Tag: економија

In the first part of June, some of the Macedonian language media reported that Russia returned on the list of the Top 10 economies for the first time after 2014. Rarely did the news reported on the portals specify their sources. However, after fact-checking the data, Truthmeter derived the conclusion that the Macedonian public – by taking over the...

With the slashing of the basic interest rate in January and March, the national Bank's Committee for operative monetary policy (COMP) at a session adopted a decision to lower it again by 0.25% and is now 1.5%. "This relaxing of the monetary policy is expected to decrease the price of financing through loans from banks and for securing additional...

The national Bank projected a drop of the gross Domestic Product by 3.5% against the October expectations for growth by 3.8%. "Regarding the structure of the growth, a decline is expected both with domestic and exporting demands. In 2021, with the normalization of the economic ambiance, the growth of the economy is expected supported by all sources of growth....

The Macedonian economy is facing with a recession and a projected negative growth of the GDP in 2020 of 0.4% if the coronavirus crisis end by the end of June and then the economy will start returning to normal, states the latest report issued by the World Bank titled as "The Fight against Covid-19". "Personal consumption ...

In the second set of economic measures that the government has adopted during today's session, it was decided that all sportsmen, artists and all appointed officials on a state and local levels, from presents to directors, to receive minimal wages in the amount of 14.500 denars, informed Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski, during today's press conference. The wages of employees...

The board of directors at the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved the new Strategy for its engagement in this country for the next 5 years until 2024 only a few months after the Agreement for solving the name dispute and a strategic partnership with Greece entered into force, As a result of the hopes of...

The National Bank of Macedonia (NBM) in its latest macroeconomic projections predicts growth of the economy by 3.5%. A growth of 3.8% is predicted for the next year by 2021 it will be 4%. -The growth of the economy will be influenced by the favorable domestic situation, the export, the growth of investments and the personal spending - said the...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expects an economic growth of over 4% in the first quarter of this year and surpassing the projections for a growth of 3.2% for the whole year. His optimism is based upon the growth of the industrial production in the first two months of this year by 11 i.e. 7%, the growth of 312 %...

VMRO-DPMNE's party leader, Nikola Gruevski has announced a new era for Macedonia at the party's Convention that took place at the "Boris Trajkovski" sports hall. During the convention, the mayoral candidates were also promoted. Gruevski also said that this shall be an era of prosperity, progress and fulfilled promises, responsibility, dignity, and unity. "We are talking about managing, not...

Almost 100 days of lies, incompetence and humiliation have passed, partisation, debacle with the personnel, illegal activity and the demolition of institutions. One hundred days of non-working and cancelled projects, economic downfall, borrowing, reckless and superficial moves. That is what Macedonia and the citizens of Macedonia have suffered for the past 100 days. Today, Zoran Zaev’s press conference was...

"Today, even the governor of the National Bank, Dimitar Bogov who during his mandate has kep quiet towards the policies of the government led by VMRo-DPMNE, by revising the rate of economic growth of 2.5 percent has confirmed the catastrophic economic moves of the previous government that are destroying the economy" said SDSM's announcement regarding the decrease of...

The Governor Dimitar Bogov assured the Turkish investors in the stability of the economy, the exchange rate of the denar, the setting in which they work and asked them to invest as before. - The National Bank will maintain the macroeconomic stability, stable exchange rate and the banking system. Vulnerability of the MKD, which is stable and since 1997 is...

At yesterday’s gathering "Macedonia strong," Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said that although there have been no serious damage to the economy, the psychological condition after the terrorist attack, as well as Zaev’s statements that "there will be blood" began to cause problems to the Macedonian economy, especially in part of export. - Foreign investors, as well as domestic, are anxious,...

Governor of the National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia Dimitar Bogov stated that if the political crisis lasts, it will have a negative effect on macroeconomic projections, which would decrease, especially in the part of investment and private consumption. - Investors refrain from investing in uncertain environment. They require stability, predictability and reliability. Also, in an uncertain environment, the...

Governor of the National Bank Dimitar Bogov thinks that if the political crisis in the country lasts, it will have a negative impact on the economy in the long run. "On 7th or 8th of May, we will announce projections and see if we would stay on the estimates for the economic growth of 4.1 percent. If we consider the...

  After the meeting with President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said that Macedonia can count on his support. Tusk was interested for the reforms in the country, and most of the meeting went into a discussion of the reason for the Greek blockade of Macedonia’s accession negotiations with the European Union. - It was inevitable...

Law on Old Bankruptcies, which was announced even before the campaign for early parliamentary elections in April this year and which was adopted on 31st of January 2014, still isn’t finished, although Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski promised that the whole process will be completed by end of the year. Immediately after the Government session, on which was announced the beginning...