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National Bank of Macedonia again cut the key interest rate from 1.75 to 1.5
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...
In the worst case scenario the deficit in the budget would be 1.3 billion euros said the Macedonian Finance Minister Angelovska
The Finance Minister Nina Angelovska outlined three scenarios for dealing with the consequences on the economy that were caused by the coronavirus: favorable, unfavorable and most unfavorable.
"With the first, favorable, scenario, there will be a projected revenue shortfall of 20 percent. That would mean a deficit of 700 million eur. With the second, unfavorable, scenario, the revenue...
The Interim Interior Minister Chulev and the Interim Prime Minister Spasovski blame one another for the problem with the passports and the problem remains
The interim Minister of Interior Nakje Chulev, has called upon the interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski to call for a government session to solve the problem with the passports.
He suggests that the government should adopt a method, with a stamp and by sending a note to the countries worldwide, by which the validity of the passports will be...
Tsipras will mark the end of the Greek economic Odyssey with TV address
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras will have a TV address to the nation today on the occassion of the end of the country’s financial crisis. Tsipras symbolically chose Ithaca island in the Ionian Sea, the home of Odysseus, which he struggles to find in his well known aruduous 10-year journey after the Trojan War.
With it Tsipras will mark the...
US State Department: Leaders should do everything they can to form a government without delay
“The United States has encouraged the Macedonian leaders to do everything they can to form a government without further delay so that the country can continue with the reforms necessary to become a full member of the Euro-Atlantic family”, said a statement by the US State Department regarding the political crisis in Macedonia given to the “Voice of America”.
The...
VMRO-DPMNE presents “Manifesto for a Unified Macedonia”
Today, members of the Executive Committee of VMRO-DPMNE, Antonio Milososki, Nikola Poposki and Ilija Dimovski presented the Manifesto for a Unified Republic of Macedonia, at the Centre of Communications of VMRO-DPMNE.
The document is a “vision” of the party for the state, which they say is “the only home country for Macedonians, where citizens live united, with Albanian people, Turkish...
Ahmeti: DUI didn’t make a decision this evening and there might be a new leadership meeting
At the party’s headquarters in Mala Rechica, DUI’s president announced that the party still hasn’t made a clear decision for a way out of the crisis, but said that early elections that VMRO-DPMNE is asking would not solve the crisis. Ali Ahmeti also said that a leadership meeting is a possibility.
After an emergent call, this afternoon and...
Russia: Foreign interference into Macedonia must stop
Russia has called for foreign interference into Macedonia’s internal affairs to stop, said the Russia's Ambassador to the OSCE, Aleksandar Lukashevich.
"It is necessary to stop external interference in the internal affairs of Macedonia and to respect the right of Macedonian citizens to independently decide their own destiny in accordance with the fundamental democratic principles. We call upon all political forces...
Thimonier: Parties who lose elections easily find the blame in NGOs
When a party loses an election or they don’t win as they wanted to, then they try and find an excuse, and the media and NGOs are the easiest to blame. This way of thinking is not European, said the French ambassador Christian Thimonier in an interview with "Radio Free Europe".
When asked about the “Desorosization” process as a way...
Ivanov greets citizens a Happy New Year and a better 2017
This year which passed, we want to forget it as soon as possible. We faced many crises and challenges. It is appropriate to learn lessons from it and come out stronger, wiser and more responsible. We should not allow all that was negative to repeat itself, according to a New Year's greetings from President Gjorge Ivanov to the citizens.
He...
Milososki: Zaev wants the crisis to continue and seize power by force
Almost two weeks after the elections, when everyone knows the election results, Zoran Zaev is still trying to manipulate, said Antonio Milososki, a member of the Executive Committee of VMRO-DPMNE at a press conference.
“It’s not that Zaev does not know who won and who lost the elections, he knows very well, but we assume that someone higher up, who...
Thaci: There is no climate for fair and democratic elections on June 5
There is no political climate for fair and democratic elections said the DPA leader Menduh Thaci after meeting with EU Ambassador Aivo Orav. He said his pessimism is based on the SEC’s confusion concerning the voters’ list and the lack of will among political leaders to ease the mutual rhetoric. Thachi announced that the DPA will have to further...
President Ivanov will convene with the Security Council this evening
Due to recent developments with the refugee crisis, President Gjorge Ivanov after today's tour of the southern border, announced that tonight he will convene with the Security Council.
“The Army is already alarmed at the amount of people coming out of the "quota 59" and illegally entering the crossings are not marked, and we are not aware of. It will...
EU seeks improvement on cooperation on Macedonian-Greek border
Greece have agreed to accept and accommodate 50,000 refugees in its territory. Along side this, yesterday at the refugee crisis summit in Brussels, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras also accepted the condition to begin a better border-crossing cooperation to be able to cope better with the refugees passing through the Balkans, Athens, Skopje and Tirana.
According to information from Greece,...
They have agreed: Early elections on April 24 with 100 days with transitional government
The leaders of the four political parties, mediated by the EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn after long talks, late this morning, reached an agreement for exit of the political crisis in the country.
- We reached an agreement, signed by the leaders of the four major parties and I am satisfied with the achieved - said Han after the meeting...
Tsipras with an ultimatum: Either sustainable solution or a big ‘no’ to European requirements
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ended speculation about early elections in Greece and the views that the Greek government will completely cross over red lines. At yesterday's meeting with members of government in Prime Minister's Office, Tsipras stressed that it should be stopped and forget all ideas and calls for early elections and a referendum if the agreement with...
SDSM welcomed Hahn’s effort to resolve the crisis
The views of SDSM on the occasion of the held meeting are presented in the statements of party functionaries and official declarations of the party, SDSM reacts in a statement. The party says that the course and outcome of the leadership meeting held in Brussels caused various comments, speculations and misinformation in the media and the public in Macedonia.
"Once...
Laurence Auer: Negotiations for exiting the crisis to continue in the same format
We support EU Commissioner Hahn and emphasize that negotiations should continue in the same format in order to give an opportunity to find a consensus on the political crisis in Macedonia, said French Ambassador to Macedonia Laurence Auer. This is the first reaction from the international community after unsuccessful negotiations in Brussels yesterday.
At today's reconciliation conference, organized by the...
Ahmeti at a meeting with Fournier and Auer
DUI leader Ali Ahmeti today met with Eric Fournier, Director for Continental Europe in the French Foreign Ministry and Laurence Auer, Ambassador of France to Macedonia at the party headquarters in Tetovo. Topic of the meeting was the current crisis in the country, the political dialogue and the agreement reached on 2nd of June, as well as Euro-Atlantic integration...
Gruevski and Bogov warn of “anxiety” among investors and the companies
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,...
