Ohrid celebrates 1010th death anniversary of Tsar Samoil
Ohrid, 4 October 2024 (MIA) — The Municipality of Ohrid has organized a celebration of the 1010th death anniversary of Tsar Samoil, featuring theater and music performances, MIA’s Ohrid correspondent writes. The event will feature “The Cherubs on Samoil’s Crown,”…
Twelfth Giffoni Macedonia Youth Film Festival begins, welcoming 450 participants from eight countries
Skopje, 3 October 2024 (MIA) — The 12th Giffoni Macedonia Youth Film Festival begins Thursday and will offer six days of films, workshops, interviews, and forums through Oct. 8, organizers said. Events and screenings will take place at Skopje’s Millenium…
Book launches in Skopje, Veles for Polish writer Paweł Beręsewicz’s ‘Whispered’
Skopje, 2 October 2024 (MIA) — Polish writer Paweł Beręsewicz will attend Wednesday the book launches in Skopje and Veles for the Macedonian translation of his latest novel for young readers “Whispered” (“Szeptane,” 2023). The launches will take place at…
Natonal Gallery mounts Emil Shulajkovski solo show of abstractions
Skopje, 1 October 2024 (MIA) — A solo show of abstractions by Emil Shulajkovski, titled “Shadows in the Clouds,” will open at the National Gallery’s Chifte Amam gallery at 8 pm. The exhibition consists of oils on canvas, acrylics on…
10th BookStar festival begins under Kafka-inspired slogan ‘Metamorphosis’
Skopje, 30 September 2024 (MIA) — The tenth BookStar European Literature Festival begins Monday under the slogan ‘Metamorphosis’ and will, for the first time, award a prize for exceptional literary achievements, BookStar X10. This year’s winner is Italian writer Alessandro…
National Opera and Ballet to perform contemporary ‘Cinderella’
Skopje, 27 September 2024 (MIA) — The National Opera and Ballet will perform Sergei Prokofiev’s ballet “Cinderella, Op. 87” choreographed by Serbian coreographer Aleksandar Ilic on Friday evening. According to Ilic, this version of “Cinderella” is much more contemporary. “We…
Book launch for Aco Shopov selected poetry in Slovenian
Skopje, 26 September 2024 (MIA) — The Slovene Writers Association hosted in Ljubljana a book launch for the recently published selected poems by Macedonian poet Aco Shopov in Slovenian, “Zlati krog časa.” The event was organized by the Ljubljana University’s…
Macedonian writer Gorjan Petrevski featured at 13th Literature Night in Sofia
Skopje, 25 September 2024 (MIA) — The popular Macedonian writer of books for young readers Gorjan Petrevski’s book “The Same Eyes,” published in Bulgarian in 2024 by Izida, will be featured at the 13th Literature Night in Sofia. Excerpts from…
‘No Time for Work. No Time Free of Work’ closes with book launch
Skopje, 23 September 2024 (MIA) — The international exhibition “No Time for Work. No Time Free of Work,” which opened on Sept. 3, will close Tuesday with a book launch for the collaborative “Precarious for Beginners” and “Islands of Kinship: A…
Macedonian Philharmonic to give concert in Croatia
Skopje, 23 September 2024 (MIA) — The Macedonian Philharmonic will give a concert featuring Croatian violinist Jana Kariman as soloist in Dubrovnik on Thursday. Kariman is concertmaster of the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra. The concert will be conducted by Borjan Canev and…
Tanec to give concerts in Podgorica, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Banja Luka
Skopje, 20 September 2024 (MIA) — The Tanec National Folk Song and Dance Ensemble is touring the Balkans to celebrate its 75th anniversary, with concerts scheduled in Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, under the slogan ‘Tanec: The Macedonian…
MWA to hold its annual literary awards ceremony
Skopje, 18 September 2024 (MIA) — The Macedonian Writers Association will hold Wednesday its 2024 awards ceremony to present Blazhe Minevski with the Stale Popov Best Fiction prize; Zoran Anchevski with the Aco Shopov Best Poetry Book prize; Biljana Crvenkovska with…
