North Macedonia, digitalisation against the grey economy

The new government in North Macedonia announced its intention to overcome a major challenge for the country, dealing with the so-called grey economy and tax malpractice through advanced digitisation. The main expected benefit is to increase...

Ruling conservatives in North Macedonia cement victory in local elections, main opposition trounced

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia ’s ruling conservatives cemented victory in a local election runoff on Sunday, winning just over two-thirds of the mayoral contests in two rounds of voting, leaving opposition Social Democrats far...

Lancaster woman’s mammoth trek for Palestine reaches final country and hits £42k

Lancaster business woman Ruth Herbert has reached the final country on her fundraising trek for Palestine. Ruth, 52, is walking from her home in Arnside to Turkey on a solo expedition to raise money for UK registered charity Medical Aid for...

Shamrock Rovers and Shelbourne go in search of first Conference League wins

AEK Athens v Shamrock Rovers AEK Arena, 5.45pm (Irish time) “This is what you want, win a league on Saturday, get ready for a massive European game on Thursday and then roll into the cup final on Sunday, so it’s exactly what you would want.” So...

Ten years on: Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean migration policy under the spotlight

Europe, envisioned in the Ventotene Manifesto as a continent of peace and solidarity, now builds walls and views migration as a question of security. Born on a Mediterranean island, the European construction now aims to defend itself from the...

Romania, the preservation of memory in family recipe books

For generations, pen and paper have been the means to preserve memory: out of necessity, for pleasure or simply for the desire to pass something on to those who will come after. Historical documents, stories, personal diaries, but also notebooks...

Trakia University Student Esil Ali Wins Medical Students Essay Competition

Trakia University student Esil Ali won first prize in the Alexander Darvodelski competition for medical students. The awarding ceremony was held on Sunday at the MaxiM Hall of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA). The competition is organized by the...

North Macedonia's Skopje tackles mounting waste and rodent crisis

The Municipality of Centar in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, has declared an environmental emergency and rolled out a package of urgent measures to combat the growing piles of rubbish and the appearance of rodents that have overwhelmed...

The Euro Balkan Film Festival issues a declaration on authors’ rights, platforms and AI

05/11/2025 - Film professionals are urging the European Commission to strengthen cultural-exception rules, retain platform investment obligations and set ethical AI frameworks for creators The professionals at the Euro Balkan Film Festival Rome is...

10 new Israeli airstrikes on Khan Younis; Trump agrees to one-year trade truce with Xi; Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces execute at least 460 people inside a hospital

Israel continues to violate the Gaza ceasefire, bombing Khan Younis and Beit Lahia. Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani suggests Hamas breached the ceasefire with an attack in Rafah that killed an Israeli soldier. Hamas says...

International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development kicks off in Skopje: reliance on single supplier is risk of past

The three-day International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development (IFESD-14), with the theme From Goals to Action: Powering the Future with Sustainable Energy, gathered more than 500 participants from more than 70 countries, including...

Tragic manager Mladen Zizovic was full of praise for Johnny Kenny after Celtic striker’s masterclass

Johnny Kenny celebrates his second goal against Mladen Zizovic's Borac(Image: INPHO/Ryan Byrne) Bosnian manager Mladen Zizovic, who passed away at the weekend during a Serbian league match between his Radnicki 1923 side and Mladost, was full of...

Skopje’s Waste Pile-Up Becomes Key Issue in Local Election Campaign

A waste collection crisis in Skopje has entered the local election campaign between the two rounds of municipal voting, after overflowing rubbish containers and piles of uncollected waste triggered public concern and political recriminations,...

Poland loses two more poultry flocks to Newcastle disease

Newcastle disease has been confirmed in two more poultry flocks in Poland. The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), in two separate reports, shared information about the situation on October 27. One of the affected flocks involved 273,822...

Alex Salmond's widow could be forced to sell family home to pay late husband's debts

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and his wife Moira during the 2014 Commonwealth Games.(Image: PA) Alex Salmond’s 88 year old widow could be forced to sell their family home to help pay the former First Minister’s debts, it has been claimed. A...

North Macedonia, municipalities go to the polls

© BUTENKOV ALEKSEI/Shutterstock Citizens of North Macedonia are called to renew municipal councils and elect new mayors: this election is marked by the high number of candidates and controversy over the integrity of the electoral lists On October...

Quality-of-Life Issues Dominate BIRN Debates for North Macedonia Albanians

Bajram Rexhepi of the National Alliance for Integration (left) and Bilall Kasami of Vlen face off in one of the BIRN debates ahead of local elections in North Macedonia. Photo: BIRN. North Macedonia’s local elections this weekend are the focus of...

On October 19, North Macedonia elects new local authorities

On October 19, North Macedonian citizens will vote to elect 80 mayors and local councils. These are the eighth local elections since the country's independence was declared—local elections are held every four years in the second half of October....

Open Data Bill in North Macedonia Triggers New Transparency Concerns

Current practice in North Macedonia does not bode well. Under North Macedonia’s Law on Access to Public Information law, journalists or members of the public can request access to information that is not publicly available by submitting a formal...

Masked attacker shoots party candidate in North Macedonia

KUMANOVO, Oct. 7 (TemA) — North Macedonia’s Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) said one of its municipal council candidates, 43-year-old Zekirja Shahini, was shot by a masked assailant in Kumanovo and is in stable condition in hospital. Police...