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North Macedonia, also known as the Republic of North Macedonia, is a country located in the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Kosovo to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, and Albania to the west. The official language is Macedonian, and the country is a member of the United Nations and the Council of Europe.

Update: EU corridor 8 saga – “Sofia’s forgotten or Sofia’s delay”

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 3, 2024 – Under the headline (play of words in Bulgarian) “Corridor #8: Sofia’s forgotten/Sofia’s...

Update: North Macedonia torpedoes pan-European corridor 8

Skopje, North Macedonia (Ports Europe) October 19, 2024 – North Macedonia continues to dig its heels and is doing everything possible to torpedo the...

North Macedonia torpedoes pan-European corridor 8

Skopje, North Macedonia (Ports Europe) October 14, 2024 – North Macedonia, pressured by Serbia, in turn, encouraged by Russia, is doing everything...

Bulgaria scolds North Macedonia about EU railway Corridor 8

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – The Bulgarian government is increasingly worried by statements by the Northern Macedonia government, which...

Landlocked Serbia seeks stake in Piraeus or Thessaloniki port

Belgrade, Serbia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2024 – Landlocked Serbia is interested in buying a 5-10% stake in Greece’s Aegean ports of Thessaloniki or...

EU banks supports Corridor VIII rail network, North Macedonia

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 20, 2023 – European Union banks will help finance the third phase of the Eastern section of the Corridor VIII...

Thessaloniki Port Authority launches rail service with Skopje

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 29, 2023 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) is launching a new container block-train service between...

Corridor 8 to be included in the priority Trans-European Transport Network

Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) December 6, 2022 – Corridor number 8 will become part of the priority Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). The...

Prime Ministers of Northern Macedonia and Bulgaria visit the Alexandroupolis Port Authority

Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) May 6, 2022 – On the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the construction of the Alexandroupolis FSRU...

Dnevnik: Why (pan-European) Corridor 8 has not connected the Balkans for three decades

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 14, 2022 – A key priority for Bulgaria is the construction of the missing stretches of Corridor 8 (one of the 10...

North Macedonia issues grant agreements for consulting services for Corridor VIII

The Government of North Macedonia signed the Grant Agreement for consulting services, as well as the Agreement for Supervising Engineer for the upcoming...

Analysis – Danube River–Aegean Sea Canal project surpasses the craziness of Kanal Istanbul

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) May 17, 2021 – A megalomanic project to construct a Danube River–Aegean Sea Canal has been a Serbian dream for well...

Albania’s port of Durres gets closer to landlocked Kosovo and North Macedonia

Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 27, 2020 – Albania’s main Adriatic port of Durrës (Durres) is becoming the sea gate for land-locked Kosovo and...

Kazak Prime Minister attends Fourth Meeting of Speakers of the Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments

Prime Minister Askar Mamin held bilateral talks with the speakers of the parliaments of Montenegro, Slovakia, Northern Macedonia, Moldova, Oman, Qatar and...

Thessaloniki Port Authority holds talks with the Republic of Northern Macedonia

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – Sotirios Theophanis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (ThPA),...

EBRD partners with EU for Macedonian Railway Corridor VIII

London, United Kingdom  (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to grant Macedonia an...

Durrës port to benefit from plan to develop Corridor VIII railway section

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 – The Macedonian and Albanian governments plan to cooperate on the construction of the Corridor 8...

Bulgarian-Macedonian talks include the importance of Transport Corridor Number 8

Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – On November 23, the governments of Bulgaria and Macedonia signed nine co-operation agreements...

What China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” means for the Western Balkans

Brussels, Belgium, September 11, 2017 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has commissioned an independent report on the...

DSV opens office in Skopje

Skopje, Macedonia (Ports Europe) March 4, 2017 – Danish transport and logistics company DSV A/S has opened its first office in Macedonia. Located in...

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