The sixth international street festival "Baskerfest 2011" kicks off Friday in Skopje, offering over 400 performances of acrobats, magicians, mimes, jugglers, clowns, musicians, puppeteers from 15 countries.

Baskerfest is organized by civic association "One Way", under the auspices of the City of Skopje.

All performances will be attractive, One Way representative Pane Temov told reporters on Thursday.

However, he emphasized two as particularly interesting, namely a French female acrobat will walk on 75-m-long wire at the 11-m-height and an artist from Germany will set him self on fire every evening during the festival, which runs until June 12. He will perform the self-immolation act at 21.30h on the left bank of the Vardar River.

Skopje Mayor Koce Trajanovski will have the honor to open the festival on Friday evening.
Millennium Cross ropeway opens

Skopje, 3 June 2011 (MIA) - Skopje city authorities will put into use Friday the ropeway from mountain Vodno to the Millennium Cross.

The ropeway includes 28 regular gondolas for eight persons and two VIP gondolas for four people. The route is 1,750m long, with the ride lasting 6-8 minutes.

The ropeway construction was launched in May 2010 and cost EUR 6,7 million, built by Austrian company "Doppelmayr".