Tag: centar
Economy 14.08.24 | 23:02

Nikoloski: No young couple can afford a new apartment in downtown Skopje

Families from the interior can’t afford to move to Skopje – you have to sell a house in the countryside to afford a studio in the capital, said Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski in an interview. Macedonia saw a dramatic spike in real-estate prices in the past several years, especially...

Macedonia 10.03.22 | 13:10

SDSM officials sold land in downtown Skopje for 7 EUR per square meter

Sinisa Ivanovski from VMRO-DPMNE revealed incriminating details about the recent sale of state owned land in downtown Skopje to a private company for a sum of just 7 EUR per square meter. Plans are drawn up to build a 15 storey building. The price for apartments in this location can reach up to 2,000...

Macedonia 25.12.21 | 15:31

Developer received permission to destroy one of the last parks in downtown Skopje

One of the last surviving small parks in downtown Skopje is about to be destroyed by developers. Local residents of the “Nikola Kljusev” street report that the municipality of Centar approved a request from the Skolimeks company to build a 25 meters high building in the small park between...

Macedonia 30.11.21 | 09:35

Zaev and Ahmeti got the judiciary to come up with another sentence against Nikola Gruevski

Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski was sentenced to another prison term yesterday by the Skopje Appeals Court, over a (non) incident in 2013. Protesters gathered before the Centar municipal building in Skopje to decry plans by the SDSM led Council majority to end the construction of a church in downtown...

Macedonia 31.10.21 | 23:03

A rare win for SDSM: Gerasimovski declares victory in Centar

In a rare win for SDSM, their candidate in Skopje’s Centar district Goran Gerasimovski, declared that he won. Centar remains in the right hands, we won by 2,000 votes. We begin to work tomorrow to justify your support, Gerasimovski said. Centar was supposed to be an easy first round win for SDSM,...

Macedonia 31.10.21 | 18:28

Skopje mayoral race: Dismal turnout in Saraj, high in Karpos and Centar

Lowest turnout in the second round of the elections was recorded in Saraj, which could be crucial in the mayoral race in Skopje, where only 23.41 percent voted. In Shuto Orizari, north of Skopje, turnout was 28.48 percent and in Bogovinje near Tetovo – 30.23 percent. Large urban centers in the...

Macedonia 29.10.21 | 11:20

Kotlar: Our life is not dictated by the best practices and the public interest of the residents of Centar, but by the business interests of individuals

Our life is not dictated by the best practices and the public interest of the residents of Centar, but by the business interests of individuals, says the candidate for mayor of Centar, Natasa Kotlar. We have become a highly corrupt environment, we have allowed people without vision and capacity to lead...

News 22.10.21 | 19:24

Kotlar pledges to establish a mental health center with a day care center for children with disabilities, autism, Down syndrome

For the first time in Centar, we will establish a mental health center with daily care for children with disabilities, autism, Down syndrome and more, the candidate for mayor of Centar from the ranks of VMRO-DPMNE, Natasa Kotlar, said in Friday’s press release. The center will employ special...

Macedonia 20.10.21 | 10:17

Natasa Kotlar maintains pressure on the SDSM favorite in Centar, promises to solve the parking problem in downtown Skopje

Natasa Kotlar, the opposition candidate for Mayor of Centar, presented a plan of financial incentives to help the citizens of Skopje’s downtown area put back into use about 800 underground parking spaces that are currently out of service – while the city struggles with parking space. Kotlar...

Macedonia 11.10.21 | 22:38

Kotlar: I will include civic organizations in the running of Centar

Natasa Kotlar, the opposition mayoral candidate in Skopje’s Centar district, promised to include the civic organizations in the running of the municipality. My main positions in the running of Centar are to say NO to the sprawl of concrete, to make sure there are trees on every street, humane opportunities...

Macedonia 05.10.21 | 23:59

Danela Arsovska promises a large pedestrian zone in downtown Skopje and green alternatives to cars

Skopje mayoral candidate Danela Arsovska pledged to turn the greatly expand the pedestrian zone in downtown Skopje, from the Old Bazaar to the Old Railway Station. During her rally in Centar, Arsovska also promised more parking spaces in the congested downtown and pavements accessible to persons with...

Macedonia 04.10.21 | 22:05

Kotlar: Our priority will be the public interest, not the interest of individuals

Many things that exist and happen in the municipality of Centar are the result of systemic errors, lack of vision and appropriate plans over a period of 30 years. Hence, our main priorities will be primarily the public interest, and not the interest of individuals, businessmen or some groups, Natasa...

Macedonia 27.08.21 | 16:53

Kotlar: Something needs to be seriously changed in the Municipality of Centar

The intention to change things was the main motive for me to run for mayor of the Municipality of Centar, professor Natasa Kotlar said in an interview with “Republika”. The professor emphasizes that the municipality of Centar is the center of the country but that it is a very specific municipality...

Macedonia 22.06.21 | 13:09

One of the last small parks in downtown Skopje could be next on the chopping block

Workers are conducting what appears to be soil probing in one of the few surviving green spaces in downtown Skopje. The sight raised fears that the place is slated for development. The small park along Orce Nikolov street was already reduced with the construction of the Ibis hotel. Older spatial plans...

Macedonia 30.12.20 | 12:24

Free parking in Centar for Christmas and New Year

Parkings managed by the Centar municipality will be open free of charge on Friday. On Thursday – New Year’s Eve – the parking garages will work until 17h. As for Christmas, which in Macedonia is marked on the 7th, all parking will be free of charge, including the day before.

Macedonia 20.11.20 | 14:49

Centar Mayor asked what is he doing with the hefty penalties collected from Limak Engineering

The Centar municipality in downtown Skopje has received over a million EUR from the Turkish developer Limak and council members are beginning to ask questions where are the money going to. Limak is developing the major Diamond of Skopje business, hotel and shoping center project, spanning the downtown,...

Macedonia 28.09.20 | 20:44

Express sentencing scheduled in the trial against Mile Janakieski

A Skopje court declared that the sentencing in the 2013 protests in the Centar municipality will take place tomorrow, only a day after the key defendant Mile Janakieski gave his final statement. The speed with which the sentencing date was announced raised suspicions that the verdict is already written...

Macedonia 28.09.20 | 17:58

Janakieski: I’m put on trial for an attack that never happened, while those who actually attacked me were never charged

Former Minister Mile Janakieski, who faces sentencing in one of the dozen trials the Zaev regime initiated against him, said that it is propostrous that he is tried for an attack that never happened, while an actual attack against him is left uninvestigated Janakieski is charged with “organizing...

Macedonia 24.09.20 | 10:13

Final statements in one of Katica Janeva’s cases against VMRO

At the Skopje court, the final statements in the trial over the 2013 protests in front of the Centar municipality will take place today. The trial is one of the cases initiated by disgraced former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva meant to degrade the then ruling VMRO-DPMNE party. Besides then VMRO leader...

Macedonia 23.09.20 | 16:09

As the court prepares to deliver sentences in another case aimed at former VMRO officials, the defense points to many similar cases that should apply to SDSM

As one of the highly politicized cases initiated by disgraced former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva draws to the end, the defense today stated that all precedents point out to, at most, suspended sentences for the defendants. The trial is initiated against former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and...

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