Delev: We have reacted to Croatia and Brussels to the problem with our truck drivers
CEFTA members - the countries from the agreement on free trade in Central Europe - have called for an emergency meeting in the chairing country of Moldova, if the ban on trucks entering Croatia is not lifted until Tuesday, informed the Deputy Minister of...
Serbia have blocked Macedonian transporters taking goods to Croatia
Macedonian transporters and carriers on the Croatian-Serbian and Hungarian-Serbian border are blocked after Belgrade officially decided to block all goods being carried to Croatia or somehow linked to the neighbouring country, which has strained relations because of the refugee crisis.
Namely, truck drivers returning from...
Refugee Crisis has stranded 1,000 Macedonian transporters at the border in Serbia!
Macedonian transporters shipping fruit and vegetables to Europe, are stuck at the border crossing between Serbia and Croatia after Zagreb closed the border due to the refugee crisis.
There are about 1,000 trucks waiting to enter and exit the border crossings Batrovci and Bajakovo which are...
Zaev: Around 75% of our citizens live under the middle class
Bitola is one of the cities that suffers from the disease 'migration' which has spread all across Macedonia, said the opposition leader Zoran Zeav before meeting with citizens of Bitola.
“This is evident in the lack of a quality workforce, we see this in the...
Gruevski: 7,2 million euros will be invested into the construction of local roads
The Government will allocate 7,2 million euros for the construction of local roads this year.
This announcement came from the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, while visiting Sopiste, a suburb of the capital. So far, we have been informed that the Government have invested 57 million...
Unemployment rate at 26.8%
According to the data of the State Statistical Office, in the II quarter of 2015, the labour force in the Republic of Macedonia is at 956 174 persons, of which 699 578 are employed, while 256 596 are unemployed.
The activity rate in this period was...
Uzunov: We are borrowing to pay back debt
The Government, at the beginning of this month, borrowed another 7.3 Euros from its own economy. Largest buyers of annual Macedonian Denar Bonds were, in general, private companies, who purchased 63% of the total raised, a sum of 5.5million euros. National debt, at the...
Mizo: We don’t negotiate the wages with foreign investors
The standard incentive packet that was given to Technical Textile, the foreign investment that was promoted today in Shtip, includes a tax relief for personal income and relief for corporate taxes for a period of 10 years, including 500,000 towards the investment of 15...
Peshevski: The Government will do all in its power to prevent oil derivatives supply disbalance
The Economic Vice Premier of Macedonia Vladimir Peshevski wrote on Facebook about the blocked accounts of Makpetrol and the possible energy crisis.
-According to the Law, the public interest must be safeguarded, so all government institutions which are included in legislative processes must take legal...
Part of Makpetrol’s employees have received their pay
Those Makpetrol employees who have accounts with Komercijalna Banka had received their pay at the end of today, found out Meta from unofficial sources.
Unofficially, the employees of the two subsidiary companies of Makpetrol- Oilko and TV station Telma, have also received pay.
Although we made...
A gas crisis can have a more lasting impact than an oil crisis
Meta contacted experts in the energy field, regarding the blocking of the accounts of the largest gas and oil supplier in Macedonia, Makpetrol. The expert were unanimous- the move by the Government may cause a bigger crisis in the supply of gas rather than...
SDSM was not involved in the replacing of the Public Revenue Office Director
SDSM did not participate in any talks that would lead to the replacing of the Public Revenue Office’s (UJP) director Goran Trajkovski, said for Meta the party’s spokesperson Petre Shilegov.
- We haven’t discussed that topic. It is possible that his term is ending. We...
Greece has reached an agreement with the “troika”
The Greek government and the “troika” reached a deal for new reforms that will secure the paying of the country’s debt. The document will enter the Greek Parliament today. The Government is hoping that it will pass the bill tomorrow.
The Agreement was reached after...
The Ministry of Finance gave 227 million denari in subsidies to 8711 farmers
The Ministry of Finance gave 227 million denari in subsidies to 8711 farmers. The subsidies were mostly given to milk producers. For the production and sale of sheep, cow and goat milk, 8562 farmers received 206 million denari.
The Ministry has paid 1.4 million...
Thomas Cook – World’s oldest tour operator visits Macedonia
Representatives of the biggest and oldest tour operator in the world, the Thomas Cook Group, from England, are visiting Macedonia starting today, came an announcement from the Agency for the Promotion and Support of Tourism (APPT).
The Agency will organize meetings with Macedonian tour operators,...
Macedonians have lowest average sallary in the Balkans
According to the Slovenian State’s statistics agency, the average salary in the country, in May, was 1008 euro which is substantially more than salaries in other countries in the region, reports the media in Montenegro.
According to latest reports from the Macedonian statistics agency, the...
The Government takes a 4.4 million euro loan
With the auction of one Treasury bill and two government bonds, the Government of Macedonia received a 4.4 million euro loan.
Portion of the money is due in a year’s time and the remainder by 2025 and 2030.
According to data from the Finance Ministry, the...
Athens and Brussels optimists for an agreement by the end of August
The Greek government is expecting by the end of today to close the first round of negotiations with the “troika” and with its creditors. This will get the country closer to a potential deal by the end of August. In the ranks of the...
The Government will revoke the “Law for Honoraries”
The "Law for Honoraries" or the Law that requires contributions being paid for part-time and one-time jobs, will be revoked. The request for its termination was accepted yesterday at a government session.
According to finance minister Zoran Stavreski, the termination of the paying of contributions...
The average net monthly sallary in May was 22.071 denari
The average monthly salary in May of this year was 22.071 denari and the average net salary was 32.393 denari, says in the report from the State Statistical Office.
and Index of average monthly salary in May 2015 versus May 2014 is 102.7.
The increase...
