Tag: Mickoski
Economy 28.11.24 | 00:40

Mickoski: Nearly all banks will participate in the distribution of the Hungarian loan

Nearly all banks in Macedonia agreed to help distribute the 250 million EUR from the Hungarian loan, said Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski. The interest rate will be 1.95 percent, which is the lowest in the region and in Europe. Add to that three years in grace period and the maximum 15 years repayment...

Economy 25.11.24 | 22:41

Mickoski: the Hungarian loan will help us prevent spill-over from the automotive crisis in Europe

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said today that he expects the final details of the agreement with the commercial banks for distribution of 250 million EUR to businesses from the Hungarian loan to be made in the coming days. We will support companies who make capital investments, invest in renewable...

Macedonia 24.11.24 | 20:06

100 to 120 electric buses will be purchased in 2025

Between 100 and 120 electric powered buses will be put in service next year, said Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, responding to questions about the recent collapse of bus traffic in the capital Skopje. We are currently analysing the market and determining what’s the quickest we could provide...

Economy 24.11.24 | 20:03

Mickoski: We have an agreement that will unlock 300 million EUR in investments

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski announced today that he reached an agreement with the commercial banks for distribution of the Hungarian loan worth that will go directly to businesses. We will have an investment wave worth 300 million EUR. This is a historic agreement, with the lowest interest rate...

Economy 23.11.24 | 21:25

Mickoski: We have new positions in the talks with the banks over the Hungarian loan

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that there are new positions reached after the meeting with commercial banks today, over the distribution of 250 million EUR from the Hungarian loan that are planned for businesses. We are still negotiating, I can’t tell you what is the interest rate that...

Economy 22.11.24 | 22:46

Mickoski and Vucic discuss the Budapest – Athens fast railroad line

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade today, during the annual Open Balkan wine fair. During the meeting, the two leaders agreed that the key upcoming project for the two countries should be construction of the fast railroad line that will link central...

Macedonia 21.11.24 | 20:22

Mickoski: I will always be guided by the Macedonian national interests

I will continue to lead the Government solely on the basis of the interests of my homeland Macedonia and the Macedonian national interests and I will support anybody who works along those lines, said Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski in the Parliament today, while discussing the Government’s support...

Macedonia 20.11.24 | 14:38

DUI officials are escalating their rhetoric because of the criminal investigations into their actions, Mickoski tells the press in Kosovo

In an interview with the Kosovo Radio Television, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that the opposition DUI party is ramping up nationalist rhetoric because of the credible investigations into their crimes. They are buying shopping malls, have cars worth millions, they have more money than they...

Macedonia 20.11.24 | 14:19

Mickoski congratulates Sekerinska on her appointment as NATO Deputy Secretary General

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski today congratulated former SDSM party leader Radmila Sekerinska on her appointment as Deputy Secretary General of NATO, adding that it had the support of his Government. It’s no secret that in the past we’ve had many conceptual differences when it came to...

Macedonia 20.11.24 | 12:22

Mickoski: We are ready to call for early general elections if we lose the local elections in spring

Responding to calls from the opposition DUI party for early general elections, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that he’s prepared to do so if VMRO-DPMNE loses the local elections scheduled in spring. It’s not a problem to go to the polls. The results will be the same, maybe even worse...

Macedonia 19.11.24 | 00:09

Macedonia and Kosovo discuss mutual cooperation, as well as remaining open issues

The governments of Macedonia and Kosovo held a joint session in Pristina today, to discuss a number of issues of mutual interest, as well as outstanding problems between the countries. Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that the discussions were productive and sincere and covered trade, infrastructure...

Economy 18.11.24 | 00:45

Mickoski: agreement with banks on the Hungarian loan expected by end of next week

Following a meeting with the key commercial banks in Macedonia, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that a full agreement on the distribution of 250 million EUR from the Hungarian loan will be reached by the end of next week. The loan is supposed to be distributed to businesses in Macedonia, but the...

Macedonia 16.11.24 | 22:49

Mickoski on the dispute with Bulgaria: It takes two to tango

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that Macedonia still needs to have an interlocutor in Bulgaria, in order to move forward with resolving the dispute that blocks Macedonia’s EU accession. I don’t know if there’s some progress. There is no change in our positions because they are...

Economy 16.11.24 | 22:43

Two new investments will bring 500 jobs

Two new investments worth a total of 50 million EUR will open by the end of the year, with 500 new jobs, said Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski. The investments are coming in the construction and automotive sectors, Mickoski said during an event in Skopje. The Prime Minister was asked by the press about...

Economy 16.11.24 | 00:20

Mickoski expects a deal with the commercial banks, welcomes Azeri gas agreement

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that he expects the distribution of the 250 million EUR lent from Hungary to go ahead in good order. Mickoski is due to meet representatives of the commercial banks on Sunday, after their demands to charge significant interest on the loans they would extend to businesses,...

Macedonia 16.11.24 | 00:11

Mickoski expects Ahmeti’s rhetoric to get even more radical as the criminal investigations get closer to the DUI leadership

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that he expects rhetoric from the DUI party to get even more radical and ethnically divisive. Mickoski was asked today by the press about comments from DUI that the firing of several DUI officials suspected of corruption amounts to “ethnic cleansing”. The...

Macedonia 14.11.24 | 22:32

Mickoski: We are in talks for a gas plant investment worth a billion EUR that will help fight air pollution

As air pollution begins to rise in Macedonia, as it does every heating season, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that the focus of his efforts to combat this problem will be to replace the use of wood (and coal and even old car tires) as fuel for home heating. The Prime Minister said that there...

Macedonia 14.11.24 | 00:25

State leaders and historians marked the importance of ASNOM for the creation of the Macedonian state

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski spoke at the opening of the international conference on ASNOM – the declaration of the Macedonian state during World War Two. The conference, on ASNOM’s 80th anniversary, took place at the National Archives, and included a number of distinguished historians...

Macedonia 13.11.24 | 00:12

Mickoski to Bulgaria: There were no administrators but occupiers

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski spoke today at a gathering to celebrate November 13th – the anniversary of the liberation of Skopje during the Second World War. In his remarks, the Prime Minister addressed the historic dispute with Bulgaria which, among other things, demands that Macedonia rewrites...

Macedonia 11.11.24 | 23:42

Nearly a billion EUR in infrastructure investments in 2025

During his visit to Prilep, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that in 2025, almost a billion EUR will be invested in infrastructure, from the major highway projects, to the 250 million EUR worth of local roads and water lines. We have quadrupled the speed of implementation of the highways between...

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