Tag: kale
Macedonia 21.05.23 | 20:48

Police exercised handling a security threat against the US Embassy

The Interior Ministry and the US Embassy in Skopje conducted a police exercise meant to practice evacuation from the large complex on Kale hill, in case of an emergency. Roads leading to the Embassy were closed today for the regular exercise.
Macedonia 21.10.21 | 11:36

Kotlar supports call to restore the museums at the Kale fortress

Centar mayoral candidate Natasa Kotler supported the calls to restore the museums to the pre-historic and the Ottoman period, located on the Kale fortress, to its former glory. Kotlar shared social media comments in which the neglected state of two museums is portrayed. The Kale fortress is one of the...
Macedonia 28.03.21 | 12:22

A few days after the commemoration, memorial of the Tetovo Kale battle was destroyed

The flowers and memorials laid at the Tetovo Kale fortress, to commemorate its capture during the 2001 civil war, were destroyed and strewn across the site just a few days after the event. The battle was marked by Macedonian police and army veterans. The Kale, which overlooks the city, was taken by guerrillas...
Macedonia Sport 13.04.20 | 21:32

Basketball federation denies involvement in a suspicious land deal signed by one of Zaev’s advisers

The Macedonian basketball federation issued a press release distancing itself from the actions of its former head Daniel Dimevski, who apparently leveraged his position as adviser to SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev to grab a lease on parts of a sports center in downtown Skopje for a ridiculously small sum...
Macedonia 01.10.19 | 11:07

Skopje Mayor Silegov’s plan to sell the new town hall reeks of corruption, VMRO says

VMRO-DPMNE accused Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov of planning a criminal property swap worth millions, using the newly built town hall. Last week Silegov announced that the city will not be moving his administration to the building situated underneath the Kale fortress, and will attempt to sell it at an...
Macedonia 12.06.19 | 15:24

Skopje Mayor Silegov begins the procedure to build a tunnel under the Kale hill

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov announced the construction of a tunnel underneath the Kale hill, which should connect the city center with the Cair district. The completion of the project will allow us to begin the bidding procedure next year. This will allow the citizens of Skopje to go from the Vodnjaska...
Sport 05.05.19 | 16:55

Albanian football group drapes its logo over the Skopje fortress

Shverceri, the nationalist Albanian football gang, draped their logo over the Skopje Kale fortress yesterday. The group celebrated 30 years since its founding and prepared a fireworks display ahead of the Shkupi match against Vardar. This comes after a group of Albanian nationalists dragged a huge Albanian...

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