In token of appreciation
On 06.09.2018 the ceremony regarding the initiative for changing the name of the street that merges the City Park, the City stadium and the promenade of the Vardar river, which will be holding the name “Stoltenbergova Street”. The event was attended by the mayor of the City of Skopje Petre Shilegov, the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of the Macedonian Red Cross Sait Saiti and other mayors of different municipalities in Skopje, directors of public enterprises and cultural institutions of the City of Skopje, the president of the Council of the City of Skopje, Ljubica Janceva and other counselors, representatives from the public administration and others.
In this year, when we mark the 55th anniversary since the catastrophic earthquake that hit Skopje, we say our goodbyes to our great friend and citizen of honor, Thorvald Stoltenberg. His merits for reconstructing Skopje after the catastrophic earthquake in 1963 are huge. The citizens of Skopje remember him for the construction of the children’s hospital in Kozle, which was a donation of the Kingdom of Norway and Kingdom of Sweden, the construction of the Norwegian barracks in Taftalidze, and the coordination of the assistance provided by the Norwegian Red Cross during the first days after the earthquake. Thorvald Stoltenberg has done a lot for Skopje and its citizens, but the greatest thing that he left behind him are the bridges of eternal friendship between Macedonia and Norway, built out of solidarity and humanity.
