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on Jul 24, 16 •
in Archaeology, Articles, Bronze age, Cultural heritage, Geography, Management, News, Our Activity, Photo, Prehistory, Republic of Macedonia, Tourism •
with Comments Off on Tips and tricks how to get to Kokino – the oldest ancient astronomical observatory on the Balkans
Kokino, an archaeological site from Bronze Age period and a prehistoric archaeo-astronomical observatory gain the attention of scientists and media since the moment it was discovered in 2001. Archaeologically tested and astronomically proved, this advanced community which settled Kokino around 1800 BC, used very complicated mathematical equations for observing the sky and the celestial phenomena. We are very lucky they left marks around the stones and rock in shape of markers while observing the rising of the sun during the summer and winter solstice, spring and fall equinox and many other things in the time
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on Jul 19, 16 •
in Cultural heritage, Culture, intangible heritage, Internet, Management, Natural heritage, News, Our Activity, Republic of Macedonia •
with Comments Off on HAEMUS Instagram feed
We’ve been running HAEMUS as a center for scientific research and promotion of culture almost 4 years. During this time we have organized a lot of events, seminars, workshops, conferences, public lectures and educational tours. Most of our friends, colleagues, partners as well as the clients always commented the following: since people are more visual than textual, we could gain more followers and popularity of our work by creating an Instagram account. A photo posted by HAEMUS (@haemus_org) on Jul 17, 2016 at 3:00am PDT HAEMUS Instagram We are aware that Instagram boasts 15 times more engagement than Facebook, Twitter
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on Jul 18, 16 •
in Cultural heritage, Management, Natural heritage, News, Our Activity, Preservation, Republic of Macedonia, Tourism •
with Comments Off on HAEMUS hosts the Northeastern planning region of Macedonia
In the period 2009 to 2014, the Northeast region of Macedonia has seen the implementation of several projects, including the creation of strategies for the development of tourism in general. These governmental projects, focused on identification and evaluation of the natural and cultural resources, were concentrated mostly around two cities, Kumanovo and Kratovo. Last phase of the Bislim canyon project: setting up wooden info boards Trying to help in a development of sustainable tourism in this part of Macedonia, HAEMUS was one of the official partners in the project about „Bislim canyon – tourist
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on Jul 4, 16 •
in Anthropology, Archaeology, Contemporary history, Cultural heritage, Ethnography, Etnology, History, Management, News, Our Activity, Prospecting, Republic of Macedonia, WW I •
with Comments Off on HAEMUS field trip to the WW1 remains in Macedonia
Cultural heritage of the First World War in Macedonia so far has been completely unknown for both, the public and experts, within and outside Macedonia. In an attempt to discover a little piece of the modern history, HAEMUS as a center for scientific research and promotion of culture in November 2015 organized for the very first time a big international conference on topic “First World War in the collective memory – Exchange of experiences in the Balkans“. The conference was attended by experts from France, Macedonia, Greece, Romania and other countries who presented their scientific and
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on May 18, 16 •
in Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Cultural heritage, Culture, Education, History, Management, Museum, News, Our Activity, Republic of Macedonia, Tourism, UNESCO •
with Comments Off on UNESCO tour by UNESCO Club HAEMUS through the East Planning region for the International Museum day 2016
Every year since 1977 International Museum Day is organised worldwide around May 18. This day is an occasion to raise awareness on how important museums are in the development of society. The theme of 2016 International Museum Day was Museums and Cultural Landscapes, and the objective was is to raise awareness of the fact that, “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.” Organised on and around 18 May each year, the events and activities planned to celebrate International Museum Day can last a day, a
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on May 12, 16 •
in Archaeology, Culture, History, Management, Museum, News, Our Activity, Republic of Macedonia, Tourism, Tradition •
with Comments Off on HAEMUS services in the Petit Futé guide for the Republic of Macedonia
Petit Futé (founded 1976) is a series of French travel guides broadly equivalent to the Lonely Planet series in English or the competing French ‘Guides du routard’ series. The series also publishes some works in English, such as Petit Futé Best of France. The term petit futé means “little wily one,” implying in this case for the wily and cost-conscious traveller, and the imprint’s logo is a (wily) fox. In the last edition of their guide book for the Republic of Macedonia, some sevices of HAEMUS were included in the printed edition bringing some fact
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