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The euro comes closer to the dollar

The value of the euro fell to a minimum in the last ten years against the US dollar. In addition, the price of European oil “Brent” today fell below 50 dollars a barrel for the first time since 2009. This morning, the euro against the...

Oil prices are falling

Due to the growth of production in Russia and Iraq, the price of oil on the world’s markets continues to fall. Currently, the value of a barrel of Brent crude oil is 56.42 dollars, which is 1.58 percent less than yesterday.

Greek stock market sinks after announcement of elections

Greek stock market sinks after the announcement of early elections in late January. The market share fell to 11.15 percent in just two hours after the Greek Parliament failed to elect President on today’s vote. Greek economic newspaper “Imerisia” reports that the stock market managed...

Freelancers who earn more than minimum wage to be deleted from the records

Employment Agency will delete unemployed who earn a fee higher than the minimal wage and from the records of active job seekers and put them in the records of passive job seeker, announced the Director of the Agency Vlatko Popovski today, reports “24 Vesti”. These...

The ruble didn’t reduce, but will slow down Macedonian export

The fall of the Russian ruble will not reduce, but will slow down the export of Macedonian companies in Russia, which, this year, according to the Ministry of Economy, registered an export increase of 35 percent. - The fall of the ruble will affect the...

Serbia fourth largest exporter of brooms in the world

Serbia is the fourth largest exporter of brushes and brooms in the world after China, Sri Lanka and Mexico. According to statistics, in the last two years, Serbia has exported about 10 million brooms, and for one broom with a weight of 900 grams, manufacturers...

Citizens won’t benefit from the cheaper oil

The fall in the price of oil on world markets and the reduction of fuel prices on the domestic market is not expected to unburden the budget of the citizens, because there is little or no impact on the prices of retail products, think...

There are alternatives for gas, but we should seriously work on them

After the newly developed situation with the construction of the pipeline South Stream, which was to supply the gas system in Macedonia, experts’ opinions are divided. According to some, Macedonia has enough gas for the next five or six years, and there are alternatives,...

Europe reacts on South Stream, Macedonia still silent

After the announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia was forced to withdraw from the project South Stream, because the European Union doesn’t want to support the construction of the pipeline, reactions by several concerned parties arrived today. - If European Union doesn’t want...

Stavreski: Macedonia has continuous growth for 14 months now

The high growth in industrial production is due to good tax policy and business environment, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Zoran Stavreski today in Prilep, commenting on the date of the State Statistical Office. - Macedonian industry started off good. There is...

Slovenia to file lawsuits against debtors from former Yugoslavia

According to the verdict of the European Human Rights Court, the payment of savings to depositors from former Ljubljana Bank out of Slovenia doesn’t exclude Slovenian lawsuit for claims of Ljubljana Bank in the former Yugoslav republics, stated Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar. According to...

Juncker announces 315 billion euros investment for EUR

Today in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, presented the new “ambitious” plan of 315 billion euros of his administration to encourage the growth of the economy and employment in the European Union, which is facing financial and...

Kosovo to build ski resort worth 410 million euros on Shar Mountain

Kosovo will invest 410 million euros in the construction of the ski resort in Brezovica at Shar Mountain, and, according to the plan, this should become the most modern ski center on the Balkans. It is located on the northwest side of Shar Mountain,...

Stavreski: Interest rates for housing loans are at the lowest level

“Buy a house, buy a flat” project has made a significant impact in terms of creating competition for lowering interest rates for housing loans, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Zoran Stavreski assessed today. He pointed out that the interest rates on housing loans...

Macedonia expects cancelation of barriers to export drugs to Albania and wine to Serbia

After two days of panel discussions within CEFTA Week 2014, on which topics for increase of investment in the CEFTA region, for regional value chains, global and regional aspects of trade facilitation within CEFTA were discussed, the forum of Chambers of Commerce of the...

Greece to request an additional debts write-off

As a reward for the extensive savings measures, Greece will request additional write-off of the debt. According to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, his country successfully conducted “the largest restructuring of public debt in its history.” He said that the major challenge is to prove that...

No agreement on EU Budget

After seven hours of negotiations, the governments of the EU member-states and the European Parliament didn’t reach an agreement on the EU Budget for next year. Now the proposal would be returned to the European Commission, which is to prepare a new draft-budget.

NLB Bank offers 50,000 euros for denouncing

New Ljubljana Bank (NLB) is offering a reward of 50,000 euros for employees who would report irregularities in the working of their colleagues in the service of the bank, which is popularly called “internal police”. Despite the reaction of the union of employees in New...

Contract for electronic toll collection system signed

The contract for the construction and installation of electronic system for toll collection on Corridor 10 – Highway Aleksandar Makedonski, was signed between the Public Enterprise for State Roads and Turkish company Aselsan today. Deputy Prime Minister Zoran Stavreski noted that the investment is worth...

Princess Group builds hotel near the border crossing Bogorodica

Company Princess Group, which four days ago bought building plot near the border crossing Bogorodica, yesterday paid MKD 23.2 million, i.e. EUR 375,000 for the parcel, informed the Municipality of Gevgelija. The investor will build a hotel complex on the plot near the site...