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2009 DRAFT BUDGET IN
PARLIAMENT
Finance Minister Trajko Slaveski Thursday will submit 2009 Draft Budget to
Parliament President Trajko Veljanovski.
The 2009 Budget as proposed amounts Denar 164.21 billion. The revenues are
planned to Denar 153.21 billion and budget deficit is at the level of 2.8%
in relation to the planned GDP.
According to the projections more resources are foreseen for 2009 for
capital investments in road and railway infrastructure, energy, education,
culture, information society and restrictive spending is foreseen in certain
points that are non-productive, such as commodities and services.
Tax revenues encompass 59 percent of total revenues, which represents a 9.3
percent increase.
The projected deficit would be financed through foreign indebtedness,
including World Bank loans, domestic indebtedness through issuing of state
bonds and other forms of indebtedness.
DAYS OF MACEDONIAN
CULTURE IN US
Pianist Simon Trpceski's debut concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
on Wednesday (Nov. 12) will kick off the manifestation Days of Macedonian
Culture in the United States. Macedonian music, fine arts and films will be
presented in Chicago, New York and Washington on Nov. 12-26.
The Culture Ministry says in a press release that Trpceski in Chicago will
hold concerts on Nov. 13, 14 and 15. To mark the start of the Days of
Macedonian Culture in US, the Ministry on Thursday (Nov. 13) is set to throw
a cocktail party in Chicago Symphony Orchestra Hall.
An exhibition titled "Macedonian Contemporary Art" will be opened on Nov. 17
in the New York-based Macedonian Center, where the American public will have
the chance to see the works of Tome Adzievski, Jovan Sumkovski, Zaneta
Vangeli, Antoni Maznevski, Stanko Pavlevski, Blagoja Manevski and Resat
Ameti. Event's commissioner is the National Gallery of Macedonia.
Moreover, the Village East Cinema in New York on Nov. 20-23 will host the
Macedonian Film Festival, organised by the country's Film Fund. I Am From
Titov Veles by Teona Strugar-Mitevska, Before The Rain by Milco Mancevski,
Contact by Sergej Stanojkovic, The Great Water by Ivo Trajkov, Bal-Kan-Kan
by Darko Mitrevski, Dust by Milco Mancevski, Happy New 49 by Stole Popov,
Black Seed by Kiril Cenevski, Mirage by Svetozar Ristovski and Upside Down
by Igor Ivanov will be shown at the festival, which will be closed with
Mancevski's Before The Rain, one of the best films ever made according to
the New York Times.
On Nov. 24, an exhibit by Dimce Isajlovski will be opened in the Macedonian
embassy in Washington, whereas on Nov. 25 Dragan Dautovski, Boris Trajanov
and Aleksandar Stefanovski will hold a concert, accompanied by Darko
Marinkovski on the piano.
The Ministry of Culture says the premiere of Shadows by Milco Mancevski will
take place within the Days of Macedonian Culture in US, which will be
screened in theaters across USA as of Jan. 30 2009.
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SKOPJE CELEBRATES 64TH ANNIVERSARY
OF LIBERATION
Skopje celebrates Thursday the 64th anniversary of the liberation from the
fascists.
The fighters of the 42nd and 50th National Liberation Division of the
Macedonian Army and the 16th Macedonian Brigade liberated Skopje from
fascist occupation 64 years ago on this day.
On this occasion fresh flowers will be laid at partisan cemetery in Skopje,
the monument of General Mihajlo Apostolski and the monument of the
liberators in front of the Government’s building.
Children’s art event “We build our city” will be held at the Museum of the
City of Skopje. Also bypass section near Continental Hotel will be put into
operation. An exhibition of photographs “PHOTOMEDIA 2008” will be opened
Thursday evening at the National Gallery “Mala Stanica” after which a
concert of the music bands will be held at the Youth Cultural Centre.
Skopje Mayor Trifun Kostovski will meet the members of the City Council of
the Union of World-War II Veterans' of Macedonia and in the evening he will
present the “13th November” award. The winner in the sphere of culture is
Dr. Vitomir Mitevski of the Faculty of Philosophy for publication “Antique
Philosophy.” Vasil Tolevski will be awarded in the sphere of publishing for
“Anthology of the Balkan Aphorism.” The winners in the sphere of culture are
Gorjan Petreski – for trilogy “Spomenka”, “Memories of Spomenka” and “The
Dream of Spomenka” and Blaze Minevski for the novel “Target.”
In the sphere of education the “13th November” award will be presented to
“Rade Jovcevski – Korcagin” secondary school for special contribution in
improvement of the educational process and the journalist Ivan Gligorovski
for his book.
Ballet dancer Goran Bozinov and director Nikola Angelovski are the award
winners in the sphere of art, and Koco Cakalaroski, Internal Medicine
Physician, is the winner in health and humanitarian activity. Winner in the
sphere of sport is Petar Aleksovski – Pepo and Jelena Dimitrijevic, Docent
of the Faculty of Tourism – Skopje is the winner in the sphere of the
protection and improvement of the environment and tourism for the book
“Environment, Tourism and Sustainable Development.”
Students Aleksandar Dimitriev, Branko Ilievski and Bojan Kostadinov are also
the “13th November” award winners.
Night running race will take place organised by the Union of Sports of the
City of Skopje and Marathon Club Delta.
Also an exhibition of architecture works will be opened and award of
“Architecture Skopje 2008” event will be presented in the evening at the
Museum of the City of Skopje.
The city of Skopje for the first time has been mentioned by Klaudie
Diolomej, under its ancient name "Skupi". In the III century B.C. Skupi was
founded by the Dardanians, and later with the coming of the Romanians it
came under their rule.
In this period, the city experienced real bloom on several fields, it became
a large religious centre with its own bishop. In the year of 518 the city
was destroyed by a disastrous earthquake. Wonderful architectonic buildings,
numerous public baths and the antic amphitheatre built in a roman style,
large basilica with mosaic floors have completely disappeared from the
earth’s face. Since then Skupi is not mentioned any more. The Skopje valley
got a new city centre called "Justinijana Prima".
By the end of the VI century, in front of the ramparts of the city the
Slavic people have showed up, which managed to occupy and to slavicize it
for a period of only one century. This area was settled by the Slavic tribe
Beregheziti and gives the city the new name Skopje. During the existence of
the first Macedonian state and the Macedonian czar Samouil, the city becomes
part of the Samouil’s empire. In the later years a lot of conquerors have
passed through the streets of the city, Bulgarians, Bysantiums, Serbians. In
the year of 1392, the city falls under the Turkish rule. Up to 1453 Skopje
was a throne of the Turkish sultans and later it developed in a significant
craftsmen and commercial centre. A lot of authors who write about their
travels have expressed their delight from the city.
On 25th of October 1689 in front of the city gates, arrives the Austrian
general Picolomini with its army. An event with an outstanding significance
for Skopje. "I decided to burn the city in order not to leave the enemy
something that could be of use to him. Although it is not easy, I decided to
turn the city into ashes". From the hillsides of the Vodno mountain,
Picolomini was observing the fire: "I am sorry for the houses such as I have
not seen at all in this war. The mosques are from the highest quality marble
and porphyry, decorated with thousands lamps on a golden plated holders,
which one would devote equal attention even in Rome. I feel sorry for the
nice antiquities, gardens and places for entertainment." The fire was raging
for two days and except the massive stone buildings, the city was completely
destroyed. Up until the half of the XIX century, the city could not recover
back its previous appearance in front of which the numerous people who write
about their travelling have stopped with a delight.
In the XIX century, the city becomes an important traffic centre. Moving
towards the countries from the middle east, Napoleon has found out the road
through Skopje. A lot of merchants with their endless caravans loaded with
various goods have been passing through the city. In this period the city
reaches the biggest development of the handicrafts. Later, Skopje begins to
change its appearance. After the First World War on the right side of the
river Vardar a modern city has been built.
26th of July 1963 is remembered as the longest day in the history of the
city. Strong earthquake, of two severe and a few weaker shocks, turned the
city into ruins. Numerous cultural monuments were seriously damaged or
erased from the face of the earth. In today’s conditions the city is
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