American Corner Tetovo

The American Corner Tetovo officially opened on January 17, 2008.

Ambassador Milovanovic & Gzim Sulejmani welcome the guests on opening day (large photo)

Related Article: Remarks by Ambassador Milovanovic at the Opening of the American Corner Tetovo, January 17, 2007.

It is a collaboration and partnership between the Public Affairs Office of the U.S. Embassy in Skopje, the Municipality of Tetovo, the House of Culture, as the host institution, and the NGO Aurora.

Ambassador Milovanovic hands Blerim Ismani, the first member of AC Tetovo, the first book to be checked out, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (large photo)

The American Corner Tetovo, like the other two Corners in Macedonia, provides free membership and information to the general public about the United States through extensive book collections, magazines, CD-ROMs/DVDs, special publications and Internet access for research. It also organizes many programs: lectures, film/DVD showings, workshops, discussions and conversation hours and children storytelling hours.

New members register at the Corner (large photo)

In the field of education, it provides student advising for study in U.S. and serves as an alumni center where Macedonian citizens who have been to the United States on exchange programs can gather and keep in touch with each other and with their American contacts.