Saturday, September 7, 2024
Today we witnessed political leadership by Prime Ministers Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama and President Vučić, said Branko Azeski, President of the Economic Chamber of Macedonia, before the “Connected Balkans” economic panel at the Economic Forum for Regional Cooperation in Skopje. “What is viewed as political leadership according to Western...
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev announced on Facebook that the Government made a decision for the hospitality businesses to work until 9 pm, starting from January 21. "We reviewed the epidemiological directions at today's government session, and the Government decided that starting from January 21, the hospitality businesses will be open...
Wizz Air has cut down the number of flights from the former Yugoslav republics, and the most affected by this change are Skopje and Ohrid. According to the initial information, the reason for the drastic reducing of the flights was an anomaly found in a specific component of the...
  VMRO-DPMNE Vice President and MP Aleksandar Nikolosk made numerous criticisms of the draft budget for the future 2021 were made on Sunday night from the parliamentary rostrum in the debate on the new budget, and said that it was a wasteful theft of citizens' money, where the government would...
The policies conducted by the National Bank are an adequate response to current challenges. The global situation is complex due to financial turmoil, the continuation of the war in Ukraine and geo-economic fragmentation. Therefore, central banks should remain consistent with the anti-inflationary tight monetary policy, but also vigilantly monitor the...
Parliament approved at a session late Sunday evening the 2021 budget and law on its execution by 62 votes in favour, none against and no abstentions, following a five-day debate. MPs from opposition parties VMRO-DPMNE, Levica, Alliance for Albanians and Alternativa did not attend the session. The budget for 2021...
The list compiled by the German economic website DerWesten is based on GDP per capita, which in N. Macedonia is USD 6,608. North Macedonia, with a GDP per capita of $6,608.08, is in fifth place on the list of the poorest markets in Europe, the Kosovo Online reported. In the...
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...
Customs officers at the Deve Bair border crossing prevented an attempt to smuggle up to 19,9 million denars' worth of counterfeit clothes, shoes, and purses, the Customs Administration said in a press release. Almost two thousand pieces branded with logos of Louis Vuitton, Dior, Moncler, Gucci, Versace, Burberry, and Michael...
After the crisis caused by the economic downturn due to coronavirus, 38% of employees expect reduced income. 35% of the public sector is ready to jointly bear the burden of the economic crisis by reducing their salaries if necessary, according to a survey conducted by Market Vision. Of the 1,200...