BITOLA, Macedonia – It can be easy to miss, tucked away on the outskirts of this town, where 70 grand mosques pay more obvious testament to the Turkish past. But plans are under way to revive a key ...
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, ...
BITOLA, Macedonia (JTA) — About 200 people gathered in this Balkan nation’s second city for a Holocaust commemoration that became one of its largest Jewish events in decades. The gathering Sunday in ...
The influences of waves of civilisations are reflected in the monuments, architecture and lifestyle of the one-time ‘City of Consuls’. Located in southwest, Macedonia, the country’s second largest ...
Light rain is expected. The low will be 36°. Good air quality (0-50) Primary pollutant PM2.5 3.4 μg/m³ Amount of moisture present in the air relative to the maximum amount of moisture the air can ...
ALTHOUGH it was in use from 1497 to 1943, the Jewish cemetery in Bitola, Macedonia’s second city, had long been forgotten. No longer. Not only is the site now being restored and a new memorial built, ...
BITOLA, North Macedonia (JTA) — In a country where Nazis killed 98 percent of its Jewish minority, the survival of five members from the Abravanel family was regarded as something akin to a miracle.
Police in the Macedonian city of Bitola did not attempt to stop rioting crowds on Wednesday night, and some police officers actively participated in the violence. "The anti-Albanian riots in Bitola ...
The map below shows the location of Bitola and Ohrid. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...