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28 Sep 09

Macedonia Hosts International Film Festival

The 30th edition of the International Cinematographers' Film Festival "Manaki Brothers", the biggest event of its kind in the country, kicked off Saturday evening in the town of Bitola.

20 Aug 09

Macedonia Poetry Festival Kicks Off

The 48th edition of Macedonia's prestigious international poetry festival, the Struga Poetry Evenings, opens Thursday evening in the lakeside town.

11 Aug 09

Macedonian Cave Among World's Deepest

An Italian deep diving team exploring the Vrelo underwater cave near the Macedonian capital has reached a staggering depth of 190 metres, local media report.

20 Jul 09

Macedonia: Valuable Artifacts Found

A burial tomb containing artifacts of extraordinary archaeological value, including golden burial equipment dating from the fifth century B.C., was excavated Saturday in the old fortress in the Macedonian town of Ohrid.

17 Jul 09

Croatian Mystic Charms Macedonians

Macedonian health officials are attempting to put a stop to the practices of a popular Croatian mystic who claims to heal people simply by looking at them and continues to gather thousands to his mass sessions in the capital, Skopje.

13 Jul 09

Ennio Morricone Opens Ohrid Summer Festival

A spectacle under open sky starring one of the world’s most famous film composers of all times, Ennio Morricone, opened the 49th annual Ohrid Summer Festival on Sunday evening.

29 Jun 09

Femfest Kicks Off In Macedonia

The Femfest art and music festival dedicated to women kicks off today in the Macedonian capital Skopje and in the town of Prilep.

29 May 09

Skopje Begins 'Buskerfest'

More than 120 acrobats, magicians, musicians, mimes, jugglers, clowns and other artists from Macedonia and sixteen other countries will perform at this year’s “Buskerfest” street festival, which opens Friday in Skopje.

28 May 09

Skopje's Music Off Fest Begins

Thursday evening’s performance by the Mexican singer Lila Downs will open this year's edition of Skopje’s music festival Off Fest.

26 May 09

Macedonia Pranksters Erect Golden Toilet

A golden painted toilet with a plaque and the word “discharge” embossed in front of it appeared as the latest addition to the collection of sculptures recently put up in Skopje’s city centre.

13 May 09

Local Heroes Crash Out of Eurovision

Three of the region’s entrants for the Eurovision Song contest will be heading home before the final after Europe’s tele-voters gave them a firm thumbs-down following their performances at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Moscow last night.

12 May 09

Balkan Singers Ready for Eurovision Action

Europe’s biggest televised event starts tonight, drawing 42 countries into what cynics in Western Europe have long written off as a farce corrupted by nationalistic voting and poor music and what, here, a little further east is a matter of national honour and pride.

08 May 09

9,000-Year-Old Skeleton Found in Macedonia

A human skeleton, found in Grncarica, and dubbed 'Slave', after an inscription on the box in which his remains were transported, has been confirmed as the oldest ever found in South Eastern Europe.

04 May 09

Murky Macedonia Sculpture Orders

One well known artistic foundry located in Florence, Italy, has been secretly hired to make several bronze monumental sculptures envisaged for Skopje's town centre, local media reported on Monday.

21 Apr 09

Easter Overeating Crowds Macedonian Hospitals

A 47 year-old male ended up in hospital on early Monday morning after a long night of festivities, overindulging in three kilos of meat and ten eggs to mark the end of Orthodox Easter fasting.

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Culture Policy Focus

03 May 13

Foltin and the Art of Private Folklore

The band from Bitola describe their approach to music as an irrational process of creating a ‘private folklore’ out of their impressions and dreams, and their latest album as a tonic for apathy and depression.

01 May 13