Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski during a visit to Gevgelija said gross domestic product was expected to grow by 3.5-4% by year-end even amid the largest global energy crisis that humanity remembers.
In response to reporters’ questions after the opening of Gevgelija’s renovated Old Bazaar, Mickoski said “economic activity shows a trend of consolidating the state, given the situation from three years ago.”
“In Q2 2026, there is exceptionally strong economic activity in Macedonia, convincingly the largest in the region, said the PM.
“We still have the figures from Greece, Kosovo and Albania, but compared to all countries in the region, from Turkiye through Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and so on, we have convincingly the largest growth, and not only in the second quarter, but also in the first half of the year,” noted the PM.
According to Mickoski, the local results were achieved despite difficult global economic conditions. He pointed out that the GDP of the European Union grew at 1.2% and the Eurozone at just 1%.
“We finished 2024 with a GDP growth of some 3%, 2025 with 3.5%, and this year in the first half we are at 3.7%. We expect to end the year between 3.5 and 4% amid the largest global energy crisis that humanity remembers, the war in Ukraine, as well as the growing economic crisis in Europe. This is a truly good and positive result,” PM Mickoski said.
