Tag: emigration

7 out of 10 North Macedonian citizens aged between 18-24 would want to pay higher taxes and to live abroad, while the elderly would want to pay lower taxes and to remain to live in North Macedonia, shows the new study conducted by the Center for Economic Analyses (CEA) about the tax morality expressed through the tax payers' profile. The...

The poll that was carried out by Fakulteti.mk portal and was based upon the question "If you could, would you leave Macedonia?" has shown defeating results. 83.7% of the people that took part in would leave Macedonia only if they could be given a chance. The poll was open two weeks ago and the questionary was answered anonymously by...

We are encouraged by the economic progress in the region, including your country. It is important for this region to remain open and to engage economically outside its borders. It is very important to strengthen ties with the largest trading partners. This was stated today by Tao Zhang, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at the International...

According to official statistics from the State Institute, Ohrid, for years, has ben the champion city in emigration from the country. It sounds incredible, but there is an exact indication that out of 767 people who last year left Macedonia, almost half of them left from Ohrid the pearl of the country, the town which fills with guests, are leaving...

A high 83.7% of young people in Macedonia want to move out of the country. Two-thirds of them, which is 52.4%, want to move to one of the western European countries, almost 12% want to go the US and Canada, and 10.3% want to move to one of the Scandinavian countries. This survey was done by the NGO InfoCentre who...

Today the "Colourful Revolution" are demonstrating against the "selling" of workers on minimum wages, and hurled paint at the Employment Agency (ESA) and the Ministry of Economy, and chanted "The Youth are Gone, Party Members are In," and "Party Membership, and Through the Door you Go!". Before the protesters, spoke several students and a professor from the Faculty of Economics, Biljana Sekulovska-Gaber, who...

Several hundreds of people gathered  today in front of the Government in a protest called "How many shoes remain unworn," organized by the Civil initiative "We deserve better." “Despite the rainy weather today, several hundreds of people gathered in front of the Government, and brought thousands of pairs of shoes , to express our outrage over this modern exodus, the mass...

The Civil action group "We deserve better," on Saturday at 12 o'clock noon will hold a performance protest, which they've named "How many unworn shoes are left?”, in which citizens who have relatives or close people who have migrated from the country should bring their own pair of shoes. “The population is migrating on a mass scale,, and what we...

Because of Nikola Gruevski's system, according to figures from the World Bank, more than 600,000 people have left Macedonia, mostly young people, SDSM accuses the Governments Head of Party. “Nikola Gruevski system brought great economic decline, poverty, blocked companies, inequality, politicized institutions, a dysfunctional health system, an undemocratic environment, silenced freedoms and the rights of citizens. Every third company in...

Parliament today should continue its discussion on the of growing problem of emigration, especially the emigration of young people leaving Macedonia, at the proposal of the MPs from the opposition. On today's agenda is the continuation of the 67th session and the draft Law on the Budget for the Republic of Macedonia for 2016, however a shortened procedure.