Macedonia

Four Days After the Storm, a Sheet of Metal Still Hangs Over Passers-By in Karposh: The Yellow Tape Is Not a Solution

Hurricane-force wind, over 9,000 calls to 112, 189 fallen trees in Skopje alone. But four days later, one dangerous sheet...

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Macedonia

Firefighters Were Fixing the Clock of the Museum of the City of Skopje: City Time Stopped by the Storm

A fire truck, an extended ladder, firefighters up high - but not putting out a fire, fixing a clock. There...

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Macedonia

63 Years Since the Earthquake: Skopje Set Off on a Panoramic Tour Through the City We No Longer Have

With an open-top bus and a guide, the people of Skopje set off on a journey through time - to...

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Macedonia

Ohrid Escaped the Blacklist but Got a Five-Year Deadline: 4,847 Illegal Buildings, Not a Single Demolition

UNESCO gave it time again. 456 demolition orders sit in a drawer, not one carried out. The plan is clear...

24 July 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

Snow Fell on Šar Mountain in Mid-July: While Some Were Swimming, the Peaks Turned White

A cold front from the north dropped temperatures 10 degrees below average. In a single day, Macedonia had both summer...

24 July 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

Mladost Lake Closed for a Third Summer: Cyanobacteria, and SDSM Wants the Taps Tested Too

Algae, foam and sludge along the shore - the water banned for swimming for the third summer running. Now the...

24 July 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

Idadija Polyclinic Goes Under Scaffolding: 31 Million Denars for a Half-Century-Old Building

Facade, insulation, new heating - the 1975 building is finally being renovated with international funds. All that's left is the...

24 July 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

The Repeated Bus Tender Rose by a Million Euros: The Same Ikarus, a Higher Price

Same manufacturer, same buses - but 8,000 euros dearer per vehicle. With the million-euro difference, the air conditioning could have...

24 July 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

Don't Park Under Trees, They Say - but Fallen Branches Have Sat Uncleared for Three Days

The appeal is reasonable, but there's an uncomfortable truth inside it: while they advise where not to park, the trees...

24 July 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

A Free Panoramic Tour of Skopje: A Walk Through the City as It Was Before the Earthquake

Marking the anniversary of 1963, the City drives through Skopje with stories of the buildings that vanished. Not to mourn,...

24 July 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

The Wind Tore the State Flag off the Square in Kumanovo: If the Flag Couldn't Hold, What Do We Expect from Old Roofs?

The flag will be replaced. Toppled trees and torn-off roofs across the country - that's the harder part.

23 July 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

Prilep Collected Over 6,000 Litres of Water for Gostivar: Solidarity Was Faster Than the Institutions

Residents of one town collecting bottles of water for another - in a country where the water supply is the...

23 July 2026 Read more →