CounterPunch

Macedonian Ramble: Bitola’s Shaky Bridges to the Past

This is the fifth part in a series about a journey across what used to be called Macedonia, which is now divided among Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, and Turkey. Unlike UNESCO-recognized Ohrid, ...
balkaninsight

Ataturk and the City in North Macedonia that Helped Form Him

Bitola, North Macedonia, holds a special place in the history of modern Turkey as the place where Ataturk attended high school. While in North Macedonia recently for a conference, I took a trip by car ...
Reuters

North Macedonia expects a bumpy road in its quest to quit coal

BITOLA, North Macedonia, Nov 29 (Reuters) - As North Macedonia prepares to present its plan on Sunday to wean itself off coal-fired power, miners at the Bitola plant are running out of coal reserves ...
CounterPunch

Macedonian Ramble: the Forgotten Peaks of Monastir and Dobro Polje

This is the sixth part in a series about a journey across what used to be called Macedonia, which is now divided among Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, and Turkey. I had come to Bitola to inspect the ...
Chicago Tribune

Petar Nikolovski OBITUARY

PETAR NIKOLOVSKI “PUSKARO” Age 80, of Crown Point, passed away on Tuesday, February 15, 2005. Before coming to America from Bitola, Macedonia on 1973, “Puskaro” was a veteran of Partizansko Spomenica ...