Category: Culture
Culture 21.03.23 | 09:49

Pendarovski to address international symposium in honour of Aco Šopov at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris

President Stevo Pendarovski on Tuesday at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris is to deliver opening remarks at an international symposium in honour of Aco Šopov, an event which is part of the national programme “2023, Year of homage to Aco Šopov,“ held under the patronage of Macedonian President,...
Culture 20.03.23 | 12:28

World Poetry Day to be marked with poetry reading at the Bylazora archaeological site

To mark World Poetry Day, March 21, Macedonian Writers Association members and Sveti Nikole writers will read poems at the first-ever Bylazora Gatherings poetry reading at the Bylazora archaeological site near Sveti Nikole at noon. Organizers plan to make the “Bilazora Gatherings” event traditional...
Culture 19.03.23 | 21:32

Manchevski’s ‘Kaymak’ screened at Sofia Film Festival

As part of a Milcho Manchevski retrospective, the 27th Sofia International Film Festival screened the Macedonian filmmaker’s latest release, “Kaymak” (2022). The Saturday evening screening was followed by a discussion during which Manchevski and the cast answered audience questions. Manchevski’s...
Culture 11.03.23 | 09:54

Krusevo to be 2023 City of Culture

Krusevo will be the country’s 2023 City of Culture and organize the related events, according to the Ministry of Culture. Krusevo was competing against Struga and Mavrovo-Rostuse. The Ministry of Culture’s expert committee said Krushevo offered “abundant programming based on a sustained...
Culture 10.03.23 | 11:46

New exhibit showcases Macedonian artists influenced by School of Paris

As part of events marking Francophonie Month, an exhibit aiming to explore the Parisian influences on the great Macedonian painters opened at the National Gallery’s Chifte Amam on Thursday. The paintings will be on display through March 25. Organized together with Skopje’s French Institute, “Paris...
Culture 09.03.23 | 13:21

MoCA opens ‘Landscape of Anxiety’ exhibition

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) will open on Thursday evening the exhibition ‘Landscape of Anxiety: Culture and Art for Future Coexistence With Environmental Crises and Climate Change”, which refers to climate conditions and environmental challenges. The landscape of anxiety refers...
Culture 25.02.23 | 16:08

World premiere of Darija Andovska’s work in Switzerland

Macedonian composer Darija Andovska’s work Songs of winds, roots and scattered storms, performed by Macedonian pianist Ana Velinovska, had its world premiere on Friday at the “Salquin” concert hall in Lucerne, Switzerland, as part of a closing concert of the Academy of Contemporary...
Culture 20.02.23 | 11:51

Charity concert for people affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

Today, starting at 19 h at the Faculty of Music Arts, students and professors will hold a charity concert for the people affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. When humanity faces such tragedies and temptations, everyone, starting from themselves, should give something of their own for a new...
Music Culture 15.02.23 | 10:35

OFFest 2023 canceled: We don’t intend to file a complaint to the second-level commission and expose ourselves to further humiliation

The million denars allocated for OFFest at the annual contest for projects of national interest in culture, reduced by half from last year’s amount, do not provide even the most minimal financial conditions for holding OFFest (scheduled from June 7 to 10) as a (multi-day) festival. Unfortunately,...
Culture 15.02.23 | 10:11

State Archives to digitize Struga Poetry Evenings papers

All Struga Poetry Evenings festival papers and book releases from 1963 to 1990 will be digitized as part of an archival project to preserve the vast cultural heritage of the poetry festival, according to a memorandum signed by the State Archives and the SPE. The Ohrid historic archive has started digitizing...
Film Culture 14.02.23 | 11:34

Milcho Manchevski holds a series of masterclasses at Arizona State University

Macedonian filmmaker Milcho Manchevski is holding a series of masterclasses and lectures at the Arizona State University, US, also featuring screening of his films Before the Rain, Mothers and Bikini Moon. The series of masterclasses are taking place at the Sidney Poitier New American Film School,...
Macedonia Culture 14.02.23 | 09:55

Culture Ministry approves only 6% of the necessary funds for the reconstruction of Goce Delcev’s memorial house in Bitola, which has been closed for years

These days, the problem with honoring the apostle of the Macedonian national struggle, Goce Delcev, is still ongoing. But in addition to the sale of his ideological legacy, Delcev’s memorial house in Bitola has been closed for years. The reason why it is closed is the alleged bad condition of the...
Culture 08.02.23 | 09:59

Kostadinovska-Stojcevska: Ohrid UNESCO Office confirms policies to preserve its status

Minister of Culture Bisera Kostadinovska-Stojcevska met Tuesday with Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO, Ernesto Ottone, and UNESCO Director of World Heritage Lazare Elondou Assomo during her official visit to Paris. Minister Kostadinovska-Stojcevska announced the opening of a UNESCO office...
Culture 03.02.23 | 10:16

Kostadinovska Stojcevska meets US Ambassador Aggeler at Heraclea: We have a unique heritage which we are working hard to preserve

Minister of Culture Bisera Kostadinovska Stojcevska and US Ambassador to Macedonia, Angela Aggeler, met Thursday at Heraclea in Bitola, where the project for conservation and promotion of mosaics and architecture of the site was presented. Kostadinovska Stojcevska posted on Facebook that a grant from...
Culture 26.01.23 | 10:24

#AllForMKC movement to stage protest in front of Skopje City Council

The “All For MKC” movement is staging a protest at 10:45 h in front of the Council of the City of Skopje as a sign of revolt against the budget cuts and the change of the temporary leadership of the city institution. The organizers say that the purpose of the action is to show the culture...
Culture 24.01.23 | 20:52

Key youth cultural institution in Skopje faces collapse over political infighting

More trouble in the Youth Cultural Center (MKC) in Skopje, where city management replaced the director against the wishes of the employees. The stubbornly independent institution that serves as a concert and exhibition hall for often politically active groups is again falling victim to a dispute involving...
Macedonia Culture 21.01.23 | 20:11

Three years, two prime ministers, the same project: Zaev and Kovacevski will “preserve” the Macedonian language in Ljubojno

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski and Culture Minister Bisera Kostadinovska – Stojcevska today visited the old school “Dimitar Vlahov” in the Prespa village of Ljubojno. Kovacevski announced that this school will be reconstructed and revitalized into a Center for the Promotion of the...
Culture 18.01.23 | 14:34

Bogoev: I was dismissed as MKC director because I didn’t want to sign employment decision for Beni Shaqiri

I didn’t want to sign the employment decision for Beni Shaqiri and that’s why I was removed from the position of director, Vanco Bogoev, the now dismissed director of the Youth Cultural Center (MKC), told “Republika”. The MKC program board sent a press release to the media saying...
Culture 17.01.23 | 15:45

Old school in Ljubojno to be repurposed into Center for Macedonian Language Promotion

The old Dimitar Vlahov School in Ljubojno will be repurposed into a Center for the Promotion of the Macedonian Language. The Government reviewed the report on the implementation of a project for reconstruction and revitalization of the school at its session on Tuesday. The Ministry of Culture is tasked...
Culture 16.01.23 | 12:11

Baukultur department to be set up within Culture Ministry

Culture Minister Bisera Kostadinovska-Stojcevska told the second Conference of European Ministers of Culture “Baukultur Alliance” that she sees Baukultur as a necessity, while shared experience and joint action are the right path to good solutions, the Ministry of Culture said in a press release. I...
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