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Gostivar without water, BMZ off to Poland, fires near Veles, diesel at 98.50

Twenty-two days of sewage in the water supply, and the health watch now shifts to hepatitis. A factory that promised...

29 July 2026 Read more →

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White foam in the Lepenec, water in Gostivar, a budget revision with 64 votes, diesel at 98.50

The river cleaned itself, the tap water in Gostivar still is not drinkable, and the budget revision passed without a...

28 July 2026 Read more →

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Cocaine under a teddy bear, a loan to pay a Chinese loan, 63 years since the earthquake, a skull near Labunista

Today Macedonia's institutions were loudest when announcing things and commemorating things, and quietest when a number was required. „A larger...

27 July 2026 Read more →

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Theft in Dracevo, UNESCO on Ohrid, water in Gostivar, twelve fires

Five million euros of damage at a substation nobody was guarding, 456 unenforced demolition orders in Ohrid, and water that...

26 July 2026 Read more →

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Storms over Ohrid, metal over Karpoš, 456 unenforced UNESCO orders, oil above 100 dollars

A day of unfinished cleanup: the storm left speedboats on dry land and metal over people's heads, UNESCO gave us...

25 July 2026 Read more →

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Ohrid before UNESCO, a pricier bus tender, a passport scam and snow in mid-July

The day passed under the sign of institutions that announce, inspect and tender - but rarely carry through. From 456...

24 July 2026 Read more →

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Gold at Tabanovce, Ahmeti and the flag, 48 million in unpaid tax, post-storm inspections, water for Gostivar

A day in which the state measures damage, announces inspections and collects selectively - but rarely answers the questions that...

23 July 2026 Read more →

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A Hurricane Over Macedonia, a Collapsed Roof in Karpoš, Poisoned Water in Gostivar, a 46-Billion Rebalance

A hurricane-force wind flattened roofs, trees and flagpoles in a matter of hours - and showed how easily infrastructure falls...

22 July 2026 Read more →

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Gostivar Drank Poisoned Water, a Budget Rebalance, Four Men for Domestic Violence, Lakes Full of Sewage

A day when almost every story leads to the same point - an institution that exists but doesn't work. The...

21 July 2026 Read more →

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Gostivar's Water, Ohrid Near the Black List, a Sign Without Albanian, Three Dead at Blace

A day when the institutions had the reports but not the answers: coffee-coloured water in Gostivar, Ohrid on the edge...

20 July 2026 Read more →

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A Skopje drug raid, the EU report on the courts, coffee-coloured water in Gostivar, UNESCO on Ohrid

A day when the institutions only wake up after the damage is already done: the raid arrests down the ladder,...

19 July 2026 Read more →

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Gostivar's poisoned water, Bitola underwater, a Constitutional Court without a quorum, half of workers under 36,000 denars

A day where the citizen paid - with their health, a flooded house, a wage that doesn't stretch - while...

18 July 2026 Read more →