of June over the construction of a new city hospital in Skopje. “We are planning a new hospital at the site of the current orthopedic clinic Majcin Dom (Mother’s Home) in Aerodrom municipality,” Minister Filipce told […]

Two more cases of sexually abused girls in state care


A case of a 13-year old Roma girl, who became pregnant after years of sexual abuse, it seems isn’t an isolated case involving girls sheltered in an institution for troubled youngsters in Skopje. The European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) reported about similar testimonies shared by two Roma sisters, who have been reportedly sexually abused. Namely, the […]

Five artists get Small Format 2017 awards


Skopje, 11 January 2018 – The Skopje-based Culture and Information Center (KIC) is hosting annual exhibit “Small Format 2017” of the Macedonian Artists Association (DLUM). The display, which runs through January 20, includes more than 100 artworks in diverse techniques by 54 authors from Macedonia. DLUM and KIC have also presented this year’s awards to Dragan […]