Economic

The Trade Union of Administration, Judiciary and Citizens' Associations said the strike at the Health Insurance Fund (HIF) is put on hold. The decision, as the union informs, was made after today's session of the HIF Management Board. “After the request sent by the Trade Union of Administration, Judiciary and Citizens'...

The president of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), Marko Bislimoski, in an interview with SlobodenPechat, expressed confidence that on July 1 of this year, the ERC will not allow an increase in the electricity price within its competences. “In the part that is regulated by the ERC, that is, the...

The price caps measure is being extended until February 29, 2024, instead of until January 31, 2024. According to SDSM, basic food products, such as rice, flour, bread, other bakery products, biscuits, wafers, pasta, meat and meat products, milk, eggs, cheese, and other dairy products will continue to be sold...

German retail chain Lidl will launch its operations in North Macedonia at an event held in Rechica industrial zone near Kumanovo on Wednesday. The company will start the preparatory activities for construction of a logistics and distribution center, an investment worth about EUR 80 million and opening more than 150...

There are many companies interested in the construction of the gas interconnector that will connect North Macedonia with Greece, says Macedonian Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi in an interview with RFE/RL. The minister adds that it is planned to additionally use a public-private partnership model in TPP Oslomej where a hot...

A system of companies for a long period drew money on the basis of VAT refund with fictitious invoices and damaged the Budget for millions of euros. In a large number of cases, the same people are from our neighboring countries and who are difficult to locate, VMRO-DPMNE MP...

This year will be better than the previous one, the growth of wages, pensions and the number of employees will continue, and I expect 2025 to be the first year when the country will have single-digit unemployment, Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski said Thursday. The PM expects that the country...

Will we have to wait for a new Parliament composition and a new government to possibly correct the officials' salaries? Last year, they were raised by as much as 78 percent. If this does not happen by then, with the new salary increase, scheduled to happen in March of this...

As of January 1, the price of electricity for households is set to drop by 5.16 percent for consumers in the first block, while remaining unchanged for the second block and the low daytime rate. The prices for the third and fourth block are set to rise by 2.88...

North Macedonia has about 280 sunny days throughout the year, which makes the idea of ​​gradually phasing out coal from use seem like an easy task, but as a result of the energy crisis, the opposite tendencies are currently taking place, old coal-fired power plants are releasing huge amounts...