Macedonian Handball Team Knocked out of World Championship
Macedonia's depleted team was knocked out of the Handball World Championship by Norway on Saturday evening, after a game that ended 34:24. Coach Lino Cervar and team captain Kiril Lazarov said that injuries to Filip Mirkulovski and Dejan Manaskov were the main reason that Macedonia was not able to put up more of a fight against the Norwegians. "It would have been different if we had Deki and Zhuti in the team. We resisted well in the first half, we played well, but we also missed a lot of good chances. It is what it is. Norwa…
EC's economic affairs directorate cuts Macedonia 2017 growth fcast
The Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) of the European Commission said it forecasts 3.2% economic growth in Macedonia in 2017, down from its previous projection of 3.5% growth unveiled in October. Macedonia's economic growth is estimated at 2.1% in 2016, DG ECFIN said in its January 2017 EU Candidate & Potential Candidate Countries’ Economic Quarterly (CCEQ) Report. "Political uncertainties had weighed on the economy in 2016 as private investment slowed down markedly," the directorate said.…
‘Stop Operation Soros’ movement begins in Macedonia
‘A new initiative, Stop Operation Soros (SOS), dedicated to countering the influence of American billionaire activist George Soros, has been launched in Macedonia. In a press conference on Tuesday, the founders of the group called on all “free-minded citizens,” regardless of ethnicity or religion, to join them in the “fight against one-mindedness in the civil sector, which is devised and led by George Soros,” the Vecer newspaper reported. The movement says it will first focus on uncovering ‘subversive’ activities by Soros-funded N…
Awards to members of first Wiki Club in Macedonia
The most active members of the first Wiki Club in Macedonia which has around 50 children from several schools in Skopje will be presented Tuesday with awards on the occasion of Wikipedia’s 16th anniversary. Wiki Club in Macedonia officially began in October 2016 and its members created over 70 new and improved hundreds of existing articles in Macedonian-language edition of Wikipedia. Wiki Club in Macedonia is joint project of the Museum of Macedonian Struggle and Wikipedia GLAM in Macedonia.
Macedonia Drew with Iceland, to Play against Norway
In a large match with excellent finish the selection of Macedonia came to a draw against Iceland by 27:27, but this tie is a straight win for our team as it put them against Norway in the eight finals. Macedonia had a difficult task because after Wednesday night's strong match against Spain on Thursday we had a new great game against Iceland which was a clash for the 3rd position of the table. It was clear that we must not lose, and the tradition was showing just that. Although things carried no positive progress for the most part, h…
Renting in Macedonian capital gets more expensive
In the Skopje municipality of Karposh, to rent a square meter of an apartment in the third quarter of 2016 one had to pay 320 Denars per month (5.1 euros/sqm), which is an increase of 93 Denars compared with the third quarter in 2015 (227 Denars), show data of the Registry of Prices and Rents of the Real Estate Cadastre Agency. Stable rent prices are registered in the Skopje municipality of Centar - 294 Denars in Q3 in 2015 while in Q3 in 2016 the rent for square meter was 254 Denars. The cadastre agency has also registered stable r…
Slovakia backs enhanced control of Macedonian-Greek border
Interior Minister Agim Nuhiu met Monday with Slovakia's Ambassador to Macedonia Martin Bezak to discuss ways for the countries' ministries of internal affairs to resume their cooperation to guard Macedonia's southern border with Greece. At the meeting, Minister Nuhiu thanked the Ambassador for Slovakia's positive response to the Macedonian Interior Ministry's request for extension of the project on strengthened control of the southern border in 2017, the Ministry (MoI) said in a press release. "The project wou…
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