Economic

In the last month, the Customs Administration collected total revenues of MKD 11.9 billion, i.e. 195 million euros, which is a 16.6% higher amount compared to the same period in 2023. This is the highest amount of collected revenues realized on a monthly level since the existence of the...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Macedonian Transmission System Operator AD (MEPSO) signed on Tuesday in the Government a €26.4 million loan agreement aimed at strengthening the transmission network. The contract was initialed by the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Odile...

An allowance for overtime work is paid in only 26 out of 36 institutions, and an allowance for adjustment to the labor market is not paid in any institution, the State Audit Office (SAO) determined. The SAO also stated that the salary calculation module is used only by 29...

Macedonian Finance Minister Gordana Dimitrieska-Kochoska said on Wednesday that MKD 620 million (EUR 10 million) have been cut from the Budget by cancelling the COVID-19 measures. Dimitrieska-Kochoska said the measures were cancelled because the coronavirus was a thing of the past. “The MKD 620 million of the COVID measures have been...

In relation to the speculations published on social networks that unsafe products (soup stock cubes) are being sold on the market, the Macedonian Food and Veterinary Agency (FVA) informs the public that in connection with the notification received about imported potentially unsafe products – beef stock cube of the...

A mobile team of the Customs Administration this past weekend prevented the smuggling of two tons of meat harmful to the citizens’ health. The carrier, who is also the owner of the transport vehicle, did not declare the meat with a customs declaration, and he did not have a...

The 2024 Budget revision was approved by the Parliament’s Finances and Budget Committee and must now secure support in a plenary session, which can last up to three days. MPs submitted a total of 58 amendments for the revision, some of them were withdrawn, the others were rejected. Only two...

The Energy Regulatory Commission (REC) at a news conference on Monday is set to reveal the new heating price that will be valid starting August 1. The last calculations are being completed, and it is possible to reduce the price of thermal energy, which will be paid by about 60...

The price of Skopje household heating will drop as of August 1 by 3.16 percent for ESM consumers; by 1.71 percent for the consumers of the Skopje-Sever thermal power plant; and by 0.5 percent for the consumers of ESM Energetika. Citizens will receive subsidies as of the July bill, and...

Macedonian Minister of Finance Gordana Dimitrieska-Kochoska informed at a press conference n Wednesday that the Budget was damaged by more than MKD 32 billion by the previous government. She expects the PPO to react to such claims. “We have many overdue obligations that have not been reported. Furthermore, the competence...