The ELEM publicly managed energy company announced that it is preparing for the second phase of its Bogdanci wind power park. ELEM General Manager Hristijan Mickoski said that it has been the best value-for-money project the company has had so far, which led to a decision to enter the second stage. "Production expectations were surpassed by 25 percent. The results are extremely good, and this gives us hope not only in the expansion of this park, but in adding additional wind powered capacities in Bogdanci and in other areas o…
The Agency for Promotion and Support to Tourism of the Republic of Macedonia promoted its tourist offer for the first time this year at the international fair of tourism in Dubai. Arabian Travel Market (ATM) is the market leading, international travel and tourism event unlocking business potential within the Middle East for inbound and outbound tourism professionals, at which Macedonia presented its natural beauties, tradition, activities in nature and gastronomic tourism, Agency’s said in a press release. Out of 30.000 visitors a…
The construction of Skopje's biggest hospital worth some 70 million euro ($76.1 million) will start in June, Macedonia's healthcare minister Nikola Todorov has said. The new hospital complex is expected to be built within 45 months, Todorov said in statement on Monday. The hospital will have a total area of 70,000 sq m and will be built on the site of an existing gynecological hospital. In Todorov's words, it will be "the largest project in the history of Macedonian healthcare". The implementation of the pr…
On the occasion of 30th anniversary, Naum Petreski, on Saturday night held a concert spectacle, titled "Grlo nenapeano", according to his latest album. Within the concert were performed his most seminal songs and the latest hits, "Ima li pesna", "Ruse le mome ubavo," "Zelba posledna" "Odi zvedo," "Duso mja prosti mi", "Dve kitki" "Lazaropole", "Milica", "Grlo nenapeano" and others, and with the songs "Za mnogu godini Makedonci"…
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand is paying a two-day visit to Macedonia after being invited by the President's wife, Maja Ivanova. During her visit to the country, the Thai princess has visited some of the most famous cultural landmarks in Macedonia and learned more about Macedonia's rich culture, history and tradition, the President's office said Sunday in a press release. At their meeting, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn and Maja Ivanova shared views and ideas for cooperation. Ivanova informed her gue…
The Jewish Community in Macedonia and the Holocaust Fund of Jews in Macedonia will observe Monday Yom Hashoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day. The ceremony will involve the lighting of six remembrance candles and an exhibition opening which will be held in the Skopje-based Holocaust Memorial Center. The Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed as Israel's day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust as a result of the actions carried out by Nazi Germany and its accessories, and for the Je…
Vardar Skopje are well on their way to make it to the VELLUX EHF FINAL4 in Cologne for the first time after failing in the quarter-finals in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The Macedonian champions won the Match of the Week in Flensburg 26:24 and have their fate in own hands on home ground on Thursday. • After defeats against Barcelona and Kiel and a tie with Veszprém, Flensburg could not win another home match against a top team this season • After three defeats and one draw in their previous four quarter-final matches in 2015 and 2016, this …
Macedonia’s economy is stable despite all the challenges of the political crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have said, MIA reported. Macedonia’s economy this year is expected to record a growth of nearly 3%, it has been noted at the Spring Meetings in Washington, where a Macedonian delegation - led by Finance Minister Kiril Minoski - is also in attendance. “All relevant financial institutions have noted that despite the prolonged political crisis, the economy is producing positive results. The year 2…
Nothing says "from the American people" like USAid. Despite being investigated for spending millions of dollars of taxpayers money, USAid found good use for their remaining money (Trump has already made massive budget cuts. But not so fast, USAid still has money to burn thanks to Obama who aware there would be cuts, increased the funding to the tune of nearly $11m before he left office. So the US Embassy through USAid found good way to spend their last financial injection, at another leftist anti Macedonian 'news p…
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The Bitola National Theater is in Saint Petersburg, with its musical performance "Shakespeare Forever" at the Vera Komisarzhevskaya theater. It is part of a marathon festival dedicated to Shakespeare. "We expect to perform before a full house. There is great interest both in our performance, as well as in the Foltin group which will perform with us, but also have a stand-alone concert. The performance includes many notable actors from Macedonia and Russia, but we must point out 89 year old acting legend Ivan Krasko"…
Directions by Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev, a Bulgarian, Macedonian and German co-production, has been shortlisted to be part of Un Certain Regard, the prestigious programme of the 70th Cannes Film Festival, set to take place in May. The film is co-produced by Bulgaria’s Argo Film, Germany’s Aktis Film and Macedonia’s Sektor Film. It is funded by the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Regional Film Fund MDM, Macedonia’s Film Agency and Eurimages. Directions is a modern tale telling the stories of a group of people whose …
Jana Burčeska is closing off her preparations for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, where she will represent Macedonia. After a streak of bad results, she is eager to get a good result. “I want to make my country great again, at Eurovision.” “We are almost ready”, Jana tells us during Eurovision in Concert. “We rehearse and rehearse, it is the mother of all knowledge. How it will look, everyone wants to know, but everyone needs to stay patient.”
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its projection for Macedonia's 2017 economic growth to a real 3.2%, from 3.5% forecast in October 2016, according to the latest edition of the global lender's World Economic Outlook (WEO) report. Macedonia's economic growth will speed up to 3.4% in 2018 and will reach 3.8% in 2022, the IMF predicted in the April edition of its WEO report published on Tuesday. The country posted economic growth of 2.4% last year, the IMF said The Fund also said it expects Macedonia t…
An UNESCO team is in Ohrid for meetings with management of the Galicica mountain national park and other local officials, and to inquire about development plans that involve Macedonia's top tourism resort. These include the A3 express way that will connect Ohrid and the monastery of St. Naum, along lake Ohrid's eastern coastline, the planned Galicica ski resort and three planned tourism development zones along the coastline. Zoran Veljanoski from the Galicica national park management said that 17 points from the management …
Representatives from the Macedonian and Greek Foreign Ministries met in Thessaloniki on Monday to hold a second round of political consultations on implementing the confidence building measures package. The Macedonian delegation was led by Elena Kuzmanovska, State Secretary in the Foreign Ministry, and on the Greek side her counterpart was Ambassador Petros Mavroidis. These confidence building measures include practical proposals for cooperation that the two countries can work on, reducing the negative influence of the name issue, whi…
Macedonian brewer Pivara Skopje said on Tuesday it invested over 1.4 million euro ($1.48 million) in the procurement and installation of new bottling equipment. The new equipment increased by 30% the total capacity of the existing bottling line, Pivara Skopje said in a statement on its website. The new equipment allows the company to expand the range of bottles it uses. "It is an investment that opens a new chapter in the development of Pivara Skopje, but also gives new impetus to the development of the overall beer industry,&q…
Macedonian police say an employee in one of the largest banks in the country, NLB Tutunska Banka, allegedly stole about 3 million euros ($3.1 million) from a vault in the bank's headquarters. Police said Tuesday that the 40-year old employee, identified only by his initials B.S., put the cash into a bag and walked out of the building unnoticed by the bank security guards. Police said in a press release that one person had been questioned in connection with the theft. They did not specify whether the person being questioned was…
The play “From Zurich with Love!” by the Zurich University of the Arts will be performed Monday evening at the Macedonian National Theatre within 13th Dance Fest Skopje. The performance is the first major tour of a contemporary dance company from Switzerland at Dance Fest Skopje, including the choreography of Adriana Danchevska from Skopje Dance Theater, then Renault Waiser, Emmanuel Sauvee and Barak Marshall, a top Israeli choreographer. The Dance Fest Skopje is an international dancing festival in Skopje, as a continuation of the pr…
Vardar won the SEHA regional handball league on Sunday, after beating Hungarian Veszprem in the finals 26 to 21. Playing in Brest in Belarus, the two teams were tied at the halftime, but dominated in the second, denying the Hungarians any hope of taking the title. This is the third time Vardar won the SEHA league. “We are happy with our performance, considering we played against one of the top teams in Europe. But we managed to remain one step ahead of them at all times. We had an excellent defense which they couldn’t push through, and pl…
Albanian ambassador in Skopje was "called to a meeting at Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs," the ministry has announced. The reason are "the frequent offensive statements and comments by officials of the Republic of Albania, addressed to the Republic of Macedonia and its citizens." It was pointed out during the meeting that the statements of Albania's prime minister and minister of foreign affairs about "a bi-national Macedonia and changing the constitutional order of the Republic of Macedonia&qu…
The government of Macedonia has confirmed approaching Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Atatürk) over the possibility of it starting intercontinental services out of Skopje. A statement said Minister of Transport and Communications Vlado Misajlovski held a working visit to Istanbul this week where he met with Bilal Eksi, the general manager of Turkish Airlines, as well as the management of TAV, the management firm responsible for running Skopje Alexander the Great Airport. During the meeting, Misajlovski pitched the possibility o…
Football legend Darko Pancev was named sport director of his Vardar team, filling in the position left vacant after Goce Sedloski became head coach. “Vardar is a well positioned club. We will work hard and we will make sure to achieve good results in Europe in the future. The goals we set are withing Vardar’s grasp, but it will certainly take time”, Pancev said at a press conference on Friday. One of his goals in the club, he said, will be to support the school for young players so that the team can continue to create its own reinforc…
German company Franz Kiel producing passenger seats for buses and trains will invest in the Tetovo village of Zelino. The company at the start will produce bus seats for the Belgian Van Hool company, which already operates in Macedonia and afterwards plans to place its production in Europe, Asia, US and other global markets. Sixty jobs will be created in the first phase reaching 350 further on. The total investment value amounts between € 6 to 7 million. Franz Kiel CEO Gerhard Hellweg announced the investment Thursday in Skopje un…
Arrival of the Wizz Air aircraft from Budapest at Skopje-based airport “Alexander the Great” marked the launch of the new flight on Wednesday. The Skopje-Budapest flight will operate twice a week, with tickets starting at EUR 15. “The introduction of this flight marks an important step forward for Macedonian aviation, because it meets the market demand since the last direct flight to Budapest was cancelled in 2012. We are sure that our passengers will be satisfied and expect the flight to contribute to rise in tourism revenues and…
Slovakia sent 25 police officers to Macedonia to oversee public order on the Macedonian-Greek border on April 4. “The police officers will safeguard public order and security on the Macedonian-Greek border between April 4 and May 6,” said Slovak Police Corps spokesperson Denisa Baloghová, as quoted by the TASR newswire. “If it becomes necessary and the Macedonian side asks for it, they’ll stay to help there for longer.” This is the second dispatch of a police unit from Slovakia to Macedonia , with another team due to be sent for the p…
Macedonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) summoned Monday the Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to Macedonia to make remarks over frequent offensive statements and comments by officials of the Republic of Albania addressed to the Republic of Macedonia and its citizens. The statements by Albanian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister about binational country and constitutional changes in the Republic of Macedonia are open interference in the internal affairs. Using the term “Slav Macedonians” for Macedonians is insulting and d…
Macedonia in the first two months of 2017 by exporting goods has registered an increase by 7.2% compared to the same period last year, statistics show. The estimated amount of goods exported from January to February is 747,106,000 US dollars, according to the State Statistical Office of Macedonia. Goods estimated at $1,014,149,000 have been imported in the period between January and February 2017 – a rise by 10.8% compared to the same period last year Trade deficit in the first two months of 2017 stands at $267,043,000 with import co…
Artist Ljupco Bojarov will open his 19th independent exhibition on Tuesday evening, at the KIC Cultural-Information Center in Skopje. Named “Stairway to Heaven” it presents his artwork which includes compositions made of wire, natural stone, glass and grass. The exhibition is dedicated to sister Iliyana, nun from the St. Dimitrija monastery or Marko’s monastery near Skopje. Bojarov has participated in more than a hundred joint exhibitions across the former Yugoslavia and Europe, as well as in the United States and Egypt. He has received n…
German Arte channel broadcast a documentary on the popular crushed pepper from the Bitola village of Bukovo. The short film about the famous Bukovka spice is focused on Ilinka Glavevska and her family, who explains the procedure on preparing the spice, and the main dishes it is used in. Bosnian born German movie maker Mirjana Momirovic produced and directed the film that is presented Bukovka as a slow food specialty on Arte. Momirovic already worked on projects aimed to present the Macedonian ruby stone and on wines from the Vardar reg…
Construction works on the 92 kilometers long major gas pipeline between Negotino and Bitola via Kavadarci and Prilep are progressing according to plans. The estimated value of the investment amounts to 37 million euros and it is expected that the gas pipeline will be put into operation in mid- 2019 at the latest. By the end of 2017, gas will reach Kavadarci, while the section to Prilep will be completed in fall 2018. VMRO-DPMNE leader and former Prime Minister of Macedonia Nikola Gruevski stressed that this strategic project is import…
Dream season continues, Lina Gjorcheska jumped to 187th place on the WTA list, which is her best finish in her career so far. With 277 points for five seats improved the rankings from last month. In the tournament in Italy, Lina in doubles won with American Bernarda Pera. Macedonian-American combination with the victory of 6-2, 6-3 won against Prartana Tombare India and Eve Vacano from the Netherlands. Thus, today in doubles Gjorcheska jumped to 137th in the rankings list with 534 points. Second Macedonian racket Magdalena Stoilko…
The 29th International Book Fair will open Monday evening at the Skopje Fair offering 80.000 books by over 80 publishers. The visiting hours of the Book Fair are from 10am to 8pm until April 10. Skopje Fair organizes the fair in cooperation with the Association of Publishers, the Association of Publishers and Booksellers of Macedonia (ZIKM) and the Association of Albanian Publishers from Macedonia. Aside from domestic publishers, the Book Fair will be attended by publishers from Serbia, Montenegro and Albania and Sweden will be …
Turkey's flag carrier Turkish Airlines is considering introducing regular transatlantic services from Skopje airport, Macedonia's transport ministry said. No further details were disclosed in the statement published on the transport ministry's website last week after the country's transport minister Vlado Misajlovski visited Turkey. A transatlantic service would meet the needs of the large Macedonian and Albanian diaspora in North America. According to Ex-Yu Aviation, an air transport news portal, the Skopje Air…
According to State Statistical Office data, January-February industrial production in Macedonia dropped by 1.9 percent compared to the same period in 2016, while February industrial production reduced by 1.3 percent in comparison with the same month last year. Industrial production in section Mining and quarrying in February decreased by 4.9 percent, in the section Manufacturing it decreased by 4.4 percent, while in the section Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply it increased by 31.9 percent. The decrease in section M…
The new state-of-the-art concert hall of the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra will open on May 21 with the exclusive concert including Macedonian renowned pianist Simon Trpceski as soloist, under the baton of famous conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy. Culture Minister Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska said at Friday’s press conference the concert would include pieces by Macedonian composer Trajko Prokopiev, as well as Russia’s Sergei Prokofiev and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. “After 73 years of its existence, the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchest…
Raul Gonzales has been appointed new coach of the Macedonian men's handball team, replacing Lino Cervar in the post. The Spanish coach is the current coach of Skopje-based club Vardar, which has qualified for this year's Champions League quarterfinals. "I have enormous confidence in the new coach. Our main goal is to qualify for the 2018 European Championships in Croatia", said handball federation president Zivko Mukaetov. Gonzales has signed a contract up to September 2020, but Mukaetov said the objective is…
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