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‘Dogged and Systematic:’ How the Investigative Reporting Lab Covers Corruption and Governance in North Macedonia
Global Investigative Journalism Network
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February 5, 2025
In September 2021, a fire broke out in a temporary health facility for COVID-19 patients in Tetovo, a small city in North Macedonia. The fire spread rapidly, and claimed the lives of 14 people — 12 patients and two visiting relatives. The...
Healthcare workers: “Patients Are Not Political Props”
N1 Info: Serbia
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March 19, 2025
An action titled “Patients Are Not Political Props,” previously announced by student protesters from the Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad, took place Wednesday in front of all healthcare institutions in Serbia. Healthcare professionals and students...
Health Minister Silvi Kirilov: Timely Evacuation of the Injured from Kocani, Never Hesitated to Help
Bulgarian News Agency
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Speaking to reporters at Sofia's Pirogov Emergency Hospital on Tuesday, Bulgaria’s Health Minister Silvi Kirilov said: “We conducted a timely evacuation of the injured, I’d say most of them children, and they were hospitalized in Bulgaria before...
Health Ministry Sets Up Organization to Provide Medical Assistance to Injured in Kocani Fire
Bulgarian News Agency
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The Ministry of Health said Sunday that it has set up an organisation to provide medical assistance if needed to victims of the fire in North Macedonia. A task force headed by Health Minister Silvi Kirilov has been formed and necessary...
A generation on the move: how the brain drain is reshaping the Western Balkans
Global Voices
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July 17, 2025
Poster for braindrain.org.mk, a 2001 initiative documenting the brain drain in North Macedonia. Photo by Global Voices, used under a CC BY license. This article by Antonija Janevska and Kristina Radović was first published by Reporting Diversity...
Israel wildfires send 12 people to the hospital and close key Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway
The Independent
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April 30, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
North Macedonia’s ESM secures loan, grant for solar projects, wind farm Bogdanci
Balkan Green Energy News
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December 20, 2024
Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM) will install more solar power plants within its coal mining and energy complexes REK Bitola and REK Oslomej. The state-owned company pioneered such projects in the Western Balkans in 2022, when it set up the...
Greece closes the Acropolis as 44C heatwave grips Athens and Malaga is hit by wildfires while tornado rips through airport in storm-hit France as Europe battles extreme weather
Daily Mail
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July 22, 2025
Southern Europe is being scorched by an unrelenting heatwave that has forced Greece to close ancient landmarks and triggered fierce wildfires across Italy, Spain and the Balkans. Meanwhile, northern parts of the continent are battling a different...
North Macedonia Court Delays Ruling on Objections to Language Law
Balkan Insight
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December 11, 2024
DUI supporters gathered in front of the Constitutional Court in Skopje as it convened on Wednesday. Photo: BDI/Facebook. The Constitutional Court in North Macedonia on Wednesday said it will not rule immediately over the disputed constitutionality...
North Macedonian political party calls for ban on social media content that incites 'self-destructive behavior'
Voice of America
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December 7, 2024
SKOPJE, North Macedonia — A political party in North Macedonia on Saturday demanded authorities ban social networks whose content incites violence and self-destructive behavior after several young people were seriously injured in connection with...
North Macedonian political party demands ban on TikTok after at least 17 students injured
KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri
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December 7, 2024
Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A political party in North Macedonia has demanded authorities ban social networks whose content incites violence and self-destructive behavior after several young people were seriously injured in...
July 22, 2025 UPDATE
Radio Romania International
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July 21, 2025
The latest news from RRI Newsflash Newsroom, 21.07.2025, 20:00 Visit – The president of Romania Nicușor Dan has received an official invitation to visit the United States from the US president Donald Trump, the president’s national security...
Heat forces new Acropolis closure amid fiery temperatures
The Citizen of East Alabama
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Greek authorities ordered the partial closure of the ancient Acropolis temple for the second time in less than two weeks on Tuesday as blistering heat hit much of the eastern Mediterranean. Temperatures were predicted to rise above 40 degrees...
North Macedonia Warned It Risks HIV Surge If Funds are Cut
Balkan Insight
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November 29, 2024
Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, NGOs in North Macedonia working on HIV detection and prevention are warning that, for a fourth consecutive year, the Health Ministry is mulling a budget cut that will have an impact on much-needed funds. They...
Air pollution linked to rising death rates in North Macedonia and Serbia
Gazeta Tema
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January 13, 2025
January 13, 2025 – North Macedonia and Serbia are facing high mortality rates linked to air pollution, according to reports from the European Commission and the OECD. Exposure to harmful pollutants, including PM2.5 particles and nitrogen dioxide,...
Three Kocani Fire Patients Discharged from Bulgarian Hospitals
Bulgarian News Agency
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Three patients injured in the March 16 fire in a disco in Kocani, North Macedonia, have been discharged after treatment in Bulgarian hospitals. The St George University Hospital of Plovdiv and the General Hospital for Active Treatment of Varna had...
North Macedonia: A reform agenda on the path to EU integration
Atlantic Council
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November 14, 2024
Report November 14, 2024 • 5:24 pm ET Print this page North Macedonia: A reform agenda on the path to EU integration By Aleksej Demjanski, Biljana Ivanovska, Branimir Jovanović, Sara Milenkovska, Lura Pollozhani, and Malinka Ristevska Jordanova...
Varna Has Always Stood on the European and World Map of Medical Science, Varna Medical University Vice-Rector Says
Bulgarian News Agency
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Varna Medical University Vice-Rector Violeta Iotova said that the city has always stood on the European and world map of medical science. “We have always been committed to building knowledge and scientific activity,” Prof. Iotova said at the...
Worldwide rally for maternal and newborn health marks World Health Day 2025
Media Monitors Network
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April 10, 2025
On the occasion of the World Health Day 2025 dedicated to the theme of Healthier beginnings, hopeful futures, over 100 global offices of the World Health Organization (WHO) have organized wide-ranging public advocacy actions in collaboration with...
March against air pollution in North Macedonia’s capital
Dawn
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December 29, 2024
SKOPJE: Around a thousand people protested on Saturday in Skopje against air pollution in North Macedonia’s capital, which often ranks among the most polluted cities in Europe. It was the second such demonstration in less than a month in Skopje,...