Tag: air pollution
Macedonia 03.02.21 | 19:30

“Air pollution in Skopje will increase by 30 percent until 2025”

Air pollution in Skopje will increase by 30 percent until 2025 unless something is done quickly, the Eko Svest environmental group said today. The group is calling for a ban on the use of coal for heating over winter, limits on the movement of vehicles in the center of the city and strict bans on vehicles...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 20:51

Bitola, Kumanovo and Tetovo under suffocating air pollution

Air pollution levels have spiked noticeably in the past days, as the poor weather conditions and the colder weather have kept a permanent cloud of smog and dirt over many cities in Macedonia. Bitola is among the worst affected cities today, with 377 micrograms of PM10 particles per cubic meter of air....
Macedonia 23.12.20 | 22:22

Kavadarci records the worst levels of air pollution this evening, Skopje close behind

Kavadarci recorded the worst levels of air pollution this evening, as the winter smog period is intensifying. Measuring stations in the industrial city recorded 470 micrograms of PM10 particles per cubic meter of air. Skopje is closely behind, with 362 micrograms measured in its badly polluted eastern...
Macedonia 25.11.20 | 12:54

Tetovo tops list of most polluted cities in the world in mid-2020

Tetovo tops the list of most polluted cities in the world, published on Numbeo’s online data base offering information on pollution, costs of living in the countries and the cities, healthcare protection, crime and traffic. The list is compiled according to the pollution index in the middle of...
Macedonia 12.11.20 | 21:10

Macedonian cities have air pollution levels as much as nine times above the maximum limit

Skopje, Kavadarci, Gostivar, Veles, Kumanovo and Tetovo all have air pollution levels well above the maximum allowed limit. Kavardarci yesterday had an evening concentration of PM-10 particles nine times above the limit. Gostivar was seven times above the limit, while Lisice, the eastern Skopje suburb...
Macedonia 11.11.20 | 21:06

With the smog season starting early, VMRO asks SDSM mayors what is their plan to fight air pollution?

With air pollution levels in Skopje’s densely populated Aerodrom district 4 to 5 times above the maximum allowed limits this evening, VMRO-DPMNE called on teh ruling SDSM party and Aerodrom Mayor Zlatko Marin to explain what their plan is to counter the problem. Marin and Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov,...
Macedonia 29.10.20 | 21:41

Huge air pollution levels expected to exacerbate the Covid-19 crisis

Growing levels of air pollution are about to add to the dramatic spike in coronavirus cases, warned Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. Macedonian cities, where most of the households use wood and coal for heating, suffer from chronic levels of air pollution each winter, and Filipce said that the PM10...
Macedonia 29.10.20 | 09:13

VMRO-DPMNE to hold protests in five cities against air pollution

VMRO-DPMNE is holding Thursday protests in five cities due to high air pollution. The protests will start at 19 h and will take place in Skopje (in front of the Government building), Bitola, Strumica, Tetovo and Kumanovo. The SDSM government continues with its irresponsible policy regarding the most...
Macedonia 27.10.20 | 11:25

Environmental genocide: Increased air pollution registered in Skopje

A high level of PM10 particles in the air was registered last night in the capital. At some of the measuring stations in Skopje, air pollution reached over 260 PM10 particles. For a week now, there has been a trend of increasing level of PM particles in the air, and this was confirmed by the Ministry...
Macedonia 16.05.20 | 15:01

Life for all with Alpine Air

Late Friday afternoon, Skopje climbed to the top of the list of the most polluted capitals in the world. In the middle of spring, when temperatures are above average due to the African wave that hit the country, as well as in a state of emergency when many employees are still working from home, the...
Macedonia 15.05.20 | 17:56

Skopje is again one of the worst polluted cities in the world

Skopje was again one of the worst polluted cities in the world, as estimated by the Air Quality Index, which placed the Macedonian capital second behind the Chinese city of Chengdu. The ranking is a surprise – Skopje is regularly listed among the cities with worst air pollution in the world, but...
Macedonia 31.01.20 | 16:49

Protest staged in Skopje, protesters demand adoption of law banning hazardous waste import

The ‘Fridays for Future’ movement is staging a protest in front of the Parliament building, asking for adoption of a law banning the import of hazardous waste before Parliament dissolves. At the protest, symbolically revolted citizens sat on the street waiting for a solution...
Macedonia 22.01.20 | 22:40

Air pollution extremely high tonight as well

Air pollution measuring stations in Macedonia tonight show an alarming level of pollution. Air pollution is extremely high tonight in Strumica where 425 µg / m3 PM10 particles have been measured. There is a high level of air pollution tonight in Skopje as well, in Lisice the measuring stations show...
Macedonia 21.01.20 | 22:36

Macedonian environmentalists surprised after Swedish diplomats list Skopje as a model city in fighting air pollution

Green Front, an association of environmental groups, wrote to the Swedish embassy in Bosnia regarding their Facebook post in which they declared Macedonia and its capital Skopje as models for reducing air pollution. Both Skopje and Sarajevo are frequently featured among the most polluted capital cities...
Balkans 17.01.20 | 10:45

Vucic about air pollution in Belgrade: Don’t make a big deal out of it, I take my son for a walk outside normally

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has had a heated debate with Jovana Joksimovic over air pollution in Serbia. Belgrade has been one of the most polluted cities in the world for days, but Vucic thinks it is becoming too big a deal and that air pollution is being used for political purposes. My three...
Macedonia 10.01.20 | 10:09

Skopje is the fifth most polluted city in the world this morning

Skopje is the fifth most polluted city in the world this morning, according to the AirVision website which measures air pollution. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s largest and capital city tops the list of most polluted cities, followed by Sarajevo (BiH), Delhi (India), Pristina (Kosovo). Among the 10 most...
Macedonia 04.01.20 | 10:16

After several good days, air pollution in Skopje is again off the charts

After several days of relatively low air pollution, due to the strong winds, Skopje is again one of the worst polluted cities in the world. Levels of PM10 particles overnight grew to dramatically high 948 micrograms per cubic meter at the Gazi Baba measuring station. In the near-by Rectorate station,...
Macedonia 26.12.19 | 10:35

Another protest for clean air planned for tomorrow

Environmentalist groups and high school students are planning a new protest for tomorrow, as part of the Fridays for future movement. Last week saw major protests against the major air pollution problem Macedonia faces, even as school principals tried to stop the students from leaving class. Kumanovo...
Health 24.12.19 | 10:10

Air pollution could muddle our thinking

A team of researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder, the Colorado School of Public Health and the University of Pennsylvania has found evidence that suggests higher CO2 levels in the future may adversely impact the cognitive abilities of students in classrooms. The group has given a presentation...
Macedonia 23.12.19 | 19:23

Ruling majority fails to accept to put VMRO-DPMNE’s proposal on air pollution on the agenda

Lawmakers failed to adopt the agenda for today’s 126th session, which has 124 points, after almost four hours. At the beginning of the session, the draft-laws, which should be adopted in shortened procedure, were elaborated, and then Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, read all the draft-law for...
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