Friday, March 29, 2024
Eurostat data show that 51 percent of young people under the age of 30 live in community homes that are too small. Macedonia is among the countries with the largest number of citizens living in small households. Eurostat data show that living in very small homes is most common in the...
Macedonians usually shop online from the United Kingdom, Hungary and the United States. Macedonian web stores, on the other hand, mostly buy online with US payment cards, according to data on transactions conducted during 2019, published on the website of the National Bank. During 2019, 3,375,597 online transactions worth EUR...
According to former official and analyst Cevdet Hajredini, the sale of state-owned land in Tetovo near former SHIK Jelak is a textbook example of corruption. “The sale of state-owned land at the former SHIK JELAK in Tetovo is a textbook example of corruption from the highest to the lowest level....
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Macedonia’s Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at ‘BB+’ with a Negative Outlook. North Macedonia’s ratings are supported by favorable governance, human development, and ease of doing business indicators, and a track record of coherent macroeconomic and fiscal policy that underpins the longstanding exchange rate peg to...
According to Eurostat data, Macedonia ranked as third poorest country on the European continent, while Albania and BiH ranked first and second as the poorest countries in Europe with a GDP of about 31% of the EU average. The Macedonia GDP reaches only 31 percent of the European average, making...
The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy has another week to draft a legal solution that would make Sunday a non-working day. For the time being, the government department refrains from sharing details on how exactly the law would be implemented, i.e. which services will remain "on duty", because...
On 25.08.2021 through the Macedonian Stock Exchange was realized the block transaction for sale of the share, owned by "Makpetrol" which the company has as a share in "GA-MA AD Skopje", of the Government in accordance with the Decision of the Supervisory Board. Makpetrol’s statement reads that the subject of...
The number of tourists who visited Macedonia in May 2020 was 838, a 99.2% decrease compared to the same month in 2019, State Statistical Office data shows. Tourists spent 4,946 nights in North Macedonia, which is 97.6% less than in May 2019. The number of domestic tourists in May 2020, compared...
The data available to the Free Zones Authority show that the total number of jobs that existing investors have committed to fill as a minimum number is 21,370 jobs, and that number is filled with 14,076, or 66 percent. Some of the projects are still ongoing, but our obligation will...
Ahead of the event in Bitola on the occasion of 31 years since the establishment of the Bitola Municipal Committee Saturday evening, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said regarding the announcements for cheaper electricity that electricity is not getting cheaper, but more expensive, and the government did not accept all...