Saturday, May 18, 2024
Grape vine farmers are protesting in Negotino, and are demanding higher prices for grapes and better conditions for viticulture. The dissatisfied farmers say that this is a warning protest and they expect to be offered better conditions for the purchase of this year's crop. They elaborate that most of the...
Economy Minister KreshnikBekteshi reiterated on Thursday that the price of electricity will increase by up to 10%. “I stand by what I’ve said and we’ll wait until the end of the month to see what the ERC has decided. We’ve conducted necessary analysis, not just the Economy Ministry, but other...
As of November MKD 8, 2.3 billion have been collected from 130 companies based on the solidarity tax. This obligation has 156 companies, including one public company, with a total amount of three billion, MKD 29 million. Twenty-six companies have not yet settled the obligation and owe a total...
The director of the Agency for the Promotion and Support of Tourism (APPT) Ljupcho Janevski believes that Macedonian tourism can end the year with more than 400 million dollars and more than 2.6 million overnight stays. As Janevski posted on social media, the foreign exchange inflow in the second quarter...
  ead of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Marko Bislimovski informs that citizens affected by the corona crisis, i.e. receiving minimum wages, will pay their bills for March, April and May in installments without interest. In an interview with Radio Free Europe, he informed that during the next month, the most...
An amount of EUR 1.141 billion has been singled out in the 2021 Budget to support local companies in investing, attract foreign direct investments, invest in development zones, small and medium-sized enterprises, improve competitiveness and aid the tourism industry, Finance Minister Fatmir Besimi has said. Besimi says that ‘health’ is...
Finance Minister Fatmir Besimi told a press conference Thursday that the budget this year would be surely amended as the country was still facing the consequences from the crisis. Budget revenues since the start of the year are at pre-crisis level, the economy is expected to rebound and we’ll keep...
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of AD ESM, a decision was made for staff changes in REK Bitola and REK Oslomej. The director of REK Bitola Zlatko Kjurcievski was dismissed and replaced by the acting director. Pece Matevski, former director of Thermo Power Plant, has been appointed...
The decision made by the Energy Regulatory Commission a month ago to increase the price of electricity by 7.4 percent, or 5.9 denars or almost one euro per kilowatt of expensive electricity caused a stormy reaction in the public. Macedonian citizens are second on the list in terms of funds...
The Macedonian economy will grow by 2.4 percent this year, by 2.7 percent next year, and by 2.9 percent in 2025, the World Bank predicts in the spring Economic Report for the Europe and Central Asia region. The inflation rate will reach 9.3 percent, in 2024 it will decrease...