Macedonia

Two Days Left: Sanitation Debts Can Be Paid Interest-Free Until June 5

Interest on late payment can grow larger than the debt itself. If you're one of those who keep putting it...

03 June 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

Where Is the Mayor of Karposh? A Month of Silence, and the PM Smiled Instead of Answering

Being ill is no shame. Silence is another matter. A municipality isn't a private company but a public institution -...

03 June 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

The "Boris Trajkovski" Pool Stays Open Through the Summer, Renovation Starts in the Autumn

At least someone realised that a pool closed through the summer is a pool closed when it's needed most. The...

03 June 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

Konjanovski: The Green Transition Is a Social Process - Behind Every Decarbonisation Stands a Family Living Off Coal

It's easy to applaud solar panels; harder to answer the miner who'll ask where he'll be working in five years....

03 June 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

The Environmental Inspectorate Quietly Stopped Publishing Reports - Why Now of All Times?

One hand promises a Polluters' Registry, the other deletes the reports. Between the two hands stands the citizen of Skopje,...

03 June 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

50,000 Euros for a One-Hour Celebration, a 15,000-Euro Cable That Vanished: The Audit at the IPH Reveals Chaos

When the institution meant to guard the nation's health doesn't know how many vaccines it used, the problem isn't accounting,...

03 June 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

A Girl from Probishtip Is National Champion in Geography - A Source of Pride You Can't Build with a Budget

At a time when we hear more about young people who destroy than about those who create, a first place...

03 June 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

Shirok Sokak Gets New Pedestrian Lights, the Square Becomes a Pedestrian Zone

The municipality is announcing a citizens' forum before the concrete is poured. A good model on paper - if the...

03 June 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

Owe Money on Your Water Bill? Interest Waived Until Friday: a Break for Citizens, Not Institutions - and a Reminder That Collection Is Broken

The deadline is June 5, and it covers debt already in court. When a utility waives interest just to get...

02 June 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

Rebuilding Zagrebska Street in Karpos, With a List of Promises Attached: Here's What's Worth Writing Down and Checking a Year From Now

A 50-metre retaining wall is something you can verify. A 70,000-square-metre park is a promise whose fate we'll know when...

02 June 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

The Vodno Tower, 12 Years On, Nears Opening: Construction Done, Permit in Process - and the Restaurant?

155 metres, started in 2013. In a city where projects sit stuck for decades, every finally-finished one is worth noting...

02 June 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

For the Second Year Running, Not a Single Macedonian University on the World List: UKIM, From 1,816th Place to Invisibility

Athens 297, Belgrade 393, Zagreb 522. Even Sofia is a thousand places higher. While we brag about student numbers, the...

02 June 2026 Read more →