Tag: roads
Macedonia 17.12.23 | 19:42

Berovo – Strumica road remains closed for heavy vehicles

Heavy vehicles are still banned from using the Strumica – Berovo road due to the heavy snowfall, the AMSM motorist association informed. Additionally, AMSM informs that the Istibanja – Makedonska Kamenica road, that was closed, is now reopened. After the snow that fell on Friday and Saturday,...
Macedonia 06.08.23 | 22:05

Long lines on the roads as tourists are coming home after the weekend

The end of the weekend brought long lines at the main border crossings and the paytoll stations, as tourists are returning to Skopje and other cities. A big problem has developed on the Kicevo – Gostivar road where traffic has slowed down for a dozen kilometers ahead of Gostivar, as motorists are...
Economy 29.06.23 | 11:09

Fast and easy: The tolls in Macedonia and Serbia will be charged by one ‘tag’

The system for joint electronic toll charging by applying only one ‘tag’ while traveling through the country or in Serbia successfully passed all tests, it is ready for use and functional, the Public Enterprise for Public Roads informed on Thursday. The project was announced in 2021 within...
Macedonia 30.03.23 | 11:18

Scandalous road maintenance contract

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski called out the Government for the scandalous contract for road maintenance. In it, simple tasks such as pruning trees and cutting grass along the roads will be outsourced to a newly founded private company from the DUI party stronghold of Kicevo for 2.5...
Macedonia 25.04.22 | 16:16

Drive carefully: Roads in Macedonia are dangerous

“Drive carefully – this road is dangerous for your life.” Signs with such an description should be hung on almost all roads throughout Macedonia, with the exception of Demir Kapija-Smokvica and Miladinovci-Stip. We can see that most of our roads are dangerous if we go from Skopje to...
Macedonia 10.01.22 | 18:14

Snow on January 10 surprises state-owned company in charge of road maintenance in Macedonia – total chaos on roads across the country

January 10 seems too early for snow, at least when it comes to the state-owned company in charge of maintenance of road in Macedonia “Makedonija Pat”. Roads across the country are in chaos. Snow, traffic accidents, total blockade on the first working day after an extended weekend, after so...
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 11:01

Snow and landslides continue to obstruct road traffic across Macedonia

Much of Macedonia, especially the higher elevation areas, are covered with snow, and many roads remain difficult to navigate. MEPSO and EVN Macedonia were able to restore power to the south-west of the country, where a number of cities, like Ohrid, Debar, Struga and Resen were left without electricity...
Macedonia 11.12.21 | 14:15

Roads in the west of Macedonia made impassable by the falling snow

The snow falling across Macedonia, especially in the western mountainous parts of the country, is causing serious traffic issues. A portion of the south-west of the country, including much of Ohrid, is left without electricity and mountainous villages are snowed in. Citizens are sharing pictures from...
Macedonia 30.11.21 | 09:56

Traffic restrictions on mountain roads due to heavy snow

Motorists are warned to be careful on a number of mountain passes across Macedonia, as snow fell on the mountains. Straza and Gjavato passes and the entire Kicevo – Ohrid route are closed for trucks until the road crews can clean up the snow. Mountainous areas like Lazaropole and Poova Sapka are...
Macedonia 22.03.21 | 09:29

Snow cleared from the vital mountain passes

Road crews were able to clear some of the main mountain passes from the snow that keeps falling since Sunday morning. After initial bans for movement by heavy trucks, the Gjavato mountain pass between Bitola and Ohrid, and the road between Struga and the Albanian border crossing of Kafasan have been...
Macedonia 14.02.21 | 10:52

Accidents reported across Macedonia as the roads turn into skating rinks

Traffic accidents are being reported all over Macedonia, as snow has made roads impassable. Trucks are banned from commuting on mountain passes between Ohrid and Kicevo, Kicevo – Gostivar, Resen and Ohrid, Bitola and Resen and Debar – Struga, to prevent blocking the roads entirely. In the...
Economy 19.06.20 | 19:37

Sugareski: The entire country is a big construction site, reconstruction of 400km of roads underway

Minister of Transport and Communications Goran Sugareski said Friday all capital investments would be realized as planned. We are actively working on everything that was promised in the Government programme – over 400km of roads, about 20 water supply and sewerage projects, construction of a gas pipeline...
Macedonia 12.06.19 | 14:58

SDSM amuses the public with claim it built 480 kilometers of roads in two years

A video posted by Zoran Zaev’s SDSM party to celebrate the second anniversary of their seizure of power went viral online, mainly for such over the top claims such as the one about “building 480 kilometers of roads” across Macedonia. Facebook users flooded the SDSM party page to remind...

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