Macedonia

Sedmica by the Greek Embassy Closes After 39 Years: And One Skopje Landmark Quietly Slipped Away

A hamburger the city had a saying about. Now - an empty unit and social media full of memories. The...

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Macedonia Drops Nine Places on the Press Freedom Index: A 25-Year Low for the Region, and for Us

From 36th to 45th. Serbia at 104. In 110 of 180 countries journalists are criminalised by law. And that doesn't...

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Finally: The Ljubljanska Bridge Enters Its Final Phase - Gjorgjievski Promises Traffic Relief

Bridge planned for 2022. Then 2023. Then 2024. Now 2026 - "final phase". What does final phase mean in Skopje?...

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Karpoš and Centar Without Power for Five Hours: EVN Has Been Modernising the Grid for 15 Years, Prices Are Up, Users Have No Choice

Lovćenska, Leninova, Centar - all without power today. EVN says "necessary modernisation". The average Skopje resident has 10-15 such cuts...

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Shock for May 1: Rain, Cold and Possible Snow Across the Balkans - Mornings Down to -10 Degrees

Polar flow descending on the Balkans. Turkish villas empty. Barbecue on the terrace, not in the open. Maybe it's time...

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May Day in Skopje: SSM Calls for Mass Protest, City Centre Blocked

Same problems, same street, same year. Minimum wage, unpaid wages, energy crisis. The symbolism remains, the results do not. Once...

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Macedonia Drops to 45th in Press Freedom: Economic Pressure Is Choking Journalists

A three-year slide - 36, 42, now 45. Independent media survive on foreign donations. Marketing agencies dictate to editors. Whose...

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Gjorche Petrov Gets 4 Kilometres of Walking Paths and Green Corridors: Standard or Exception?

The trees being planted in this phase will be cooling the street for the next 30 years. But for the...

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No Water in Parts of Karposh, Centar and Butel: 1960s Pipes Are Writing Today\'s Schedules

Why is the water network in a city of half a million still asking for so many "technical interruptions"? The...

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25 Years Since Vejce: Delegations Laid Wreaths, the Questions Without Answers Stay

We remember - but without resolution. We commemorate - but without justice. The questions that already existed straight after the...

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Levica Youth Leader Detained at Handball Match: Palestinian Flag as a Criminal Matter?

On Macedonian stadiums political symbols show up every week. The police rarely intervene. But when it is a Palestinian flag...

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Protest in Front of Parliament: Macedonians Working Abroad - Pay Tax Here Too

The Public Revenue Office is going after income earned abroad. Citizens call it double taxation. Central Skopje blocked at noon.

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