Macedonia

Bus Rapid Transit in Skopje Finally Unblocked: 70 Million Euros From the EBRD for Two Lines, but When Does It Start?

After years of stalling, the BRT enters the implementation phase. We've heard the promises for public transport for a long...

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Macedonia

Albania Closes Its First Three EU Chapters on July 14 While Macedonia Still Waits: Why Does It Work for Them and Not for Us?

A country that started later is overtaking us. The Albanian example isn't a reason for envy but a mirror -...

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Macedonia

1,443 Bombs and Grenades From World War I on a Single Plot in the Bitola Barracks

540 mortar shells, 371 hand grenades, 532 trench-mortar rounds. A war that ended three generations ago still lies beneath our...

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Macedonia

Storm in Štip and Gevgelija: Strong Wind Ripped Out Trees and Roofs, Hail and Downpour

A short but fierce summer storm left uprooted trees and damaged roofs. Every such sky is a test of whether...

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Kuklica Held Hostage by One Woman: She Charges Entry on Her Own and Throws Stones at Tourists, the Mayor Promised an End

A natural wonder millions of years old turned into a private tollbooth. Kuklica belongs to all of us - no...

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Macedonia

Nineteen Years of Tradition: The St. Peter's Day Hiking March From Ponikva to Ratkova Skala

At a time when everything is being commercialized, a free march that has run for nearly two decades is proof...

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Macedonia

Bitola Gathered Everyone at the Same Table: Minors in Bars, Drugs, Wild Scooters - but Does Action Follow the Minutes?

Identifying the problem is easy; solving it takes coordination and persistence. It remains to be seen whether the talk brings...

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Dolno Lisiche Finally Gets Its First Kindergarten: The Process Has Started, but the Neighborhood Remembers Many Promises

Infrastructure that should have existed before people moved in, not after. The promised kindergarten has fed many mayoral terms, but...

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Macedonia

Is the BRT Finally Moving? Gjorgjievski Promised Delivery With the EBRD, but Skopje Remembers Many Such Announcements

How many times have we heard about modern public transport, only for the citizen to end up waiting again for...

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Macedonia

A Major Purge in Higher Education: 18 Institutes Already Closed, Five Universities Under Scrutiny

If someone is really shutting down the diploma factories now, it's welcome. The question is why it took them so...

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Macedonia

From 39 Degrees to Hail in a Few Hours: Meteorologists Warn of a Dangerous Turn

Every summer we look equally unprepared. How many more summer storms do we need to realize this isn't the exception,...

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Macedonia

An Illegal Dump in Karpos Becomes a 72,000-Square-Metre Mega-Park: New "Lungs" for Polluted Skopje

Announcements about greenery are easy; what counts is when citizens actually get to walk through the finished park. 72,000 square...

11 July 2026 Read more →