Tag: jobs
Economy 31.08.24 | 09:10

Kiel Macedonia adds 300 new jobs to Tetovo

A new plant by Kiel Macedonia was opened yesterday in the Tetovo industrial zone. The manufacturer o1f bus and train seats will add 300 new jobs in the plant that spans 7,500 square meters, on top of the 40 working there right now. The investment is valued at 9 million EUR.    
Economy 28.01.22 | 13:33

Number of jobs lost due to the pandemic estimated at 16,000

Over 16,000 citizens are registered as having lost their jobs due to the Covid pandemic since March 2020. Bekim Murati, head of the Employment Agency, said that this is the official number of jobs lost in this period. Murati added that there are over 130,000 active job seekers registered with the agency,...
Economy 15.12.21 | 11:32

600 jobs on the line after the ban on plastic bags

Manufacturers of plastic bags are warning that 600 jobs are on the line after the Government put a steep price on the items. Once handed away at most supermarket check-outs, the bags are now sold for 15 denars a piece, prompting many people to revert to the Communist era practice of carrying reusable...
Macedonia 02.09.21 | 19:24

People from Bitola fell prey to a scheme promising jobs in Germany

A fraudster took over 500 EUR from two citizens of Bitola, promising to help them find jobs in Germany. The two parties believed they are paying for a chance to find employment in Germany, but after a while, when they did not receive the promised job offers, they alerted the police.
Macedonia Economy 16.07.21 | 12:53

Mickoski: VMRO-DPMNE will bring in new investments, protect the ELEM energy company

Hristijan Mickoski announced a major new investment cycle once his VMRO-DPMNE party is in office. Mickoski also assured the workers in the state run ELEM energy plant that their jobs will be safe, as the Zaev regime announces the closure of its large REK Bitola coal mine and power plant. We are not talking...
Macedonia 11.02.21 | 12:24

Nearly 3,000 candidates vie for 600 police jobs

Nearly 3,000 candidates submitted applications for 600 newly opened jobs in the police force. Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said that 599 of the candidates are women and 2,365 – men. Joining the police is seen as a good public sector job given the high level of unemployment. Candidates will...
Macedonia Economy 30.11.20 | 14:56

Manufacturing jobs down 4.9 percent in October

The number of workers in the industrial sector is down 4.9 percent in October, compared to October 2019. For the first ten months of the year, the number is down 4.7 percent. Energy and mining held mostly steady, but manufacturing saw a 5.3 percent reduction in its workforce. Due to the major economic...
Economy 21.10.20 | 09:54

Coronavirus crisis leaves about 15,000 people jobless by September

The corona crisis has brought new growth in the number of laid off citizens due to the economic problems faced by companies. Since March 11, when the pandemic actually started in the country, until the end of September, a total of 14,818 people were fired. This is shown by the data of the Employment...
Economy 18.06.20 | 10:05

Job protection – priority of the future government of VMRO-DPMNE

According to Darko Lazarov, a member of the VMRO-DPMNE Economic Committee, the next government will have a clear goal for the economy after coming to power. By the end of the year, the focus of the future government of VMRO-DPMNE will be on job protection, the more jobs we lose, the more problems we...
Economy 10.05.20 | 20:26

A quarter of Macedonians say they, or someone close to them, have lost jobs due to the coronavirus epidemic

A poll conducted by Detektor and published on Sitel TV today shows that a quarter of Macedonian citizens have lost their jobs or have someone close to them who lost a job because of the coronavirus epidemic. Official data places the number of lost jobs since the beginning of the epidemic at near 10.000. Also,...
Economy 06.05.20 | 17:31

Coronavirus linked job losses rise to 8.160

The Employment Agency reported that it has registered 8.160 new unemployed claims between early March and late April. About half of the people who were fired in this period lost their job after their temporary employment contracts expired and were not renewed. Of the rest, a quarter signed a mutually...
Economy 01.04.20 | 18:44

Epidemic of layoffs, thousands of workers at risk of losing their jobs

There are no jobs that are not at risk because of the crisis caused by the coronavirus, and because of the government’s insufficient and poor measures for assistance. In the trade, over 29,000 workers are threatened with forced layoffs. Thousands of people employed with foreign investors are worried...
Macedonia 19.12.19 | 10:55

Cadastre office has 23 job openings and no Macedonians need apply

As the elections draw closer, public sector job openings are multiplying, a practice often used to distribute comfy jobs to party activists. The latest such ad was placed by the Cadastre office, but it is notable not only in its timing, but in its ethnic criteria as well. The ad calls for candidates...

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