Category: Macedonia

The 2025 draft budget is based on realistic macroeconomic assumptions and fiscal projections providing uninterrupted functioning of state institutions and regular servicing of obligations, Finance Minister Gordana Dimitrieska – Kochoska said Thursday addressing members of the Parliament Financing and Budget Committee, which kicked off a debate on the 2025 draft budget. According to her, the...

Minister of Justice Igor Filkov said Thursday that the European Commission’s progress report is a strong impetus for adopting necessary reforms at the debate “Platform: 100% Dedicated to You,” on the topic “Focus on Justice, Security and Defense.” He added that reforms of the Judicial Council and Council of Public Prosecutors will be crucial to...

Construction on the Prilep-Bitola highway, part of Corridor 10d, is intensifying. The project is set to be completed within three years, by the end of 2027, and aims to boost economic development in the southwestern region. This was confirmed during Saturday’s inspection by government officials, including Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, Minister of Transport Aleksandar Nikoloski,...

Minister of European Affairs Orhan Murtezani told Friday’s joint press conference with the EU Ambassador Michalis Rokas that it is crucial to strengthen the capacities of the institutions in implementing the EU-related reforms. “Problems with the institutions’ capacities to deal with the implementation of the reforms have been noted in all previous reports for years,...

The 2025 budget will be developing, but the social component will not be abandoned either. Capital expenditures will be projected at over 44 billion denars and projections for budget deficit and GDP growth are laid out in the Fiscal Strategy, Finance Minister Gordana Dimitrieska – Kochoska has announced. It is a developing budget, she said,...

A Government delegation led by Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski carried out an inspection of the works on the Corridor VIII motorway section Gostivar-Bukojchani on Monday. State Roads public enterprise director Koce Trajanovski said the property expropriation along the route is ongoing, with more than half of the cases already closed. “We will complete the expropriation...

An earthquake measuring 3 on the Richter scale and III degrees according to the European Macroseismic Scale was felt at 10:07 am on Friday in Demir Kapija. According to the Seismological Observatory at the Faculty of Science and Mathematics in Skopje, the earthquake was felt by the population in Negotino and the surrounding area.

Finance Minister Gordana Dimitrieska Kochoska said Thursday she maintains her position against the caping of margins because it produces no results, adding state institutions don’t have the capacity to monitor how the measure is being implemented. “I’ve already commented this saying I could never agree with the caping of prices because it requires awfully complex...

The Ministry of Health informed Wednesday that 11,520 doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been procured and will be distributed across healthcare institutions during this week. All interested citizens who wish to receive a vaccine against Covid-19 can contact the nearest health center. In Skopje, vaccinations will take place at Bit Pazar Polyclinic, the Ministry of...