Macedonia

Hunters and Hikers Are Counting Dragonflies on Jablanica: The Training the State Itself Is Missing

Twenty-two people from Macedonia and Albania are learning how to measure the health of a mountain. Without that data, no...

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Macedonia

25 Years Since Karpalak: Wreaths, Ministers and a Roadside Verge Instead of a Memorial

Ten names, five days before the Ohrid Agreement. „For twenty-four years we have laid flowers on an ordinary roadside verge,”...

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Macedonia

The Whole Country in Orange: Up to 40 Degrees, and the „Stay Indoors” Advice Was Written for People With Air Conditioning

Gevgelija 34.8, Popova Šapka 19.8 - fifteen degrees apart in the same country, at the same hour. A heatwave does...

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Macedonia

A Month of Gostivar Drinking From Bottles, and the Water Bill Still Arrives on Time: 7.2 Million Euros for a System That Does Not Work

Over 4,000 reported ill, an epidemic declared, three men detained. The ombudsman wants residents released from their bills - the...

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Macedonia

A Government Plane for a Patient in Kuşadası: A Spinal Injury on a Water Slide, Surgery in Turkey, Recovery in Skopje

The Turkish doctors requested the air transfer themselves. The difference between this case and the ones that end in a...

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Macedonia

46 Million Denars in Compensation for Bitten Residents, 30 Million for Expansion: Skopje Pays More for the Consequence Than for the Solution

710 reports in six months. But the key number is a different one: of the 40,000 registered pet dogs in...

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Macedonia

25 Years Since Karpalak: Prilep Reads Out the Ten Names the State Rarely Says

The convoy left the Mirche Acev barracks on 8 August 2001 and never reached Tetovo. A quarter of a century...

08 August 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

160 Damage Claims in Kumanovo: But First They Will Check Whether the Roof the Wind Took Was Properly Maintained

Ripped-off roofs, damaged facades, flooded buildings. The commission has met twice, the report is not finished, and nobody mentions a...

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Cameras at 2,000 Metres on Pelister: and Suddenly There Is Less Rubbish - the Appeals Did Not Work, the Lens Did

The official purpose is monitoring the chamois. The director openly admits some of the cameras are watching people too -...

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Macedonia

A Fourth Week Without Drinking Water in Gostivar: After the Poisonings Come Hepatitis Warnings, and the Bills Arrive Anyway

The opposition talks about hepatitis, the crisis HQ promises next week, the hospital mentions seasonal viruses. Four stories about one...

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Macedonia

20 Million Euros for a Data Centre: But the First Question Is Who Has Been Running Those 20 Server Rooms Until Now

The state admits some of its systems sit in inadequate conditions. Which means somebody put them there - and that...

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Macedonia

Ten Years Since the Gazi Baba Floods: 22 Names Read Aloud, and the Fear Returns With Every Storm

The plaques for the rescuers are deserved. But gratitude towards the people who went into the water is not the...

08 August 2026 Read more →