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For the Second Year Running, Not a Single Macedonian University on the World List: UKIM, From 1,816th Place to Invisibility

Athens 297, Belgrade 393, Zagreb 522. Even Sofia is a thousand places higher. While we brag about student numbers, the...

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Dojran Water Safe for Swimming Before Summer - but the Algae Carry a Blinking Warning Light

Three beaches rated good to excellent. But the recommendation for further analysis is the difference between safe today and safe...

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Over 650 Hikers on Titov Vrv: a Living Tradition That Hasn't Stopped in Decades, in Near-Winter Conditions

The 44th traditional climb of Shar Mountain, with guests from Kosovo and Serbia and, for the first time, a children's...

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A House From 1927 Demolished Over a Weekend in the Heart of Ohrid: Every Institution Acted Within the Law, and the Building Is Gone

The Directorate says it's not our jurisdiction, the Institute found out from the media, the Municipality issued a lawful permit....

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20 students sick at a Skopje school: food poisoning or a virus - and the institutions can't agree who notified whom

The kids didn't eat the same food, which kills the easy explanation. When the system checks whose jurisdiction it is...

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Foster Families Day: the quiet heroes who take a stranger's child as their own - but are they supported the other 364 days?

An event at the zoo under the motto "Every child needs a family." The call for new families suggests demand...

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New traffic setup in central Skopje: some streets go one-way, no left turn toward the tobacco plant

Changes near Juzen Bulevar from today. The most expensive traffic reform is the one you build, then undo - and...

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Skopje hosts the MEF 2026 climate forum: green speeches in a city that's among Europe's most polluted in winter

Mickoski among the speakers at the energy transition forum. Climate resilience isn't built with panels and speeches, but with measures...

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Siljanovska: "Tolerance is not passivity, peace is not silence" - but which topics do the institutions stay silent on most?

The right words, in a ceremonial hall full of delegates. Harder to see them in the daily lives of people...

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Bitola wants to be a cycling city: two streets with bike lanes are good news, but what comes after them?

The mayor posted a video postcard of the bike lanes. But a cycling city isn't measured by one clip -...

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Over a Thousand Hikers on the 44th Climb to Titov Vrv: A Tradition That's Passed On, Not Just Kept Alive

More than a thousand hikers climbed Titov Vrv in the 44th traditional ascent. An event that outlived the system that...

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Tonevski Marks Whitsun at the Kostomar Monastery: Faith and Tradition as Foundations That Unite

The mayor of Gjorče Petrov marked Whitsun at the Kostomar monastery. Another occasion where a politician and faith pose together...

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