The Ohrid Summer Festival originates from a concert, which took place in 1961 in the church of Saint Sophia. Since then the festival has increased in scope and popularity (for 16 years Ohrid Summer art festival has been a member of the elite European festivals association), while its scenes hosted such great musicians and bands of our time as Leonid Kogan, Igor Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sviatoslav Richter, Ennio Morricone, Paul van Dyk, Mikhail Pletnev’s Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra of Israel.

Macedonia invited the world's richest man Carlos Slim from Mexico. The country's authorities intend to offer Slim implementation a number of joint projects in energy, hotel, mining and telecommunication industries.

Macedonian authorities decided to change the image of the capital Skopje to increase the number of tourists visiting the country. This project was named Skopke 2014 and to date nearly a quarter of a billion Euros have been spent on it.

Macedonia once again is full not only with cultural news, financial crises, but also by political incidents. Recently occurred anti-corruption scandal connected with the installation of bronze statues of lions on one of the bridges in the Macedonian capit

The grant, which UNESCO will contribute to the restoration of the monastery, will be worth of 50 000 euros. UNESCO's initiative deserved gratitude from the official authorities of the country.