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Macedonia 25.12.22 | 16:46

Macedonia ranked among the least innovative countries in Europe

The European innovation index placed Macedonia near the bottom of its list. The index takes various data points into account to see how innovative a nation is. Macedonia scored 45.6 points, and is sixth from the bottom, above only the war torn Ukraine, which is last, and countries like Albania and Bosnia....

Macedonia 06.04.22 | 15:33

Cooperation program would lead to Macedonia funding Bulgarian groups that deny Macedonian national identity

Deputy Prime Minister Bojan Maricic announced that the Government is open to form a joint fund that would support civic organizations and non-Governmental groups between Macedonia and Bulgaria. This raises the prospect of Macedonia funding Bulgarian NGO groups that want to redefine the Macedonian national...

Macedonia 02.10.20 | 16:43

Mickoski calls for a 10 million EUR fund to urgently help grape farmers

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called on the ruling majority in Parliament to support the VMRO proposal for the urgent creation of a 10 million EUR fund to prop up the price of grapes. Farmers are facing record low prices of as low as two denars per kilogram of grapes, which is far below the...

Macedonia 19.04.20 | 11:27

Government sets up COVID-19 fund

The Government adopted Saturday a decree on setting up a fund for assistance and support in managing the COVID-19 crisis. The decree regulates the establishment, financing and purpose of the deposited funds. The funds will be used financial support to the economic measures assisting micro, small, medium...

Macedonia 22.12.19 | 18:45

Innovation Fund, best known for awarding politically linked “innovators”, announces new grants before the elections

With just a few months before the early elections, the Innovations Fund (FITR) announced it will award new grants to private companies. FITR is notorious for giving money to politically linked “innovators”, including companies directly linked to members of the Government and Parliament and...