Macedonia: Exports and imports rise in January
The total value of exported goods from the Republic of Macedonia in January 2018 amounted to EUR 420,6 milion, a 27.9% increase compared to the same period last year, the State Statistical Office said on Monday. The value of imported goods in the same period was EUR 560,1 million, or 24.2% more than the same period last year. The trade deficit in January 2018 was EUR 139,5 million, while import coverage by export was 75.1%. The external trade by products shows that in the exports the most significant products are supported cat…
More than 30000 Macedonians in Sydney
Macedonian phalanx closed central Sydney streets! The protest march, which was successfully organized by all the Macedonian social, cultural, social and church associations, began before the Sydney Town Hall and flowed through the central Sydney streets, to Martin Place, where the main, official event took place. On this grand event, the Australian anthem sang Milica Kiprovska, the Macedonian anthem was sung by Blagojce Petrov, and the Aboriginal blessing for holding the event on the Australian soil was given by the Macedonian son-in-…
Macedonia one place up in FIBA World Ranking
Macedonia's national basketball team jumps up one place in the latest FIBA World Ranking and with 184.8 points, the team is ranked 39th in the world and 21st in Europe. The FIBA World Ranking Men, presented by Nike, was updated following the conclusion of the February 2018 window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Qualifiers. USA remains the number one basketball country in the world followed by Spain, France, Serbia and Argentina. DEUTSCH
New road signs erected on 'Friendship' highway
New signs bearing the name "Friendship" were erected on the Tabanovce - Bogorodica highway, which runs from the Serbian border to the Greek border. PM Zoran Zaev announced that the highway would be renamed after meeting with his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras in Davos. The government made the decision to change the highway name from "Alexander the Great" to "Friendship" mid-February. In addition to the highway, the "Alexander the Great" Airport in Skopje was renamed Skopje Internationa…
Macedonians living abroad rally against name change
Macedonians living in US and several other countries are holding rallies Saturday and Sunday on possible changes to their home country’s name, MIA reports from Washington. Organisations and groups from New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Washington took part at the ‘We Are Macedonia’ rally. They demand from Macedonian government to break off the negotiations with Greece and protection of Macedonian identity. “ The meaning of our appeal is not to criticize, we are not against anyone and we do not spread chauvinism, but we defe…
Macedonian Champion will have a harder way to the Champions League
Macedonian football champion from the next season will have a harder way to qualify for the Champions League groups, but the elimination will mean an automatic extension to the qualifications for the Europa League. Our country's champion will now start the qualifications in the Champions League from the first round, but if is eliminated, it will continue to the second qualifying round of the Europa League. Apart from Vardar, who was the first Macedonian champion to make a step forward for a decade, all other Macedonian champions ended…
Macedonia to sell 55.3 mln Euro of government paper
SKOPJE (Macedonia) - Macedonia's finance ministry will offer 3.44 billion denars ($68 million/55.3 million euro) of government securities with different maturities at an auction on March 6, according to notices posted on the website of the country's central bank. The offer comprises 2.8 billion denars of one-year Treasury bills, 300 million of one-year Treasury bills, 200 million denars of two-year T-notes, 70 million denars of 15-year Treasury notes and another issue of 70 million denars of 15-year T-bonds. NBRM will sell…
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