22 November 2016
The rate of youth unemployment in Macedonia is 52.9%, which ranks the country third on the world list, says the study “Unemployment of Young People in Macedonia” conducted by the “Friedrich Ebert” Foundation this year. The research has shown that 60% of young people above the age of 18, believe that finding work in the country will […]
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 […]
9 September 2016
For the second quarter of the year, according to the State Statistical Office, the unemployment rate is at 24%. The number of the active population is 948,376 people, of which 720,674 are employed and 227,702 are unemployed. In the first quarter of this year, the unemployment rate dropped by 0.5%.
2 January 2016
Interim Minister of Labour and Social Policy Frosina Tashevska – Remenski in an interview with the civil association “Civil” raised the question of how real is the rate unemployment, and has unemployment really decreased, as there is a difference in the numbers in the state institutions. “We face a big dilemma in terms of numbers, […]
11 October 2015
In an interview with TV “Sitel”, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski tonight announced the construction of a new student dormitory in Skopje, he also announced that Macedonia has the lowest unemployment rate in its history at 26.8 percent and blamed the opposition of undermining negotiations in order to postpone elections which are scheduled for April next […]
11 September 2015
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 57%, the employment rate is 41.7 percent, while the unemployment […]
9 June 2015
The unemployment rate in the first quarter this year in Macedonia is 27.3 percent, according to the State Statistical Office. 262,140 people are unemployed and 697,248 people are employed. Most of the unemployed in the first quarter were men, i.e. 62.8 percent of the total active population in the country, while 37.2 percent were women. […]
27 March 2015
Government measures to reduce unemployment and to support recruitment official records, were today presented to businessmen from Gostivar region. The Forum was organized by the Employment Agency in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Municipality of Gostivar and UNDP. In Gostivar, much of SMEs use the benefits of employment measures. Employers say that […]
