The temperature at the end of September can reach 25C degrees during the day. Nights are cooler, but still very pleasant. It is usually dry and very calm. The time is Central European Summer Time. The usual language is Macedonian, although Albanian and Turkish can also be heard.
Younger people can converse in fairly good English.
Delegates and other participants are offered a post-Congress tour in Macedonia. If they wish to tour the neighbouring countries they should make their own bookings. Information about transfer to the country of their choice will be available during the Congress in the foyer of Hotel Metropol, the main Congress venue.