Tag: chamber
Macedonia 17.10.23 | 11:30

Merely 160 companies hold ISO 9001 certification, and an even smaller number have obtained standards related to environmental or food safety

In the country, there is no official National Register, and informal records indicate that approximately twenty companies have obtained ISO 22000, the inaugural international standard addressing food safety, or ISO 14001, which focuses on environmental protection. According to data from the Macedonian...

Macedonia 14.04.23 | 09:12

Medical Chamber demands an end to the public attacks on the doctors involved in alleged malpractice

The Medical Chamber issued a statement strongly condemning the public criticism of doctors after the series of tragic incidents in public hospitals and the allegations against the “Zan Mitrev” clinic. According to the Chamber, the dignity of the medical profession needs to be protected immediately,...

Macedonia Economy 02.01.21 | 12:00

New hospitality tax rule is causing chaos, chamber warns

The NUK chamber of the hospitality industry said that the tax reduction introduced by the Government is too complicated and badly managed to be effective. The Government ordered a new value added tax bracket of 10 percent, besides the 5 and 18 percent brackets, that will apply to restaurants that serve...

Economy 18.06.20 | 19:51

Business chamber demands the border to open for the free-spending diaspora

The Economic Chamber of North West Macedonia, an association of largely ethnic Albanian owned businesses, called on the Government to immediately open the border for the diaspora visitors who usually flock to Macedonia during the summer season. Free spending Macedonian emigrants to Germany, Switzerland,...

Macedonia 09.06.20 | 14:19

The bride and the groom at the May wedding where the virus was spread were doctors, and are now both infected

Two doctors working the Medical Chamber were diagnosed positive to Covid-19 after holding a wedding that involved more than a 100 guests. The wedding held in May was pointed by Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce as an outrageous example of a violation of the restrictions meant to reduce the spread of...

Economy 19.02.20 | 14:59

Hoxha: The economic program proposed by VMRO-DPMNE is realistic and achievable

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski met with the Chamber of commerce of North-Western Macedonia, where he presented the economic program the opposition is preparing for the next four years. Chamber President Nebi Hoxha welcomed the program and said it is realistic and achievable, a day after Mickoski...

Economy 14.02.20 | 12:16

Arsovska: Macedonia may miss out on major investment opportunities due to the political crisis

Macedonian Chamber of Commerce director Daniela Arsovska warned that Macedonia is losing major investment opportunities due to the continued political crisis. Following the Paris meeting of the World Chambers Federation, Arsovska said that the region expects a major influx of investment, but that Macedonia...

Economy 12.11.19 | 20:39

Zaev will ask the chambers of commerce to nominate a replacement for Angusev, who is leaving after his profits allegedly nosedived

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that he will turn to the chambers of commerce and ask them to propose a replacement for his outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Koco Angusev. Angusev, who was in charge of economic development, announced he will leave the Government following the early general elections scheduled...

Economy 11.12.18 | 12:08

Mickoski and top VMRO-DPMNE officials meet with the Macedonian Chambers of Commerce

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski and top party officials Vlado Misajlovski and Trajko Slaveski met with the Macedonian Chambers of Commerce, one of the two main business associations in the country, to discuss the economic program which VMRO-DPMNE is promoting. – This meeting is the start of...