AIMP Media-Player offers Macedonian language support
The AIMP Player is a fancy, free and fully featured audio media player and also offers Macedonian language support. The AIMP audio player can do more than just play music: with the AIMP Player you can, for example, also stream Internet radio, download CD covers, set tags or manage your entire song library and grab CD tracks and copy them to your computer. An alarm and shutdown function are also part of the player. In addition, the program of course dominates all standard functions of a media player such as create playlists and pro…
Macedonian literature presented at Frankfurt Book Fair
Macedonian contemporary literature, ways for cooperation with foreign partners and promotion of Macedonia as a modern cultural and literary environment will be presented at the 2018 Frankfurt Book Fair, held on Oct. 10-14. The Ministry of Culture for the first time this year will act as commissary for national presentation. Activities are designed to make sure Macedonian writers and their works are better promoted internationally, in the long run, according to the Ministry of Culture. Macedonia will have its own stand at the fa…
Macedonian sound engineer unlocks iPhoneX speakers to full potential
With the exception of “Reflection” on the iPhone X, Apple hasn’t updated their catalog of ringtones and alarms since iOS 7 dropped back in 2013. Since then, the company has come a long way with the quality of the iPhone’s speakers, but their tones haven’t adapted to meet those changes. That’s left an opening for others to create their own ringtones mastered for the iPhone. You might not think about how iOS’ ringtones and alarms take advantage of your iPhone’s specialized speakers, but sound engineer Ilija Cvetkovski does. Cvetkovski,…
Year of the Monkey to make its world premiere at Moscow Film Festival
Year of the Monkey, directed and written by Vladimir Blaževski, will make its world premiere at the Moscow International Film Festival on Monday. The Moscow International Film Festival is the second oldest film festival in the world. It was founded in 1935 and is ranked on the 'A' list of film festivals. Year of the Monkey will be shown as part of the festival's official Special Screenings selection today at 6 pm and tomorrow at 4 pm. The movie had its Macedonian premiere last Thursday at the 21st Skopje Film Festi…
Presentation of "Macedonian Quality 2017" awards
FHZH, Ceza Komerc, Konto Profit, Process In, Vrabotuvanje.com, Post Express Makedonija, Agrounija, Antarias, PU Poliklinka Tospas and the Youth Cultural Center Women's Choir are recipients of the 2017 Macedonian Quality award, bestowed by the Macedonian Chambers of Commerce (MCC) under the auspices of President Gjorge Ivanov. The recognition is presented to companies that nourish a tradition in creating a Macedonian business identity and have been successful to that effect for the last five years. 'Domestic investors are e…
Crowdfunding Makes Macedonian Board Game an International Hit
How does a group of young people in a small impoverished country fulfill its dream of selling a board game on the international market? For at least two Macedonian start-ups, the answer in 2016 was the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Archona Games raised more than 33,000 Australian dollars (USD $25,300) to manufacture its sci-fi-themed board game “Small Star Empires,” and Final Frontier Games collected more than USD $107,000 to release its fantasy-themed game “Cavern Tavern.” Both companies beat their fundraising goals considerably…
Month of Culture of Macedonia in Moscow
The NGO Macedonian Cultural Centre in Moscow organizes the Month of Culture of Macedonia in the Russian capital. The events are held in the premises of the Library of Foreign Literature in Moscow. The programme is rich and diverse. The opening event was dedicated to the Macedonian theatre. Actors of Theatre Gorod, Dolgoprudny excellently performed the extract from the play of the playwright Goran Stefanovski “Chernodrinski returns home.” Moreover, young Macedonian singer Darko Todorovski performed before the audience. Books in the fie…
Macedonia - Ajvar: a paprika mousse as national dish | What's cookin'
The republic of Macedonia in the south of the Balkan peninsula is a young state with a rich and diverse history. Macedonia is known for its good tobacco and its red pepper specialities. Ilinka Glavevska is one of the last farmers to grow the old Bukovo pepper type and uses it to make the traditional Bukovski piper spice. What's cookin' is about traditional culinary recipes from different European regions.
Macedonian companies at Moscow Food Fair
Thirteen Macedonian companies take part September 11-14 at “World Food 2017” in Moscow, the largest food fair in Southeast Europe. The presentation is organized by the Macedonian-Russian chamber of commerce, supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and water Economy. The fair, which brings together the largest food exporters in the Russian Federation, includes debates, promotions and presentations, with over 70,000 visitors at the event in 2016. World Food is an excellent opportunity for promotion of new products at …
A 250 years old spice recipe lives on in Kratovo
The Donevski family from Kratovo are guardians of a 250 years old recipe for the spice known as k'cana sol - salt mixed with a unique blend of herbs and spices that is a staple of Macedonian cuisine. Stevce Donevski, the head of the house does not keep the recipe secret. And why should he - the k'cana sol, whose name implies the long process of battering the salt and the spices in a large mortar, is notoriously difficult to produce. It takes six hours non-stop over the mortar to produce the unique flavor of the k'cana sol. …
Roadside local products stand opens on Negotino highway
Local Action Group “Tikves Wine Valley” opens Wednesday roadside stand for local products sale near E-75 highway at the entrance to Negotino. The stand will operate during the summer and should contribute to increased sale of local products from this region to domestic and foreign tourists who transit along the highway. “Tikves Wine Valley” is association consisted of representatives from the private, non-governmental and public sector which has been working for the support of the regional development of the Tikves micro region fo…
American Speaking Macedonian After 8 Weeks of Practising
American dude speaking Macedonian after only 8 weeks of practising, amazing
Documentary on the Bukovka crushed pepper spice broadcast on Arte
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…
Macedonia becomes official beef exporter in EU
Macedonia has been officially included in the list of countries-exporters of fresh beef in the European Union, said Food and Veterinary Agency director Zoran Popovski on Wednesday. "As of March 7, Macedonian meat processing companies and slaughterhouses can export beef not only in EU members, but also third countries. This means distribution to new markets, but also a chance for fresh domestic and foreign investments in the sector", said Popovski. As of January, Macedonia has been also included in the list of countries-expor…
Macedonian food and wine companies will exhibit products in major Moscow center
Ten Macedonian food exporters will be the first companies to exhibit at the center that will be opened on Thursday in Moscow, in cooperation between the Macedonian Embassy, the EurAsian Business Council and the Russian company Macedonian Home. On display will be cheeses and teas, dried and canned vegetables, liquors, wines and other products “Made in Macedonia”. Displayed within the major Moscow business center will be products from Tikves, Popova Kula and Dalvina wineries, the Zdravje Radovo dairy company, Swisslion and many others.…
Growing interest for Macedonian goods recorded in Russia
Macedonia is boosting its export of goods to Russia. There is growing interest for our products on one of the largest markets in the world, show the latest data on trade volume. Export of goods in 2016 stood at €48,9 million - an increase of 39.5% compared to 2015 with trade deficit being cut down from €153 million to €142,9 million, it was announced at a news conference Wednesday at the Macedonian-Russian Chamber of Commerce. Total trade volume in 2017 was estimated at €191 million, i.e. an increase of 15% compared with 2015,…
Kadino - Trusty Macedonian Brand of Consumers of Domestic and Foreign Markets
Kadino Industry Group is a production company with over 25 years of experience in the production of different sorts of flour under the name of Moeto Brasno (Eng.: My Flour), and thanks to its quality placed Kadino as a trusty brand on the domestic and foreign markets. The company has also initiated an idea for handmade traditional filo pastry, such as burek and other pastry made of hand rolled dough. “Finding inspiration in our roots, we created a brand that has carried out our mission to make an addition to each home’s table with…
Macedonian Wine and Food to Be Presented at Moscow Fair Prodexpo
Macedonia is to participate at the Prodexpo 2017, the 24th International Exhibition for Food, Beverages and Food Raw Materials taking place 6-10 February in Moscow. The Macedonian pavilion is organised by the Macedonian-Russian Chamber of Commerce and supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management. Stobi Winery Gradsko, Dalvina Winery Strumica and Kralska Vinarija Winery Demir Kapija, dairy producers Zdravje (Radovo) and Osogovo Milk (Kocani) as well as company for canned vegetable and fruit production Vor…
Prime Macedonian wines perfect inspiration for the world’s most famous poets
Continues the partnership of “Tikves” with Struga Poetry Evenings. At this year’s edition of one of the world’s most respected poetry events, top Macedonian wines of “Tikves” once more are inspiration for poets from around the world. Its poetic impressions perpetuated over 100 poets, writing parts of the songs on the labels of wines of “Tikves”, which will remain as a reminder and a testament to the unique blend of literary art and wine. First place in the competition “Tikves in vino veritas” won the Australian poet of Polish origin, Alex…
Export from Macedonia Increases by 4.1 Percent
According to the preliminary data of the State Statistical Office the external trade volume from the Republic of Macedonia in the period January-June 2016 amounted to 5,529,439 thousand US dollars. The total value of exported goods amounted to 2,275,485 thousand US dollars, a 4.1 percent increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was 3 253 954 thousand US dollars, or 4.8 percent more than the same period last year. The trade deficit in the period January-June 2016 was 978,469 t…
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