Tag: farmers
Economy 14.03.22 | 09:20

Government to give up excise ta and VAT on green oil and fertilizers if it wants to really help farmers

Only an immediate reaction from the government can help the farmers, who are currently most affected by the crisis in Ukraine. With the immediate cancellation of the excise tax and VAT on green oil for farmers, as well as 0% VAT on fertilizers immediately, farmers will have lower production costs. Farmers...
Economy 30.11.21 | 12:35

New law would mandate that farmers purchase insurance for their crops

The Agriculture Ministry is preparing a law that would require farmers to obtain insurance for their crops. Farmers often demand public assistance after suffering crop losses because of drought or floods, Damage caused by meteorological is covered by the budget of the Republic of Macedonia while farmers...
Macedonia Economy 04.10.21 | 14:00

Consumers could see increases in food prices of up to 50 percent

The SKM Chamber of Commerce warns about a coming huge spike in food prices, caused by the rise in energy costs and in some important raw materials in the food industry, such as the cooking oil. It is up to the Government to support the industry. Otherwise, prices could go up as far as 40 to 50 percent....
Macedonia 22.07.21 | 16:31

Farmers will block construction of the Stip – Kocani expressway

Farmers from three villages in the Cesinovo – Oblesevo district will protest on Saturday and block construction of the next section of the Stip – Kocani expressway. The farmers say that the road will cut them off from their farms. They demand that the project is redrawn and that it provides...
News 21.12.20 | 18:50

Tobacco farmers say they continue to get unrealistically low estimates from the cigarette companies

Tobacco farmers aligned in several associations protest against the record low prices that their harvest has fetched this year. We signed an agreement on Friday and we expected that things will improve, but the problems have largely remained the same. Some farmers are satisfied but the majority are not....
Macedonia 26.09.20 | 20:56

Farmers from the Tikves region say low prices are forcing them to abandon their vineyards

Farmers from Macedonia’s main wine growing region of Tikves are threatening to rip out their vineyards due to the record low prices. Grapes such as Smedervka, used to produce a popular white wine, are sold for 2 denars per kilogram, which is six to seven times below the production cost. Here is...
Economy 20.07.20 | 13:46

Swedish support to strengthen capacity of farmers affected by Covid-19

With the corona crisis underway, Macedonian agriculture is to face key challenges as rising uncertainty and unemployment, the lack of seasonal workers for the upcoming harvest, disrupted supply chains as well as the lack of direct measures to support small scale and rural businesses in tackling poverty,...
Economy 03.07.20 | 17:22

Janusev: We pledge for 640m euros in subsidies to farmers

VMRO-DPMNE has always been on the side of farmers. We have built successful stories together. We pledge for 640m euros in subsidies to farmers, VMRO-DPMNE’s Igor Janusev wrote on Friday. ВМРО-ДПМНЕ секогаш било на страната на земјоделците. Заеднички...
Economy 14.04.20 | 13:49

Farmers, hair stylists and artisans will be included in the stimulus program

Finance Minister Nina Angelovska said that hair stylists, artisans, beauticians and farmers who work individually will be allowed to claim 14.500 denars in gross monthly salary as compensation for the coronavirus caused economic crisis. Individual businessmen and artisans were left out of the initial...
Economy 26.03.20 | 12:14

Tripunovski calls on the public to buy Macedonia – grown food

Deputy Agriculture Minister Cvetan Tripunoski called on farmers to maintain and, if possible, increase their food production despite the coronavirus epidemic. He urged on the consumers to make sure they purchase Macedonian made products and support domestic producers. In these difficult times for our...
Economy 29.01.20 | 10:40

Mickoski visits farmers in Dolneni, they are dissatisfied, disregarded by the government

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, visited Dolneni on Tuesday where he met with farmers. They were dissatisfied and complained that they are disregarded by the government. I was in Dolneni. Farmers are dissatisfied, say the government is disregarding them. Migration is present here, which can be...
Economy 24.01.20 | 16:40

60 million euro scandal: Government bribes farmers with their money

Cvetan Tripunovski, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy from VMRO-DPMNE, accused Friday SDSM of bribing farmers with their money, which they have not received yet. According to him, this casts the darkest stain on the election and is a brutal insult to the honor and dignity of...
Economy 03.11.19 | 22:18

SDSM’s agricultural policies are devastating!

Today we are in Vasilevo, in the Strumica region, in the most agricultural part of the Republic of Macedonia, and from what I could hear from the citizens we talked to is that the villages are getting more and more empty, and the agricultural policies run by SDSM are devastating, Cvetan Tripunovski,...
Macedonia 28.10.19 | 21:37

Farmers send message to the Minister: Government failed to meet promises on purchase prices

The leaders of the farmers’ protests responded to Dimkov that the government had promised that the rice hulls would be bought for 25 denars and the white rice for 60 denars, but after only three years, only promises remained. Following Monday’s press conference by Agriculture Minister Trajan...
Macedonia 26.10.19 | 17:56

Striking farmers push through the police line and deliver their demands in front of the Government building

Despite a strong police presence meant to stop them, striking farmers were able to push through to the Government building. Angry at low prices and late subsidies, the farmers threw apples and grapes in front of the police line in a sign of protest. The fuel price is hiked by 80 percent and the fuel...
Macedonia 26.10.19 | 13:34

Farmers protest in downtown Skopje, Zaev uses the police to stop them from reaching his Government

Hundreds of farmers, some of them with their tractors, descended on downtown Skopje today to protest the lackluster payment of farming subsidies and the low prices for their products. Police deployed on the Goce Delcev bridge with the aim of blocking their protest and preventing them from reaching the...
Macedonia 24.10.19 | 18:27

Farmers will protest in front of the Government building on Saturday

A large protest of farmers is planned for Saturday, over the request that farming subsidies are paid on time by the Government. Subsidies are currently being paid only to select groups of farmers, which has caused anger in the community. Farmers in Bitola and near-by Mogila have protested several times...
Economy 05.10.19 | 18:16

3,000 farmers to be inspected to see if they deserve the subsidies

Agriculture Minister Trajan Dimkovski announced on Top Tema” show that the Agricultural Inspectorate had ordered inspection of over 3,000 farmers to check whether they honestly deserved the subsidies granted according their production. We (the Government) have a conclusion, first it was anise....
Macedonia 19.09.19 | 22:26

Intimidation: Police sent to photograph farmers protesting in Rosoman

Police officers were used to film the protest of farmers in Rosoman, one of Macedonia’s main grape and peach growing regions. Agriculture Minister Trajan Dimovski was in for a hot reception, as the farmers chanted against him and demanded he resigns. Farmers blocked the motorway from Rosoman to...
Economy 31.08.19 | 15:16

Zaev brought the farmers to the bottom: They lied to us like little children, September came, but no money

Zaev brought the farmers to the bottom. Rice producers are deceived and manipulated, and telling the truth is banned by the government. This does not mean a strong government, but a frightened and outgoing weak government. The people remember, and the people will have their say in the next parliamentary...
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