Tag: highway
Balkans 06.12.24 | 21:10

Bulgarian officials from the border region call for a highway connection with Macedonia

Local councillors in the Bulgarian city of Kustendil, where is the key border crossing with Macedonia, have called on the Government to prioritize building a highway from Dupnica to Kustendil. This would connect the two countries better, after Macedonia is finishing a modern expressway from Kumanovo...
Macedonia 02.11.24 | 16:27

The drive from Skopje to Bitola will take only 1.5 hours

Travel times from Skopje to Bitola will be reduced to an hour and half and the trip to Prilep will take only an hour and ten minutes, said Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski who, along with Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, visited the construction site of the Prilep – Bitola highway. This...
Macedonia 31.10.24 | 21:13

Nikoloski: In three years we will have a highway between Bitola and Prilep

In three years we will have a modern highway between Bitola and Prilep, which is eagerly expected by the entire Pelagonija region, said Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski. There will be an expressway from Gradsko to Prilep, where a roundabout will lead to the city of Prilep, or toward the highway...
Macedonia 26.10.24 | 14:30

Highway to Kosovo delayed because SDSM and DUI officials sold land along the route to turn a profit

Construction of the highway from Skopje to the border with Kosovo, which is only 10 kilometers long, is delayed because of machinations with te land along the route, said VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament Brane Petrusevski. According to Petrusevski, SDSM and DUI party officials tipped off businessmen close...
Economy 02.11.23 | 19:54

Kovacevski and Grubi are eyeing the stalled Kicevo – Ohrid highway

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski and his powerful deputy Artan Grubi announced a new move – to try to cancel the contract to build the Kicevo – Ohrid highway, with the Chinese Sinohydro company. The long delayed 40 kilometer highway that is a key in the country’s south-west was started...
Macedonia 01.07.23 | 18:26

Joint highway tag system between Macedonia and Serbia

Macedonia and Serbia are introducing a joint highway tag system for payment of road tolls. This will allow motorists from both countries to carry on driving without stopping at the paytoll points. The system underwent testing in the past months. It can be registered through the website openbalkan-etc.com.
Macedonia 21.05.23 | 17:42

Nikoloski: All infrastructure projects are stopped, except for the harmful Bechtel deal

The Government stopped all infrastructure projects, except for the corrupt Bechtel contract, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski during his visit to the region of Rosoman. Citizens there are asking for a road link to the planned Veles – Prilep expressway, but work on this road,...
Macedonia 05.04.23 | 08:15

Serious landslide blocks the Skopje – Veles highway

A major landslide blocked the Skopje – Veles highway yesterday evening near the village of Sopot. Dozens of cars were blocked on the key highway and had to use a dirt road to leave the highway. Trucks remained stuck.
Macedonia 04.04.23 | 16:53

No questions allowed during the ground breaking ceremony for the first of the Bechtel highways

Government officials, US Ambassador Angela Aggeler and representative of the Bechtel construction company attended a ceremony today to mark the beginning of work to expand the Tetovo – Gostivar highway. This section is part of the major – and highly dubious – contract to build highways...
Macedonia 08.03.23 | 09:52

New details in the corrupt highway oversight project

VMRO-DPMNE will reveal additional details in the scandal involving the oversight of the major Bechtel highway contract that is being signed today for 1.3 billion EUR. The opposition party was focused on the consortium selected to oversee the project, for 22 million EUR, and will have the power to report...
Macedonia 03.03.23 | 19:28

Mickoski reveals that the Government picked a scandalous company to conduct oversight on a huge infrastructure project

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski responded to First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi, who tries to deflect from his growing corruption allegations by blaming his critics of working with Russia. Grubi is the point man for several highway projects, done in cooperation with the US Bechtel company,...
Macedonia 02.03.23 | 18:48

Businessman close to Artan Grubi bought a discounted hotel from a company that got a valuable highway contract

Fokus reports that a businessman close to First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi purchased a hotel from the Granit construction company, which then received a lucrative highway contract that Grubi has influence over. The Granit hotel at the Popova Sapka ski resort was sold for just 55,000 EUR, a sum...
Macedonia 05.02.22 | 18:10

Two months after the major landslide, the Stip – Skopje highway is still not cleared

Two months after the large landslide on the Skopje – Stip highway, the debris still hasn’t been cleared. The incident happened in early December, after strong rains, on the Stip to Skopje side, about 10 kilometers east from the Miladinovci intersection. Since then, the Transportation Ministry...
Macedonia 21.12.21 | 19:30

EBRD will help fund a section of the controversial Gostivar – Kicevo highway

Finance Minister Fatmir Besimi signed an agreement with the EBRD representative Andi Aranitasi for 110 million EUR in funding for the first stage of the Gostivar – Kicevo highway. The stage covers the easiest section of the track, north from Kicevo to the village of Bukojcani. Once completed, the...
Economy 09.12.21 | 19:50

Constitutional Court reportedly approved the exclusive highway contract with Bechtel – Enka

First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi said that, according to his information, the Constitutional Court approved the special law adopted to give the American – Turkish Bechtel – Enka consortium exclusive right to build several key highways in Macedonia. The contract was strongly supported...
Economy 30.10.21 | 16:33

The Kicevo – Ohrid highway reached a price tag of 10 million EUR per kilometer

According to the new projections by the Zaev Government, the Kicevo – Ohrid highway will cost 10 million EUR per kilometer, when (if) it’s finished in 2023. This year is now put forward by Zaev’s officials, after the price tag was greatly inflated. The 57 kilometer highway, that is being built...
Macedonia 23.09.21 | 10:17

Horse filmed galloping on the highway near Gostivar

Social media users shared a video of a horse galloping on the Tetovo – Gostivar highway yesterday, while dragging a cart. Police was seen in close pursuit, both heading in the wrong direction, and eventually stopped the horse. Dogs are commonly seen on highway lanes, but a horse is a bit much even...
Macedonia 16.07.21 | 14:06

Bocvarski defends the plan to add new tolls to the existing highways

Transportation Minister Blagoj Bocvarski defended the plan to add a third paytoll station to the Tetovo – Gostivar highway (just 25 kilometers). Bocvarski said that this is being done to expand the highway in the future, as well as to ensure that the country has “modern roads”. We are projecting...
Macedonia 07.07.21 | 19:32

Zaev’s Government insists there is “strong progress” made on the Kicevo – Ohrid highway

In a statement, responding to the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party, the Zaev Government insisted that work on the Kicevo – Ohrid highway continues. The Chinese funded highway is proceeding at glacial pace ever since Zaev grabbed power in 2017, and is already over three years past the date when it was...
Macedonia Economy 12.06.21 | 10:11

New promise: The Kicevo – Ohrid highway will be finished by the end of 2023

Ejup Rustemi, the newly appointed head of the Macedonian Roads (JDPD) public utility company, said that the deadline to complete the Kicevo – Ohrid highway is now pushed to the end of 2023. Little work is being done on the key highway, which broke ground in early 2014. The Chinse Sinohydro company...
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