Tag: Finance Ministry
Economy 18.02.23 | 11:49

VMRO-DPMNE: Macedonia is forced to pay higher interest rates after the failed debt roll-over

Macedonia will pay higher interest rates after the failure of its attempt to issue a 600 million EUR bond in order to revolve its debt. The bond issue was planned to go ahead this week, but due to the Government reshuffle and the sacking of the Justice Minister Nikola Tupancevski refused to give his...

Macedonia Economy 25.05.21 | 20:54

Government orders the Finance Ministry to urgently prepare a new law on bank deposits after the Constitutional Court struck down a key provision

The Zaev Government announced that it is instructing the Finance Ministry to urgently prepare a new law on bank deposits, after the Constitutional Court struck down a key provision in the existing law. Depositors in the now failed Eurostandard Bank challenged the provision that guaranteed only the first...

Economy 18.06.20 | 16:10

Dimitrieska says the Finance Ministry is deliberately withholding a World Bank loan and blaming it on her

Deputy Finance Minister Gordana Dimitrieska Kocoska dismissed criticism from the ruling SDSM party that she is withholding 90 million EUR in loans that can be used for coronavirus relief. SDSM and aligned news sites are running a campaign against Dimitrieska, trying to blame her for the worsening economic...

Macedonia 03.06.20 | 10:08

While the deficit skyrockets, Finance Ministry official filmed TikTok videos in her office

The 2020 budget is estimated to have a deficit of between 700 million and 1,3 billion EUR – this according to the Finance Minister Nina Angelovska. But her staff is apparently not overly perturbed by the situation. A Ministry official Afija Ravmanovska, took to her TikTok account, and posted several...

Economy 14.02.20 | 18:47

Dimitrieska-Kocoska publicly asked to be told how much the new employment agreements cost the country

Deputy Finance Minister Gordana Dimitrieska Kocoska again notes today that partial, incomplete data is being provided to her and that much of the information and acts are not provided at all. That is also shown by the fact that since my appointment to date, I have not received any job application, promotion,...

Macedonia 31.01.20 | 15:26

Dimitrieska: Finance Ministry attempts to hide documents from me undermines the conduct of the elections

Interim Deputy Finance Minister Gordana Dimitrieska Kocoska accused the SDSM party officials in the Ministry of preventing employees from even talking to her, which, she said, will not allow Macedonia to hold free and fair elections. She was nominated to the Finance Ministry, where she holds veto power...

Macedonia 04.01.20 | 10:04

Dimitrieska: We will prevent any transfers that are used to buy votes ahead of the elections

Gordana Dimitrieska – Kocoska, the interim Deputy Finance Minister, said that she will prevent all payments out of the budget that are being used to buy votes in the run up to the elections. Dimitrieska was nominated by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party to one of the Government positions where her...

Macedonia 31.12.19 | 14:15

Dimtrieska cites the growing debt and failure to complete infrastructure projects as main economic challenges for Macedonia

In a statement with Kurir, the proposed interim Deputy Finance Minister Gordana Dimitrieska – Kocoska said that the Macedonian economy has serious problems, such as growing debt and failure to complete infrastructure projects. Dimirieska is nominated by VMRO-DPMNE to provide oversight in public...

Economy 24.12.19 | 17:13

Macedonia will add 270 million EUR in debt in the first half of 2020

The Finance Ministry published its plans for adding new debt in 2020, and it projects issues worth 270 million EUR in the first six months of the year. Macedonia’s public debt broke through the 5 billion EUR barrier under the SDSM Government and now stands at 5.7 billion. More than a billion of...

Economy 23.08.19 | 09:37

Angelovska: I will do my utmost in managing citizens’ money

After nearly 10 years of domestic and international experience and significant international recognition of my hard work and contribution, I am honored that my knowledge, potential and enthusiasm for change have been recognized to be engaged in our country’s progress. And the honor is even greater...