Macedonia

Arsim Zekoli Has Died: a Diplomat, an Analyst, and a Voice That Owed Nothing to Anyone

Ambassador in Vienna, journalist, translator, humanitarian - and one of the rare commentators who told unpopular truths in two languages,...

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Bitola Underwater Again: One Downpour, Fifteen Critical Points Across the City

The Niskogradnja crews do their job in the rain. But when the drains don't take the water, that's not bad...

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Triplets at 58: a Rare IVF Case in Bitola - and a Hard Decision Still to Come

Five years into menopause, a third attempt, three viable embryos. Medicine did its part - now the doctors recommend reduction,...

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A Foreign Ambassador Shocked by Struga's Landfill: 30 Metres of Garbage Next to Lake Ohrid

It took a foreigner to show up and say I'm shocked before anyone spoke up about something locals have endured...

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An Albanian Library to Rise Above Skenderbeg Square in Čair: Good Intentions, but for Now Just a Plan

Any city that builds libraries instead of closing them is heading the right way. But in a country where announcements...

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3,500 Denars for Every First-Grader in Aerodrom: A Gesture You Feel - and a Question of Why Only in Some Places

A one-off payment that's a welcome breather before the most expensive school month. But when one municipality can do it,...

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Skopje Patches Itself Up Before 2028: the Millennium Cinema, the Library and the Planetarium Get a Refit

Neglected cultural venues finally get money - but only once Europe is coming to visit. What happens to them after...

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The Stone Dolls Survived Thousands of Years - but Not Our Care: Someone Is Charging Admission Privately

A protected site since 2008, yet someone thought to charge for it anyway. When no institution wants to be the...

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A European Alliance Demands Bulgaria Apologise for Assimilating Macedonians: 14 Cases Lost in Strasbourg

While Sofia sets conditions for our road to the EU, a voice is rising in Europe that it's Sofia who...

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Pregnant with Triplets at 58, Five Years After Menopause: Miracle or a Risk Medicine Measures Soberly

A third IVF attempt, and all three embryos took. But the doctors recommended a reduction - advice that comes not...

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A Storm Left Ohrid and Struga Without Power: the Old Bazaar Became a River, the Wind Snapped a Power Line

A few minutes of rain, and the city grinds to a halt. When a bazaar survives for centuries but the...

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Parts of Butel and Kisela Voda Without Power Again: Planned - But How Often in the Same Neighborhoods?

Six hours without power is no small thing for a household with a child or a pensioner with medication. Is...

08 June 2026 Read more →