Macedonia agrees for 5G technology
Macedonia will adopt 5G technology and for that purpose it will sign a memorandum of understanding with NATO, the country's president Stevo Pendarovski said. The foreign ministry will start the preparation of the MoU which will resemble those already signed by the NATO member states in the region and Europe, Pendarovski said during a news conference streamed on the YouTube channel of the president's office after a session of the country's security council on Wednesday. The MoU will state Macedonia's obligations regarding the ow…
Will Macedonia be a strategic investor in bulgarian nuclear project Belene?
The possibility of assuming the role of strategic investor in the construction of the bulgarian Belene nuclear power plant appears to be in the works in Macedonia, following the invitation of Bulgaria, which was published in the Official Journal of the EU, to attract a strategic investor to this project - greek financed media Nezavisen in Skopje reports (part of Greek IBNA - Independent Balkan News Agency). According to the information that has been released, it seems that initially interest had been expressed, and that detailed analy…
Early Christian Basilica found during construction work on new Stip – Kocani road
An early Christian era basilica was found during construction work on the new Stip – Kocani express way. The find was made near the village of Ziganci, and experts from the Stip museum have begun work to locate and preserve the valuable finds. We have an extensive record of archaeological finds dating to the same period in this area, and we hope that we have uncovered a larger complex, said Mitko Sterjov from the Stip museum. According to Sterjov, the find should not delay construction given that the crews can relocate on the …
Albania's Balfin unveils 350 mln euro real estate project in Skopje
Albanian investment group Balfin has said it will invest 350 million euro ($408 million) in its Skopje East Gate real estate development project in the capital of neighbouring Macedonia. The mixed-use project, with a gross built-up area of 143,000 square metres, will include a shopping mall, a residential compound and a business park, the Balfin Group said in a statement late on Friday, following the presentation of the project in Skopje. Skopje East Gate is a very important project not only for Skopje, but for the whole country, …
New highway section Demir Kapija – Smokvica opens
New highway section Demir Kapija – Smokvica, which is part of the Pan-European Corridor X, will be officially opened Monday. The highway section is 28km long and total cost is estimated at €270 million of which €107 are provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), €130 million from European Investment Bank, €45 million are EU grant and €6 million are funds from budget of the Republic of Macedonia. The highway includes two interchanges, including one at Miravci and one at Smokvica, two twin-tube tunnels,…
Macedonian gov't, EIB to provide 20 mln USD for improving sewer, water supply systems
The Macedonian government and the European Investment Bank (EIB) will invest around 17 million euros (20 million U.S. dollars) in the construction of sewer and water supply systems in Macedonia, Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on Saturday. Zaev confirmed that all municipalities will be included in this investment. This investment intends to bring equitable development, in rural areas as well and will improve living standards. Through the investment, the coverage of sewage and water systems will increase from the actual 1…
Kicevo-Ohrid highway construction deadline extended to 3,5 years
Macedonian Government at its Tuesday’s session adopted annex contract for construction of Kicevo-Ohrid highway by which its construction deadline is extended to June 30, 2021. Transport Minister Goran Sugareski told Wednesday that the decision for signing annex contract to this highway is at the request of supervisory authority and the need for construction extension deadline due to non-compliance of project documentation with actual ground condition, as well as variable geology on the ground that does not correspond to the geology fo…
Skopje airport renamed: Letters being changed into new name
Crews have started removing the letters of the 'Alexander the Great' inscription atop the Skopje airport terminal. The removal marks the enforcement of a decision of the government to rename the airport in Skopje, TAV Macedonia - the concessioner of the Macedonian airports - has stated. Starting Saturday morning, letters on the sign in the building are being changed. The airport is renamed into Skopje International Airport. A few days ago, workers started removing signs bearing the name Alexander the Great highway alon…
French companies interested in investing in Macedonia's railway sector
French companies are interested in investments and in launching projects related to the railway sector in Macedonia in addition to the remaining infrastructural activities that have been announced. Cooperation prospects have been examined at a meeting Monday of representatives of dozen French companies with the Minister of Transport and Communications, Goran Sugareski, who presented the government's plans considering road and railway infrastructure. "Several French companies have expressed interest for participation, espe…
Macedonia: Electronic toll collection system to be completed in late 2018
An electronic toll collection system is expected to be installed completely by the end of 2018 and to modernize pay toll collection along Corridor 10, the head of the Public Enterprise for State Roads (PESR) has said. Launched in 2014, the electronic toll collection system initially was supposed to be inaugurated last year. It envisaged the modernization of tollbooths near Romanovce, Petrovec, Sopot, Otovica and Gradsko and two new ones to be built. The project is estimated at EUR 18.7 million with 15 million being provided through th…
Bulgaria, Macedonia to seek funding for Corridor 8 road, railway project
Bulgaria and Macedonia plan to seek international financing for sections of Corridor 8 road and railway project on their territories, Bulgarian public radio broadcaster BNR reported on Thursday. Pan-European transport Corridor 8 stretches from Albania's Adriatic port of Durres to Varna, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, via Macedonia. Macedonian prime minister Zoran Zaev will visit Sofia on December 6-7 for a meeting of Western Balkan leaders with representatives of international financial institutions, at which funding opportun…
Macedonia to get 110 mln euros from EU for infrastructure projects
The European Union (EU) has decided to allocate over 110 million euros (123.1 million U.S. dollars) for infrastructural projects in Macedonia, Macedonias deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, Bujar Osmani told local media Friday. The executive board of WBIF (Western Balkan Investment Framework) based in Stockholm, Sweden, has unblocked the financial aid of the European Union for Macedonia, Osmani confirmed. The funds have been unblocked as a result of the political climate in the country, Osmani told reporters. Maced…
Contract signed to build the new Mother Teresa clinic
Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Nikola Todorov signed on Friday a contract with a consortium that includes Granit, Beton and the Italian INSO company to build the new Mother Teresa clinic center in Skopje. The major healthcare investment project is valued at 72 million EUR and its construction should be completed in 45 months. Italian teams worked together with experts from Spain, Germany, Greece and other countries over the past four years to plan the project, that will be build within the current central clinical complex in Sk…
Gruevski says national gas pipeline network construction continues as planned
VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski said that the process of building a national gas distribution network, initiated by his Government, is proceeding with excellent pace, with three inter-city pipelines being built. The combined length of the lines currently being built is 200 kilometers and the investment amounts to 80 million EUR. "This is a major investment that will bring great benefits to companies and individuals in the cities being connected. Work is on-going with great speed and, in the mid term, the project provides that t…
Macedonia launches EU-funded project on land consolidation
Macedonia's Ministry of Agriculture launched Monday a European Union-funded project aimed to support agricultural land consolidation, a process of grouping land parcels, local media reported. The project named Mainstreaming of the National Land Consolidation Program (MAINLAND) will assist to enlarge groupings of land parcels, optimize farm holdings and establish necessary infrastructure, representatives of agriculture ministry said. The project is implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) i…
ELEM prepares to enter stage two of the Bogdanci wind park project
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…
Macedonia to start building new hospital in Skopje in June
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…
Macedonia: Construction of Negotino-Bitola gas pipeline according to plans
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…
City Tree Billboard Installed in Downtown Skopje
City Tree a green billboard designed to purify ambient air, was promoted Wednesday in downtown Skopje. It serves as a filter to compensate for pollution caused by 417 cars annually. It is easily adaptable and has the effect of 275 trees, but it cannot replace them. The climate change protection project City Tree was promoted in Skopje by the EkoSvest NGO and the German embassy. The same billboard was opened yesterday in Tetovo. The installation consists of many individual pots in which two types of plants have been planted. They ca…
Construction of Negotino-Bitola gas pipeline according to plan
Works for the construction of a 92-kilometer major gas pipeline linking Negotino and Bitola via Kavadarci and Prilep are under way. An estimated €37 million will be invested in the construction. The gas pipeline is expected to be put into function in mid-2019 at the latest. By the end of 2017, Kavadarci will become the first consumer of natural gas with Prilep following suit in September or October 2018. In parallel, nearly 60% of the Stip-Negotino gas pipeline is finished and is slated for inauguration by year's end. A gas pi…
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