Tag: air pollution
Macedonia 25.10.24 | 23:23

Steps to fight air pollution will include purchase of new buses and mapping out of main polluters

Environment Minister Izet Mexhiti announced new steps to reduce air pollution in Macedonia, mainly by changing the types of heating fuels that are used and reducing emissions from transportation. As part of the IPA 3 program, focused on reducing air pollution in Skopje, Bitola, Tetovo and Kumanovo, we...
Macedonia 04.01.24 | 10:17

Skopje with deadly high pollution

The morning measurements show that the people of Skopje breathe the most polluted air in Europe and 18th in the world, according to the website Ikuer. Skopje is in the company of Delhi, Pakistan and Bangladesh with deadly high pollution. PM particles are several days above the limit. Minister Shukova...
Macedonia 12.02.23 | 16:04

Skopje again among the most polluted cities in the world

This morning, Sarajevo is number one in the world in terms of air pollution – according to the data on the IQAir website, after measurements at 10:33 am. The air pollution index in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina is 190, while Mumbai is second with 181. As for Skopje, the capital of Macedonia...
Macedonia 20.01.23 | 11:51

There are no real measures, weather conditions continue to be the main factor affecting air quality

In Berovo last month there was only one day with clean air, and Prilep, Gostivar, Kicevo, Tetovo, Strumica, Gevgelija did not have a single day of air without PM2.5 particles, “02 Initiative” said Friday. The Initiative clarifies that they made an analysis by comparing the data on the presence...
Macedonia 04.01.23 | 10:08

SDSM came to power with promises of clean air

SDS came to power with promises of clean air, 7 years later nothing has changed. For 4 years while they had the local government, they did not take any of the conclusions that their deputies adopted, and for 7 years when they were in the central government, they did not implement a project or a larger...
Macedonia 02.01.23 | 20:26

Alert threshold exceeded in some Macedonian cities, anti-pollution measures enter into force

The PM10 particle alert threshold at measuring stations in Tetovo and Gostivar has been exceeded, said the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning on Monday. According to the conclusions of the minutes of the 40th session of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia held on November 28, 2017,...
Macedonia 30.12.22 | 14:09

Air pollution recommendations issued for upcoming days

The alarm threshold in Skopje isn’t exceeded at the moment, but there may be an increase in PM10 particles in the upcoming days, says the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning Friday. Therefore, the Ministry issues the following recommendations: Vehicles should not be used unnecessarily, Multiple...
Macedonia 28.12.22 | 09:16

Anti-pollution measures lifted in Skopje

The recommendations and measures introduced due to rising air pollution in Skopje were lifted, including free public transportation. The Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning announced yesterday that the average daily concentrations of PM10 particles in Skopje are below the defined alarm threshold,...
Macedonia 26.12.22 | 10:09

Reorganized working hours, release of pregnant women and elderly: Measures for increased air pollution come into force

Due to increased air pollution, the recommendations and measures for exceeding the alarm threshold for suspended particles up to 10 micrometers in size came into force on Saturday in Skopje, Kicevo, Kavadarci and Strumica, and from yesterday also in Gostivar. The decision to enforce the measures and...
Macedonia 24.12.22 | 11:49

Increased air pollution recorded in Skopje, Kicevo, Kavadarci and Strumica

At the measuring points in Skopje – Centar and Lisice, as well as in Kicevo, Kavadarci and Strumica, exceeding the value of polluting substances of 150 micrograms per cubic meter was registered during two consecutive days, which is why the recommendations and measures in case of the alarm threshold...
News 23.12.22 | 19:24

Cold wave causes large increase in air pollution in Skopje

Clinics in the capital Skopje are seeing a flood of new patients after the spike in air pollution. Skopje and other cities in Macedonia, where wood is often used as primary source of heating have a huge pollution problem each winter. The unusually warm weather postponed the crisis this year, but now...
Life World 24.11.22 | 11:37

EU reports 238,000 premature deaths in 2020 due to air pollution

At least 238,000 people in the European Union died prematurely in 2020 due to exposure to airborne pollutants despite an improvement in air quality, according to new data released by the European Environment Agency (EEA) on Thursday. Analysis by the agency showed that air pollution is “the largest...
World 23.11.22 | 11:40

Iran to close schools in Tehran over of high air pollution

All schools in the Iranian capital of Tehran will close for a day because of dangerously poor air quality, the country’s state television reported on Tuesday, AP reports. Primary schools have been closed for the past two days in Tehran, which has over 10 million residents, but now, increasing pollution...
Macedonia 04.01.22 | 20:17

Alarming air pollution recorded in Strumica tonight, as in Skopje, Tetovo, Kumanovo, Kavadarci…

Alarming air pollution recorded in Strumica tonight, where poisonous 470 micrograms per cubic meter were measured. The people of Strumica are suffocating, and the situation is nothing better in the bigger cities throughout Macedonia. Skopje is currently the 13th most polluted city in the world on the...
Macedonia 27.12.21 | 10:34

VMRO: Silegov blames others for the air pollution problem in Skopje after doing nothing for four years to resolve it

VMRO-DPMNE called out the former Mayor of Skopje Petre Silegov for his criticism of the winter spike in air pollution. After several windy and relatively clear weeks, these past few days the wind stopped and Skopje, where most individual houses use wood and coal for heating, is again among the most polluted...
Macedonia 26.12.21 | 17:44

Two months after being voted out of office, Silegov attacks Mayor Arsovska over the air pollution problem in Skopje

Two months after losing badly in the Skopje mayoral race, former Mayor Petre Silegov tried to come back to the political arena with a comment aimed at Mayor Danela Arsovska. Yesterday evening Silegov shared the current air pollution level – typically high in a winter evening – with the comment...
Macedonia Health 22.11.21 | 09:31

Dr. Dokic: N95 face masks provide protection of almost 100% against the coronavirus, but also against air pollution

Air pollution in combination with Covid-19 is a blow that can be seriously prevented by wearing face masks, but not just any mask. Dr. Dejan Dokic explained on the “25 minutes”  show on TV24 in which cases the face masks protect us. In relation to the Covid-19 epidemic and the protection...
Macedonia 16.11.21 | 09:16

Skopje today is the second most polluted capital in Europe

Skopje today is the second most polluted capital in Europe. According to estimates by the International Index, 162 micrograms of PM 2.5 particles were measured in the air. Categorized as unhealthy air, at this stage according to experts the consequences appear in citizens with respiratory problems and...
Macedonia 30.10.21 | 15:10

New wave of air pollution in Skopje

The heating season has just started, and air quality in Skopje is already very bad. The air pollution exceeds the allowed limits and warns that we have a long winter ahead of us in which we will deal again with the old pollution problems. Namely, last night a high level of suspended PM 10 particles was...
Macedonia 18.05.21 | 17:20

Mickovski: Everyone in the government is responsible for the poisoning

Everyone in the government is responsible for the poisoning, writes political analyst Ivor Mickovski on Facebook, sharing news in which former Deputy Prime Minister Koco Angjusev, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov say that citizens are responsible for the poisoning and that they...
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