Tag: pollution
Macedonia 04.02.19 | 16:22

One of the largest gynecology clinics in the country will be shut down if it doesn’t replace its polluting heating system

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov threatened to close the Cair gynecology clinic, one of the largest in the country, if it doesn’t fix the problem with its heating system, which has been emitting acrid black smoke over the past days. Inspectors from the city of Skopje were at the clinic twice already...
Macedonia 04.02.19 | 10:59

As Skopje suffers from record levels of air pollution, inspectors seek but can’t find polluters

Environmental inspection teams were active on Friday and Saturday in the area of Karpos, looking for small industrial facilities which violate clean air rules. As Skopje and other Macedonian cities suffer from world record setting levels of air pollution, citizens from Karpos were complaining online...
Life 19.01.19 | 16:23

Skopje reaches status of most polluted city

Skopje landed in the top spot of most polluted cities in the world after its air quality index reached a high of 430 on Saturday, Jan. 19, at 1 am, according to AirVisual. The Switzerland-based organization that has gathered the largest global database of air quality data by city since 2015 uses a six-marker...
Macedonia 26.12.18 | 15:11

Bitola Council member: You’re laughing while people are dying from cancer

Ivan Culakoski, an independent Bitola city Council member, accused the SDSM party led municipal authorities of completely failing in their promise to fight to clean air in one of the main industrial areas in Macedonia. Show this program you prepared to the parent of a child with cancer and you’ll...
Macedonia 21.12.18 | 23:39

Lethal air pollution levels in Bitola

Air pollution readings in Bitola were described as “lethal” by city council member Ivan Culakoski, after the measuring station read 600 micrograms per cubic meter of PM10 particles. These particles, emitted mostly by burning wood, coal and rubber or plastics for heating, cause all sorts...
Macedonia 20.12.18 | 19:31

Apocalyptic scenes of air pollution in Macedonia

Boston based Undark magazine published a dramatic report on the air pollution in Macedonia, describing how the use of rubber tires, plastics and waste wood for heating is emitting PM2.5 particles in the air. One of the most shocking images in the report comes from the village of Kosturino near Strumica,...
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