Brian Ferry to play Skopje's Philharmonic Hall
Roxy Music singer and songwriter Brian Ferry will play the Macedonian Philharmonic Hall in Skopje on September 9. Ferry is one of the most influential and innovative international artists of all time, the press release says, suggesting that this might be his last time to come to Macedonia. He will be accompanied by a 12-musician backing band and will perform "Avalon," "Slave To Love," "Don't Stop the Dance," and "Jealous Guy," as well as tracks from his latest album "Avonmore".
Macedonia, Sweden sign development cooperation agreement
As positive changes are happening in Macedonia and the government is committed to implementing reforms deemed necessary to join the European Union, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has upheld the decision of the Swedish government to renew the bilateral development cooperation in 2018-2020. This was stated Monday by Sida's director general Carin Jämtin at the signing of the Development Cooperation Agreement and the Agreement on General Terms for Development Cooperation between Macedonia and Sweden. O…
Macedonian companies at 5. Food Expo in Athens
Two Macedonian companies take part at the 5. Food Expo, the largest food and beverage trade show in Southeast Europe, held March 10-12 in Athens. Lars-Perustija from Stip and Agrar Ko from Kocani are representing the Macedonian stand at the fair, MIA reports from Athens. Lars-Perustija representative Sofija Mitevska says the fair is a good opportunity to promote their products and a chance for future cooperation. The company focuses on products such as ajvar, natural juices, sauces, sugar-free jams. Agrar Ko is present at …
Canberra Times: How 91-year-old Blaga from Macedonia can teach us about migrants
I was about 10-year-old when I first met people who didn’t look like me. They were a wonderful Chinese/ Australian family who lived over the back fence in Stawell, Victoria. Their 1/4-acre block was a veritable market garden that they shared with all the neighbours including my family, Australian newspaper Canberra Times writes . To me they were just Aussies making their way in our country town. I’m full of admiration for our immigrants. “Didn’t we used to call them ‘New Australians’”? asks Louise. Indeed, we did, and i…
Macedonia's Jan building permits fall
The number of building permits issued in Macedonia decreased by 48.6% year-on-year to 189 in January, the state statistical office, Makstat, said on Friday. The estimated value of the construction projects covered by building permits issued in January fell by an annual 54.1% to 2.4 billion denars ($48 million/39 million euro), Makstat said in a statement. In January, 132 permits were issued for new buildings, 20 for civil engineering projects, and 37 for reconstruction projects. Of the total number of permits issued in January…
Macedonia promoted at Berlin travel fair
Macedonia takes part March 7-11 at the world's leading travel trade show ITB Berlin. The Agency for Tourism Promotion and Support hosts the Macedonian stand, including travel companies TA BADEM TOUR, Fibula Air Travel, ТА Visit Macedonia, DMC Balkans, TA Enjoy Balkans, ТА Enjoy Balkans, ТА Bohemia, Macedonia Holidays, Park Hotel. During the event, Agency director Ljupco Janevski met with representatives of Thomas Cook, TUI, Nordica, Visit Balkan, discussing opportunities for extension of partnerships and starting new collabora…
Session on Law on languages postponed - Xhaferi does not know why
The session for discussing the law on languages was postponed for unknown reasons. Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi confirmed to Makfax that the session was postponed and blamed the parties. "Ask the parties why the session has been postponed," Xhaferi said in a telephone conversation about Makfax. "So I waited, I was not in a café," Xhaferi added. The coordinator of the VMRO-DPMNE Parliamentary Group, Dragan Danev, said they did not know why the session was postponed, while the SDSM coordinator Tomislav …
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