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The new directory of the municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia promoted
THERE IS A GREAT GAP BETWEEN SKOPJE, THE URBAN AND THE RURAL MUNICIPALITIES
 The municipality and development project budgets do not result in a social cohesion and overcoming the gaps, especially the urban-rural ones, was one of the conclusions from the event for promoting the new Directory of municipalities in Macedonia, which took place on 29 November 2006 at The Holiday Inn Hotel in Skopje and was organized by the Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) and the Union of Local Government Units (LGU).
On 29 November this year at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Skopje, the Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) together with the Union of Local Government Units (ZELS) promoted the new edition of the Directory of municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia.
The new Directory of municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia offers interesting information on all 84 municipalities and the City of Skopje. The 246-page Directory offers a number of other information apart from the general contacts, such as the demographic data, the municipality structure and the information on the institutions under a certain municipality authority.
The publishing of the new Directory was greeted by the Minister of Local Government, Mr. Zoran Konjanovski, the ZELS president, Mr. Andrej Petrov and the MCIC executive director, Mr. Saso Klekovski. Mr. Klekovski presented some of the information covered by the Directory. According to it, there are great development gaps between Skopje and the other regions in Macedonia, as well as between the urban and the rural areas. Moreover, the general picture is worsened by the lack of local development strategy, especially in the rural areas. The absence of such a strategy only broadens the gaps. According to the general data provided by the municipalities themselves, the main local economic development priorities are considered to be the agriculture, the small businesses and the communal infrastructure, while the main economic branches are the agriculture, the small businesses (trade, textile) and the communal infrastructure. According to the Directory, the main environmental priorities are the solid waste management and the drainage of fecal waste waters. “The municipality and the development project budgets do not result in a social cohesion and overcoming the gaps, especially the urban-rural ones, said Klekovski in his presentation, and the “high level of development projects despite the Government participation depends on the foreign assistance”, he added.
The Directory of municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia was printed in Macedonian, Albanian and English and it is available in a hard copy and in electronic form. The publication (including a free CD) costs 300 MKD and it can be obtained at MCIC.
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 “Give pleasure to your boss!!!”These days, a new commercial about a new coffee brand appeared on TV. I presume you’ve already seen it. A secretary slips when bringing coffee to her boss, slides down his desk on her stomach to stop in front of him with the coffee in her hand? I am not sure how you react to it, but after I had seen it for the first time I was left with my mouth open. It was a mixed feeling of bewilderment, sickness, disbelief…how could somebody think of something like that? How could nobody react to this commercial?
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“Mesecina” and “Arka” work on registering adults
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Civic resistance for the restarting of the melting plant in Veles
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Expeditio, Kotor, Montenegro
Our vision is a quality space for better lifeWe decided to make an unusual interview with three people, as they themselves are unusual, as well as the association they are members of. Aleksandra Kapetanovic, Biljana Gligorovic and Tatjana Rajic are three young architects, who dedicate their creativity, knowledge and enthusiasm to cultural heritage, architecture, spatial planning and the civic sector in Montenegro, particularly focused on Boka Kotorska and its surroundings. | |
Violeta Tanceva – Zlateva
My attitude towards the language“People who are of the same origin and who speak the same words and who live and make friends of each other, who have the same customs and songs and entertainment are what we call a nation, and the place where that people lives is called the people's country. Thus the Macedonians also are a nation and the place which is theirs is called Macedonia.”
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Armenian community in the Republic of Macedonia
About 110 families cherish both the Armenian and the Macedonian cultureThe genesis of the Armenian communities on the territory of today’s Macedonia goes back to the medieval times as can be proved by the numerous papers, traveling notes by foreign travelers who stayed or passed through the towns where among other nations, lived the Armenians. | |
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