The average family of four in Macedonia needed 34,342 denars (EUR 560) to cover basic living expenses in August 2021, according to the Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia. If there were schoolchildren in the family, however, minimal monthly costs increased by 8,000 denar (EUR 131) for each student,...
Citizens' perception of the economic situation in the country and the work of the Government in terms of solving these problems is negative. Most of the respondents (about 60%) from the survey of MKD.mk conducted by the Market Vision agency assess the work of the Government and the Prime...
As of 1 January 2021, donations provided to budget beneficiaries to fight COVID-19 will be exempted from VAT, while the deadline for payment of VAT by companies will be delayed in order to support their liquidity. A provision on a 10-percent tax rate for sale of food and beverages,...
Budget revenues fell by almost 14 percent in August, the finance ministry said. The state collected 14.2 billion denars in the August, and for all eight months the revenues amounted to 119.6 billion denars, which is 8.2 percent compared to last year. The Ministry of Finance says that this...
The cost of living in December was higher by 0.4 percent compared to November, and retail prices by 0.9 percent, the State Statistical Office announced Monday.
Compared to 2020, the cost of living increased by 3.2 percent, while retail prices increased by 4.3 percent.
Growth was recorded in the groups: Transport...
Everything will be more expensive! Increasing the tariffs for oil and fuels and the announced drastic increase in the price of electricity is the worst economic decision that can be made, said VMRO-DPMNE spokesperson Naum Stoilkovski at today's press conference.
"SDSM with a massive blow to the citizens. It hits...
“Hospitals and health facilities in Macedonia already use electricity from ESM-Sales, instead of from the free market as it was before, where it is much more expensive,” said Marko Bislimovski, the head of the Energy Regulatory Commission (REC), in an interview with TV24.
According to Bislimovski, the ultimate goal is...
Tourism and hospitality have a significant contribution to the domestic economy, but despite the positive socio-economic impacts that these activities have, they are still most sensitive to external influences such as the current case caused by the global pandemic, according to the Association of Chambers of Commerce of Macedonia.
The...
The presidents of the unions of the mechanical and executive staff in Railways of RNM Transport Toni Dimovski and Dushko Chakarovski announced on Friday the interruption of the railway traffic due to unpaid second part of the October salary.
As Chakarovski said on Thirsday, with this step, their announcement for...