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Car ownership in North Macedonia rose to record high – 66.8% of households reported owning a car in 2021
Safeguarding the environment through the fight against climate change and air pollution in the cities throughout North Macedonia is something that exists only in theory. In reality, the data provided by the State Statistical Office - SSO show that unlike any period before, the number of Macedonian households owning a passenger vehicle last year has climbed to 66.8%.
The analysis...
Prices of used vehicles in North Macedonia on the rise due to the global shortage of microchips and semiconductors
The global shortage of microchips and semiconductors has caused problems in the automobile production sector worldwide. This problem also affects North Macedonia. According to the forecasts, the shortage of chips will last until the second half of 2022.
The problem with the microchips and the semiconductors problem has been present for a year and a half, resulting in some of...
Instead of declining, problem with lack of parking spaces in Skopje is growing
The lack of parking spaces in Skopje is becoming a chronic problem. The number of cars on the streets of the capital of North Macedonia is on the rise from year to year and this trend is not leading to opening new parking locations for these vehicles. The statistical data shows that the city's authorities aren't able to open...
Number of households in North Macedonia with cars twice bigger than those with bicycles
The statistics shows that the number of households that own a car is more than double the number of households with at least one bike. According to the data provided by the State Statistical Office (SSO), only 30.7% of the Macedonian households has owned a bicycle in 2020. This number is by 2.8% less compared to 2019, and owning...
Instead of stimulating purchases of new vehicles and installing LPG fuel systems in the used vehicles, the state with opposite measures
There aren't any subsidies from the state budget for 2021 for the citizens who would like to buy electric or hybrid vehicles, the assets planed for subsidizing the installing of LPG fuel systems in old vehicles are projected to only 210.000 EUR for the next 12 months, the eco stickers for the vehicles weren't implemented this winter, and there...
Environmentalists object, the Government of North Macedonia says lowered taxes for registering vehicles will not influence air pollution
The session of the Government of North Macedonia held on 24th of November caused heated reactions from the environmentalists, with the confirmation of the text of the Draft Law for registering vehicles with foreign registration plates. It will alllow first time registration of those vehicles with Macedonian registration plates with up to 50% less than the value of all...
Car-Free Day marked symbolically, the motorization rate is growing continuously in Macedonia (infographic)
The Car Free Day which is celebrated on the 22nd of September, this year as always is marked with symbolical events from state institutions and municipalities nationwide. As a rule, the officials use this day to photograph themselves as they go on foot to work or as they are driving bicycles. Still, the official statistical data show that the...
We travel mostly by car and public transport, we use buses and trains less and less (infographic)
In the past three decades, the traveling habits of the Macedonian nationals have changed significantly. The data provided by the State Statistical Bureau of North Macedonia show that car and taxi transportation have had become the main means of transportation through the years.
In 2018, 80.4% of the traveled passenger-kilometers in the road transport (9,452 millions passenger-kilometers), were in private...
Through the tolls we pay for the loans, interests and commissions for the motorways (video + infographic)
Despite the fact that the Macedonians have the lowest salaries in Europe, they still pay very expensive tolls. The compensation for one kilometer by car is 2,6 denars, and the adoption of the new toll price in 2014 was justified by VMRO-DPMNE, which claimed that the global economic crisis has ended and the compensation must be increased to the...
269,000 vehicles in the country are older than 18 years
Out of the 466,000 registered vehicles in the country, until 2017, 269,000 were made before 2002. The math shows that more than half of the vehicles on our roads in the country are 18 years or older.
According to the Ministry of Economy's Rule-book on old-timers, the status of a vehicle with special museum value (old-timer) is given to a...
About 4,000 new cars sold in the Macedonian market this year
The Sale of new cars on the Macedonian market, experts evaluate that the situation is between stable and low.
The decrease in sales of new cars, has had a great impact on imports of used cars, which is constantly increasing, but the effects of the economic crisis can be felt.
“The year will end with 4,000 vehicles sold, from all distributors...
The English mafia is smuggling migrants from France to Britain
Residents of Britain are involved in smuggling migrants from France to the United Kingdom, across the English Channel, commented for the BBC the mayor of the French town Teteggem near Dunkirk.
In part of the reportage by the British national service, its field crew noticed cars carrying British plates, nearby the migrant camp on the periphery of Dunkirk, on the...
