Category: Culture
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...
Macedonia Culture 14.01.23 | 20:53

Vevcani Carnival ends with burning of the masks

The consequences of the economic and energy crisis and bad governance in society, represented by the creative people of Vevcani, were symbolically burned this afternoon in the center of Vevcani, as part of the final part of the Vevcani Carnival. People danced the traditional dance and burned the masks,...
Macedonia Culture 12.01.23 | 10:04

Vevcani Carnival kicks off

In the spirit of the 15th-century tradition, Vevcani vibrates in the sign of the carnival. Inspired by the daily events in the country and abroad, but also by the political situation of the past 12 months, the people of Vevcani are preparing their masks in anticipation of, for them, the most exciting...
Culture 10.01.23 | 13:10

Vlajkinoski: Vevcani carnival is in the process of being included in the list of cultural intangible heritage, and will be held without support from the Culture Ministry

Bisera Kostadinovska once again shows a complete absence and lack of interest in Macedonian features. The Vevcani carnival was left again, without support from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia, said Gjorgi Vlajnkinoski, president of the VMRO-DPMNE branch in Vevcani. The Vevcani carnival...
Culture 09.01.23 | 12:11

The proposed draft law on culture is a kind of precedent typical of dictatorships, quasi-democracies and hybrid states, SKRM reacts

Although announced with great PR as putting the salaries in the public sector on the agenda, the proposed draft law is a kind of precedent typical of dictatorships, quasi-democracies and hybrid states, and not of countries from the EU territory, reacts the Union of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia...
Culture 04.01.23 | 11:30

Cinematheque kicks off 2023 film program with ‘Snow White Dies at the End,’ ‘Kaymak’ and ‘Heavens Above’

‘Snow White Dies at the End’, ‘Kaymak’ and ‘Heavens Above’ are the three films to kick off the Cinematheque of Macedonia’s 2023 film program. ‘Kaymak’ by Milco Mancevski and ‘Snow White Dies at the End’, by Kristian Risteski had an excellent...
Culture World 31.12.22 | 16:54

Veszprém, Timișoara and Elefsina – European Capitals of Culture in 2023

In 2023, the European Capital of Culture title will be awarded to three new European cities or regions: Timișoara in Romania, Elefsina in Greece and Veszprém-Balaton in Hungary. Sparkling diversity in Romanian Timisoara, music and wine in Hungarian Veszprem and mysteries from the legendary Greek...
Culture 29.12.22 | 11:48

Vasil Hristov receives best director award in Sarajevo festival for “Demons” play performed by Bitola Theater

The National Theater from Bitola, recently performed at the “Dani Jurislava Korenića” festival in Sarajevo with the play “Demons”, which took place on December 23, 2022. The actors return home with the “Jurislav Korenić” Award for Best Director”, which goes...
Culture 22.12.22 | 15:04

Works from the valuable art collection of MoCA – Skopje will be presented for the first time in Kunsthalle Wien

The Kunsthalle Wien has announced the program for 2023. In the prestigious Kunsthalle space (which is part of the Museumsquartier), one of the largest European cultural centers, a selection of works from the valuable art collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art – Skopje will be presented for...
Culture 21.12.22 | 12:16

Belgrade National Theater ballet ensemble to perform ‘Giselle’ in Skopje

The ballet ensemble of the Belgrade National Theater will perform “Giselle” at the National Opera and Ballet in Skopje on Wednesday, to a score by Adolphe Adam and choreographed by Leonid Lavrovski, MIA reports from Belgrade. The visit is within the framework of the recently signed memorandum...
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