29 January 2021
The increased quantity of the electric energy produced from renewable sources of energy (RSE), new investments, and improvement of the energy efficiency remain some of the main goals of the energy policy for North Macedonia in the forthcoming period. Its energy sector should provide reliable, steady and superb supply of energy and fuel for the […]
6 June 2020
In the first three months of this years, the total foreign investments amount to €137.7 million, which is significant rise over the same quarter of 2019, when the foreign companies invested €48.5 million, the Central Bank of North Macedonia data shows. It is interesting that the biggest part of these investments, €108 million, was made […]
5 June 2019
An issue that deserves attention is the question of whether there will be a time when Macedonian companies start to move investments to other countries, considering that in the first three months of this year, foreign direct investments from our country abroad amounted to €8.1 million. Data from the National Bank shows that there has […]
27 March 2019
The Minister of Transportation and Communications Goran Sugareski informed that 8 million euros will be invested in the reconstruction of the Gostivar Kichevo road, as annually this road is traversed by 4 million passengers. “8 million euros are invested through the Public Enterprise for state roads for reconstruction of the road from Gostivar to Kichevo. […]
1 March 2019
Last year, there were foreign investments in Macedonia in the amount of 624 million euros which was a record high since 2010 and onwards. Out of that amount, 404 million euros were direct investments and 220 euros are unallocated gain i.e. a reinvestment of assets by foreign companies that have been operating in this country […]
28 February 2019
Minister of Economy, Kresnik Bekteshi reported that foreign direct investments last year amounted to 624.5 million euros, compared to 181.7 million in 2017, which is an increase of 244 percent. “This is a historical record of FDIs in the Republic of North Macedonia, since the independence of the country to date. Just in the fourth […]
22 January 2019
Investments in the road infrastructure in the total ammount of 1,27 billion euros have been planned, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at press conference today, speaking about the roads that were built or rehabilitated last year, but also on the projects that are underway and the building, rehabilitation and reconstruction of roads planned for this […]
13 December 2017
After the decline in economic activity in the first half of the year, the data for the gross domestic product (GDP) showed a moderate increase on an annual basis of 0.%, reported the National Bank in a statement. “The growth of the activity in the third quarter was due to the export and personal consumption, […]
13 September 2017
Macedonian citizens will reach the European standard of living in 30 years if in the forthcoming years, the GDP has a growth of 4%, and the EU’s GDP growth is 2%. This is what shows the latest study by Vladimir Gligorov of the Vienesse Institute, which was presented today in “Holiday Inn.” The presentation, among […]
8 June 2017
On the budget’s account concluded on the 31st of May there is 6.5 million euros, and on the foreign exchange account there is 209 millions euros, assets from the eurobond, informed today the Minister of Finance, Dragan Tevdovski. Further, he said that the budget has enough assets for servicing current expenditures and for payment of […]
23 January 2017
Foreign investors invested seven times less than what was announced and there are three times fewer jobs than promised, shows the database “Foreign investment under scrutiny” prepared by the journalistic team BIRN Macedonia. The survey looked at 138 investments which were announced or promoted by the government from 2007 to 2016. It shows that 43 […]
3 November 2016
This year investments have failed, affecting the projection of growth of the gross domestic product to 2.3% in 2016, said Governor Dimitar Bogov, at the presentation of the October macroeconomic projections. “All investments totally failed: public, private, foreign and domestic. The general ambience due to the political crisis was not the most suitable and it […]
16 October 2016
“Congratulations on the elections, we are winning”. With these words, the leader of the VMRO-DPMNE, started his 70-minute speech at the party gathering in “Boris Trajkovski” Sports Centre, where he demanded a great victory of 63 MPs and seats for a stable and secure Macedonia, and said, “it would mean the end to the dark and grim scenarios […]
27 September 2016
Economic growth in Macedonia is expected to slow down and reach only 2% in 2016 due to the decline in investments, according to the latest Economic Report of the World Bank for Southeast Europe, which was presented in Skopje today. “For the first time in six years, investments have had a negative contribution to the […]
4 July 2016
The European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, in his address at a business forum about the Western Balkans Summit in Paris, did not mention once Macedonia, unlike Montenegro, Albania, Serbia and Kosovo. The Commissioner believes that although at present the EU is in a difficult phase, the potential for EU membership […]
30 May 2016
Agri-food is the third largest sector from 2005-2015 contributing 12 percent to the gross domestic product (GDP). Together with the processing industry of agricultural products, it is a total of 16 percent of the GDP. The Economic Chamber of Macedonia emphasized that investments in this sector are of great importance because they contribute to foreign […]
11 November 2015
The European Commission’s economic section is one of the most accurate and precise points which are also painful points in the Macedonian economy, says Professor and former Minister of Economy Abdulmenaf Bedzeti. According to Bedzeti, the report is very clear and unambiguous, with no diplomatic vocabulary and no calculation as to how will be understood, […]
19 September 2015
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 euros in the construction of local roads, with these funds […]
18 April 2015
At the national gathering of VMRO-DPMNE in Prilep, party leader Nikola Gruevski announced two new investments and 350 jobs. – I wish to announce the German company “Akomplast” which opens a plant to produce components for the automotive industry with an initial investment of several million euros and 250 jobs. The first employees will be […]
