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Kocarev: We need European values, not the EU!
Ljupčo Kocarev, President of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU) with a column for the Macedonian daily newspaper Nova Makedonija: History teaches us that empires are born and fall. There is no better source for defining imperialism than the Encyclopedia Britannica, first printed in 1768 in a country that was a great empire in the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. According to the encyclopedia, "imperialism" means "state policy, practice or advocacy for the expansion of power and domination, particularly…
Skopje and Ohrid airports 'back in business'
Passenger numbers at Macedonia’s international airports, in Skopje and Ohrid, rose by 48.1% year-on-year in the first eight months of 2021, reaching 849,003, Aeroports de Paris (ADP) said. ADP owns 46% of Turkey’s TAV Airports, the company operating the airports in Skopje and the lakeside city of Ohrid. In August alone, Macedonia’s international airports served 237,376 passengers, up by 160,917 passengers compared to August 2020, whereas in the last 12 months through August, passenger traffic fell 27.9% to 1.06 million, ADP said in a statement…
WfPC and TLRC with a Statement on Respecting Macedonian Identity
The Writers for Peace Committee (WfPC) and the Translation & Linguistic Rights Committee (TLRC) note with concern the politics of exclusivist and hegemonic interpretation of history and the shared Balkan—and particularly Macedonian—cultural heritage, which is promoted and practiced by Balkan diplomats in the course of the previous three decades, and especially by the high Bulgarian political and institutional representatives during the last three years. This political discourse of negation of the Macedonian right of self-determination and…
Prices for new buildings explode in Skopje: 2000 euros for one square meter
Rising building material prices, declining building permits, labor shortages and increasing demand have all pushed up house prices in the Macedonian capital Skopje. The building chamber, which announced earlier this year that the price of the residential space in the municipality of Centar could possibly reach up to 2,000 euros, says the trend will not stop by the end of the year. According to the builders, the trend towards rising apartment prices began last year when the issuing of building permits was reduced, especially in the center of …
Wizz Air to introduce four new routes from Macedonia
Hungarian Low-Cost CarrierWizz Air will start four new routes from Macedonia to Italy, Germany and Denmark. The new routes will connect Skopje with Bologna and Turin– Italy, Skopje to Billund – Denmark, and Ohrid to Friedrichshafen, Germany. The first flights to all destinations will depart in December 2021. The new routes will add up to the existing services already operated from both Skopje and Ohrid airports and will restate the airline’s commitment to offering Macedonian passengers flights to diverse destinations. The new services to Bolo…
During Zaev's reign, Macedonia lost 15 places in the Heritage Report on Economic Freedom
Due to the catastrophic economic policies of the current government under Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Macedonia fell 15 places on the list of economic freedoms within 4 years. This is the result from the "report of economic freedoms" of the Heritage Foundation. From 31st place in 2017, Macedonia now ranks 46th next to Rwanda and Colombia. In its annual report for 2021 on the ranking of countries in the world, the Heritage Foundation ranks Macedonia 46th with 68.6 points according to the level of economic freedoms and rights, which c…
Audio guide in Ukrainian language launched in Museum of Macedonian Struggle
A Ukrainian-language audio guide was launched at the Museum of Macedonian Struggle in Skopje, Macedonia. This is the first Ukrainian-language audio guide in this country and the 29th launched globally within the initiative of President's wife Olena Zelenska, the press service of the President’s Office informed on August 26. " Ukrainian-language audio guides aim to make international cultural heritage accessible to our compatriots, and Ukrainian language – notable to foreigners. Today we launch the 29th audio guide in our network. Eac…
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