Economic

Part of a statement by Levica’s Jovan Krajevski, coordinator of the Department of Political Economy: "The pro-Bulgarian SDS has no intention of winning the next elections. Therefore, the Government will not satisfy the needs of ordinary voters, and will not take any measures to mitigate the consequences of the economic...

The companies until April 2020 got EUR 145 million in VAT return, which is an increase by 16.7 percent compared to 2019. In April alone, EUR 38 million in VAT return were paid to the companies – a 23% increase compared to the same month last year, said the Ministry...

The list of debtors published by the IRS includes 5,105 companies and citizens who have debts due by May 31, but have not paid them by August 31. Although the total debt is in the net amount of MKD 8,210,260,105 or more than 133 million euros, the IRS points...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, e-commerce globally has grown significantly, so in Macedonia there was a large increase in the number and value of online transactions, mostly in transactions with domestic cards to domestic e-traders, said the NBRM. "Although the pandemic numbers are falling and things are already returning...

Compared to the same period in 2022, a positive upward trend is observed especially in the use of applications on mobile phones, or an annual growth of 19.5%, as well as in the use of computers for making payments (11.8%). The data show that in the third quarter of 2023...

According to the Development Bank of Macedonia, a total of EUR 5.9 million have been approved in the first group of loan applications that fulfill the requirements of the public call, i.e. loan applications of 506 companies with a total of 3,552 employees. “These include 275 loan applications from small...

The Feroinvest/Centralinvest holding owned by KochoAngjushev built a biogas power plant as part of its group of renewable power plants.It now owns small hydroelectric power plants, photovoltaic power plants and a biogas power plant. According to Angjushev, the biogas power plant is the most stable producer of the so-called clean...

Acceleration of the procedures for regulating or extending the stay of foreigners, digitization of the procedures for issuing or renewing residence permits, one-stop-shop system so that foreigners can obtain several different documents from one place, improvement of the functionality of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the terms section,...

At a session on Thursday, the Government recommended that during the New Year and Christmas holidays, that is, on December 31, 2023, January 1, 2024 and January 7 and 8, 2024, the shops, stands and kiosks that carry out retail trade may stay open. The purpose of this recommendation, as...

Macedonia is facing electricity shortages. On November 9, the Government of Macedonia declared a state of crisis in the energy sector for 30 days at the request of the Commission for Monitoring the Situation of Electricity Supply established by the Ministry of Economy. Instead of planning to procure several months...