Tetovo | Aleksandar Samardjiev | 6 May 2024

With dedication and passion, Simeon Zlatev has created a true ethnographic museum by collecting traditional Macedonian objects, now mostly disappeared, for over three decades

10 days in Macedonia...in 100 seconds!

GiuliaBlocal is back in the Balkans! Here her road-trip through western Macedonia: Skopje, Tetovo, Mavrovo Park, Ohrid, Bitola and Prilep. Enjoy!

Ajvar. A photo-recipe

In the Balkans it is a must. Ajvar is a sauce made of peppers. Many countries claim its origin, and many are the recipes. Here's one, based upon our journey in the Leskovac region of Southern Serbia. Photos by Ivo Danchev

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North Macedonia: Media freedom groups urge authorities to cease harassment of journalist Furkan Saliu
10/5/2024 - OBCT joins international media freedom, free expression, and journalist organisations in calling on authorities in N...
North Macedonia: Ruling against Investigative Reporting Lab and its editor must be overturned
24/11/2023 - MFRR and SJN express dismay at judge's decision recommending that ministry shuts down one of the country’s leading i...
Media Freedom in North Macedonia: fragile progress
2/11/2023 - On 30 October 2023, the final report of the fact-finding mission that took place between 5 and 7 June was presented...
North Macedonia: International press freedom mission finds fragile progress in need of further support
8/6/2023 - This week OBCT joined MFRR partners in a fact-finding mission to North Macedonia organised by the Association of Jou...