THURSDAY

August 21, 2025

 

10:00 Planting a tree and poetry reading in honour of the winner of the “Golden Wreath” for 2025

Park of Poetry

12:30 Press conference with the winner of the “Golden Wreath” of SPE 2025 – Ivan Štrpka (Slovakia)

Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”

17:30 Art exhibition “Macedonian Glagolitic – visual reflections” – Laze Tripkov

The Hallway of hotel “Drim”

20:30 Оfficial opening of the Struga Poetry Evenings 2025

The Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”

21:00 “Poetic Meridians” – International poetry reading

The Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”

 

 

FRIDAY

 

Аugust 22, 2025

09:30 Poetry reading by the poets on the short-list of the “Miladinov Brothers” award competition for 2025

Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”

10:00 Poetry cafė with the winner of the “Golden Wreath” of SPE for 2025, Ivan Štrpka (Slovakia)

Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”

11:30 Portrait of Katica Kjulavkova, the winner of the “Miladinov Brothers” award for 2024 and promotion of the translated book from the “Pleiades” edition

Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”

12:30 Portrait of the winner of “Bridges of Struga” award for 2025 – Mateusz Szymczyk (Poland)

Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”

14:30 Contemporary Macedonian poetry – poetry reading

Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”

18:00 Presentation of the books published in the edition “Pleiades” – Antonela Aneda (Italy)

Summer garden “Strushki Kepenci” – hotel “Drim”

18:30 Presentation of the thematic anthology “DIONIS AND SAINT TRIFUN” (panoramic of contemporary wine poetry)

Summer garden “Strushki Kepenci” – hotel “Drim”

20:00 VERSOPOLIS night

            Summer stage, Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”

21:00 Poetry portraits

Summer stage, Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”

 

 

 

22:00 „Circles“ – International poetry reading

Summer stage, Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”

 

23:40 Presentation of the “Young Struga” award for 2025

 

Summer stage, Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”

 

00:00 Nights without punctuation: musical – poetic performance

 

FIRST PART – WINE AND POETRY

SECOND PART – ENHALON

           

Summer stage, Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”

 

SATURDAY

August 23, 2025

10:00 „Matinée“, international poetry reading and visit to Ohrid and its monuments of culture

Courtyard of the church St. Mary Peribleptos

11:30 Contemporary Macedonian poetry – poetry reading

Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”

12:30 Presentation of the winner of “Miladinov Brothers” award for 2025

Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”

14:30 Presentation of the winner of the “Stojan Hristov”award for 2025

Piano Hall – hotel “Drim”

19:30 Poetry portrait of the Poet – Laureate of the “Golden Wreath” award of SPE for 2025, Ivan Štrpka (Slovakia)

Church “St Sofia”, Ohrid

21:00 “Correspondences” – International poetry reading

Ohrid square – stage near the St Clement of Ohrid monument

23:45 Nights without punctuation: musical – poetic performance

 

FIRST PART – WINE AND POETRY

SECOND PART – ENHALON

           

Summer stage, Centre of culture “Miladinov Brothers”

 

SUNDAY

August 24, 2025

09:30 Outing and sightseeing of the monastery “St. Naum” and the springs of the Crn Drim river by boat

12:30 Poetry reading

Courtyard of the monastery of “St Naum”

15:00 Presentation of the award for best poem dedicated to wine „In vino veritas“

(on the boat)

20:30 “Bridges”, international poetry reading and presenting of the awards “Golden Wreath”, the “Miladinov Brothers” and the “Bridges of Struga”

”Bridge of Poetry” – Struga

00:00 Announcing the winner of the “Enhalon” award

Diplomat Hall – hotel “Drim”

MONDAY

August 25, 2025

12:00 “Poetry on the road” – Kavadarci

• Visit to the Museum of wine
• Promotion of DIONIS AND SAINT TRIFUN (panoramic of Macedonian wine poetry)
• Poetry matinée

Winery “Tikves” Kavadarci

 

PROGRAMME OF THE 64th STRUGA POETRY EVENINGS 2025