Tag: balkan
Macedonia 01.08.23 | 21:07

50 students with origin from Macedonia will receive scholarships

The Government will award 50 scholarships to ethnic Macedonian students from other countries in the Balkans. The students will be able to study in the public universities in Skopje, Bitola, Tetovo, Stip and Ohrid. The universities are: Ss Cyril and Methodius and Mother Teresa in Skopje, St Clement in...
Macedonia 13.09.21 | 08:50

Merkel begins her Balkan tour, will skip Macedonia

Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel begins her tour of the Balkans today, during which she will visit Serbia and Albania. Macedonia is not on the list. Zoran Zaev is expected to travel to Albania tomorrow, where he and other Balkan leaders will have a chance to meet with Merkle.
Macedonia 01.11.20 | 10:55

While the government is tone deaf, Balkan media report on the terrible news: The coronavirus breaks grim records in Macedonia

Every day the coronavirus gaining momentum in Macedonia. Every day new daily records of corona cases are being broken. Proof of that is Saturday’s number of 1,085 people who tested positive for the virus. Out of 3,294 tests carried out in the past 24 hours, 33 percent came back positive, which...
Macedonia 02.10.20 | 20:53

Macedonia has by far the most coronavirus deaths in the entire region

The six coronavirus deaths reported over the past 24 hours raised the total death toll of the epidemic to 749. With 350 deaths per million, Macedonia remains the worst performer in the Balkans in terms of Covid-19 deaths. Only Bosnia comes close with its 250 deaths per million. All other countries in...
Economy 01.01.20 | 11:57

Balkan countries cut roaming prices in 2020

Balkan countries who are not EU member states are reducing their roaming charges in 2020. Prices, which were often prohibitive, will go down by between 9 and 35 percent, except for Bosnia and Montenegro, who will maintain current roaming prices. This is the second phase of the roaming agreement between...
Macedonia 18.12.19 | 14:19

Increase in the number of illegal migrants intercepted in Macedonia in 2019

The Macedonian Interior Ministry reports that it stopped 18.488 illegal migrants from crossing the country in 2019. This is an increase of more than 5.000 cases, compared to 2018, when 13.143 migrants were stopped. Overwhelmingly – over 90 percent – these were people crossing into Macedonia...

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