Tag: treska
Macedonia 14.04.22 | 18:12

Mayor Arsovska: The Treska factory fire was likely caused by arson

Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska said that he major fire in the abandoned Treska furniture plant in downtown Skopje was likely planted. The site contained plastics, all sorts of rubbish and likely gas canisters, which caused a dark cloud of smoke to lift over the city and even explosions. I want to inform...
Macedonia 14.04.22 | 16:53

Burning plastic, explosions, make the Treska fire even more dangerous

Firefighters were able to put under control the major blaze that erupted in the abandoned Treska furniture factory in downtown Skopje. So far no injuries have been reported.   Locals said that on top of the huge pillar of smoke that rose over the city, and scared entire neighborhoods, they could hear...
Macedonia 14.04.22 | 14:43

Huge fire in the abandoned Treska factory in downtown Skopje

A huge fire erupted in the abandoned Treska furniture factory in downtown Skopje. The city block sized area is largely empty, but there are small houses and residential buildings around it, as well as commercial buildings operating in some of its former factory halls. There are no reports of injuries...
Macedonia 22.07.21 | 19:31

Residential development worth 28 million EUR planned near lake Treska

After the municipal zoning changes in January, a large new development was announced in the Saraj district, just west of Skopje, on the Treska river. Leak shows major development being planned at the site of lake Treska The 28 million EUR development was touted by Zoran Zaev today, who said that the...
Macedonia 30.01.21 | 11:28

Leak shows major development being planned at the site of lake Treska

The development plan for lake Treska, prepared by the Saraj municipality, was leaked in the public and it shows hotels and shopping malls penned worth a total fo 200 million EUR in what was once a popular recreational area just west of Skopje. Mayor Blerim Bexheti spent days denying that he plans to...
Macedonia 22.01.21 | 11:41

Mayor Bexheti denies reports that he is opening lake Treska for commercial developers

Saraj Mayor Blerim Bexheti denied media reports that he is planning to open the lake Treska for developers. This large recreational area near an artificial lake on Skopje’s western outskirts have been abandoned for a long time as the water in the lake became too polluted for swimming. Recently,...
Macedonia 20.11.19 | 16:48

One of the three Matka dams dries out

The Derveni Info news site published images from the dried out canal of the St. Petka dam in Matka. The dam, one of the three on the Treska river, has almost no water flowing from it, which can have very negative consequences for the fish and other wildlife along the canyon. This is likely the result...

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