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Economy

Inflation estimated at 4 percent, Mickoski warns supermarket chains about their cartel practices

The annual rate of inflation is estimated to be about 4 percent, said Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, again warning retail chains that they will face…

07.01.2026

Economy
Mickoski: there is a serious investor interested in the Popova Sapka ski resort

05.01.2026

Economy
The Government is preparing severe action against supermarket chains who coordinate on their prices

04.01.2026

Economy
Nikoloski expects work on the fast railroad line to begin after the summer

03.01.2026

Economy
Finance Ministry plans two 500 million EUR bond issues in 2026

29.12.2025

Economy  | 28.12.2025

Economy Ministry announces tenfold increase of fines for markets that make cartel arrangements

The Economy Ministry warned companies that are entering into cartel arrangements that they will face fines 10 times higher than what they have faced so…
Economy  | 28.12.2025

Statistics bureau: poverty rate stood at 21.9 percent in 2024

The State Statistics Bureau (DZS) publisehd a report indicating that the poverty rate in 2024 was at 21.9 percent. By age, children and minors under…
Economy  | 26.12.2025

VMRO proposes keeping the lower tax rates for first time home buyers

VMRO-DPMNE representatives in Parliament proposed a bill that will keep in place the 5 percent VAT tax rate for purchase of apartments for first time…
Economy  | 26.12.2025

“The energy system was devastated by the SDSM Government”

During the Parliament question time, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski and SDSM leader Venko Filipce debated the energy situation, as coal imports were disrupted by a…
Economy  | 22.12.2025

Prime Minister Mickoski announces 100 million EUR investments in the energy sector

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski announced that almost 100 million EUR will be invested in construction of a solar plant near Bitola and in modernization of…
Economy  | 19.12.2025

Two new investments, from Germany and Turkey, will open 1,000 jobs

Two companies, from Germany and Turkey, have recently confirmed their investment plans in Macedonia, and will open a total of 1,000 new jobs, said Prime…
Economy  | 17.12.2025

Nikoloski on the railroad to Bulgaria: we entered a phase where politics no longer plays a role in the project

Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski welcomed the fact that politics stopped playing a role in the development of the long delayed railroad line to Bulgaria,…
Economy  | 12.12.2025

Unemployment drops by 7,000 in the third quarter of 2025

The number of employed citizens grew by 7,000 in Q3 of this year and there are encouraging signs that immigrants are returning to the country,…
Economy  | 12.12.2025

Skopje airport makes history with three million passengers

Skopje airport is making history after reaching three million passengers in a year, said Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski today, as a flight to Bari…
Economy  | 07.12.2025

“Macedonia will move from an economy of low wages to a high productivity model”

A prominent feature of the Strategy announced by VMRO-DPMNE at their congress yesterday, is the push to move the country from a low wage economic…
Economy  | 05.12.2025

Nikoloski: we are building and modernizing the pan-European corridors 8 and 10

We are putting in strong efforts to build and modernize the two European corridors that pass through the country, through the railway connection with Bulgaria,…
Economy  | 04.12.2025

VMRO will adopt its Strategy Macedonia 2030, party sees no need for early elections

The ruling VMRO-DPMNE party plans to adopt a strategic document named Strategy Macedonia 2030 at the Congress that will take place in Kavadarci on December…
Economy  | 28.11.2025

Pensioners plan protests in front of the Constitutional Court

Pensioner organizations are planning protests in front of the Constitutional Court next week, after a judge there moved to block the linear pension increase as…
Economy  | 28.11.2025

Mickoski: the Government will not allow an increase in electricity prices for households

The Government will not allow citizens to be hit by an electricity price hike, said Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski. The decision to review the price…
Economy  | 28.11.2025

Reimbursement of paid VAT taxes will be completed by the end of the month

The UJP tax authority agency informs that reimbursement of citizens for their VAT tax payments will be completed by the end of the month. Citizens…
Economy  | 27.11.2025

“Judge Kacarska already signed the order to stop the linear pension increase”

Judge Dobrila Kacarska from the Constitutional Court is blocking the pension hikes for 70 percent of retirees said Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski today, as the…
Economy  | 26.11.2025

Four retailers and the SSK chamber fined for coordinating on prices

The anti-monopolly commission (KZK) fined today four retailers and the Association of Chambers of Commerce (SSK) for coordinating their prices. According to the findings of…
Economy  | 15.11.2025

Macedonia and Hungary hold talks on energy cooperation

A delegation of the Energy and Mining Ministry, led by Secretary General Goran Jovanovski, is in Hungary for a meeting of the joint committee with…
Economy  | 11.11.2025

Mickoski: German Kostal plans to open 200 new jobs in Ohrid

The German Kostal company plans to expand in 2026 and add 200 new jobs in its car parts plant in Ohrid, said Prime Minister Hristijan…
Economy  | 28.10.2025

Skopje gets a direct flight link to Madrid

Madrid was added to the list of European capitals that has a direct flight connection with Skopje. A Wizz Air flight, subsidised as part of…