Macedonia

Magnitude 3.5 Earthquake Hits Skopje - Epicenter Near Morani, No Damage, Same Old Question About the At-Risk Buildings Registry

Brief but intense tremor at 17:41. Skopje sits on seismically active ground - 1963 doesn't get forgotten.

24 May 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

Skopje Railway Station Finally Getting Cleaned After Decades of Neglect - Seven-Day Ultimatum for the Last Billboard Tenant

Kenzo Tange designed it after 1963. Today everything goes - graffiti, posters, ads. Architecture Faculty and IZIIS are on the...

24 May 2026 Read more →

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Bitola Steps Up Reconstruction of Kozara Street - Five-Street Package in the City Center, No Published Budget, No Deadline

Stabilizing the unstable subsoil, drainage, asphalt - and after Kozara, Chede Filipovski is next. Protected zone means bureaucracy.

24 May 2026 Read more →

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Dimitrovski: Bitola's Development Isn't Just Asphalt - Culture Gets 1.9% of the Budget, Infrastructure 22 Times More

Municipal secretary fires back at councillor critical of cultural spending - Bitola ranking among top 5 European destinations by Timeout...

24 May 2026 Read more →

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Skopje's Clinical Center prefab garages - three months after the contract was signed, the tender hasn't been opened

A 15-year contract, 500 parking spots, first entrance ready sometime in the second half of 2027. Doctors arriving late to...

23 May 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

Gjorgjievski loses the first half against Bit Pazar's wild pedestrian crossing - citizens and shopkeepers blocked the fence

An inaccessible overpass, an unlegalized crossing, a situation nobody wants to keep. A hundred safety complaints from residents, zero solutions...

23 May 2026 Read more →

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Macedonian state-church delegation in the Vatican - a moleben at the tomb of Saint Cyril in San Clemente

May 24 is here, and Macedonia speaks with one voice for Cyril and Methodius. Gashi, Archbishop Stefan, and a plaque...

23 May 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

Štip mayor swaps kindergarten directors - SDSM accuses of financial irregularities and the theft of 18 million denars in fuel

Ivana Angeličkova moves to Astibo, suspicions about the finances head off to audit. Fees for parents go up, transparency goes...

23 May 2026 Read more →

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Bitola art teacher taught for an entire school year without knowing he'd been fired - threat that if he goes public, he'll never work again

Stefan Popovski was fired in January 2025. He taught children for a full year afterwards. Now he's asking for the...

23 May 2026 Read more →

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Full Reconstruction of the Road to Sredno Vodno - Asphalt, Drainage, Crash Barriers - But the Question Is Whether It Will Be Finished Before Summer Ends

Mayor Gjorgjievski: "Vodno is the soul of Skopje." The list of works sounds serious. But Macedonia's experience with public infrastructure...

22 May 2026 Read more →

Macedonia

Protesters Form Human Shield to Defend Illegal Pedestrian Crossing at Bit Pazar - The City Wants a Fence, But the Overpass 30 Metres Away Has Been Broken for Years

The overpass lifts are broken, older residents can't use it. That's why the illegal crossing is popular - and necessary....

22 May 2026 Read more →

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Part of Gjorče Petrov Without Power for Five Hours - EVN Calls It "Routine Maintenance," But the Question Is Why a 1970s-Era Grid Still Needs Modernising Every Week

Mečkin Kamen Street, numbers 33 to 45, was without power from 9am to 2pm. The standard EVN message - but...

22 May 2026 Read more →