Car import in Macedonia declines
Macedonia imports fewer cars with each coming year. The Customs Administration shows that 2,615 fewer cars were registered last year than in 2016, and a drastic 31,033 fewer than in 2010 when the preferential import of used cars was allowed. Used cars still make for the largest number of cars imported, but their number has been decreasing significantly year by year. When comparing 2017 and 2016, there were 2,925 fewer used cars imported last year and 419 more new cars. The downward trend is a result of both diminished interest…
Kicevo-Ohrid highway construction deadline extended to 3,5 years
Macedonian Government at its Tuesday’s session adopted annex contract for construction of Kicevo-Ohrid highway by which its construction deadline is extended to June 30, 2021. Transport Minister Goran Sugareski told Wednesday that the decision for signing annex contract to this highway is at the request of supervisory authority and the need for construction extension deadline due to non-compliance of project documentation with actual ground condition, as well as variable geology on the ground that does not correspond to the geology fo…
MANU: Proposals for the name are absurd, unsustainable, impossible and unfeasible
The president of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU), Taki Fiti, in his opening of the academy’s annual assembly, appealed for finding a mutually acceptable solution to the name issue and encouraged the authorities of Macedonia and Greece to take responsibility and bravely face the present realities. He went on to say that a solution to a name for general use, is unfeasible and that identity must not be negotiated. Defining the positions of MANU in his address, Fiti said that the dispute is in fact bilateral, not in…
Zaev: Our integration into NATO is not directed against Russia
Zoran Zaev while answering a journalist’s question at a news conference after the government’s topical session today, said that Macedonia’s aspiration to integrate into NATO does not mean opposing Russia and that membership is a long-term aspiration of Macedonian citizens. According to Zaev, membership in NATO is important for the stability and security of Macedonia and the region. Commenting on the statement made by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Zaev said that Macedonia, as one of its strategic goals wants to strengthen the coope…
Macedonia: Unemployment drops to 22.4% in 2017
A total of 213,564 people in Macedonia last year were unemployed, which is 22.4% of the active population in the country, statistics show. Compared to the year before, data show that the unemployment rate dropped by 1.3%. An unemployment rate of 23.7% was registered in 2016. 225,049 people were unemployed. In 2017, the labour force in Macedonia included 954,212 people with 740,648 being employed and 213,564 being jobless, according to the State Statistical Office.
Moscow warns that Macedonia joining the EU may have negative consequences
Today, Russian deputy foreign minister Alexander Grushko met with Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to Russia, Goce Karajanov and said “plans to pull the Republic of Macedonia into NATO might have negative consequences for regional security and bilateral relations.” According to the statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, the two diplomats “discussed current bilateral issues. Both sides voiced their readiness to continue cooperation in areas of mutual interest and stressed the importance of resuming the work of the R…
Zaev: Step closer to name solution with Kotzias' visit and Nimetz's meeting
For Zoran Zaev, the upcoming visit of Greek FM Nikos Kotzias to Skopje and the negotiations with the UN mediator, Matthew Nimetz, is an opportunity for the two sides to come closer to resolving the issue of Greece with Macedonia's constitutional name. " I believe there is a possibility to find a solution, and I'm optimistic provided that we take care of dignity and of identity. It matters to me how the public in Greece will accept it, and whether it is applicable in their institutions. I believe that the politicians in Gr…
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