Economy

Central Securities Depository to launch digital tool for end users
The Central Securities Depository will promote Monday a new digital tool that enables fast and simple access to its services.
The web portal is intended for 530 issuers or 70,000 owners of securities.
Depository director Darinka Damjanovikj...

Eight organizations to receive US grants
Eight organizations will receive one-year grants within the USAID Business Ecosystem Project on Friday.
The grants aim to improve existing and develop new business services for micro, small and medium enterprises in Macedonia.
The grants will...

It is unclear how Greece’s bankrupted PPC bought Angjusev’s EDS for EUR 5 million two months before signing of Prespa Agreement
Just two months before the signing of the Prespa Agreement, the Greece’s state-owned Public Power Corporation (PPC) acquired the Macedonian electricity trading and supply company EDS Group of the Deputy Prime Minister and close associate...

Zaev: We have no problem whether “Made in Macedonia” will be written on Greek products
After the verification of the agreement signed by Macedonia and Greece, the Greek producers will have a period of three years to decide whether they will declare their products as “Made in Macedonia” or “Made in Greece”.
In...

Macedonian companies to take part in international fabric trade fair in Munich
The companies ‘Eurosolid’; ‘Astibo Fashion Group’; ‘Kuli’; ‘Metas’ and ‘Albatros’ are set to promote the potential for investing in Macedonia’s textile industry at the international fabric trade fair – Munich Fabric...

Gasoline prices slightly up
Retail prices of gasoline and of diesel rise MKD 1-1.5 as of Monday midnight, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has decided.
Thus, the new price of EUROSUPER BS-95 is MKD 72 per litre and EUROSUPER BS-98 is MKD 74. The price of EURODIESEL...

Tevdovski: Referendum campaign funds earmarked from state reserves
80 million denars (€1,300,000) in funds for the referendum campaign are earmarked from state reserves and it won’t cause a rebalance of the budget, Finance Minister Dragan Tevdovski said Friday.
Since Parliament is the body that has...

Gov’t to issue new low-cost carriers tender
The government at its Wednesday’s session adopted regulation on manner and criteria for granting subsidies to low-cost airlines and the programme on defining finances for the period from 2019 to 2021. By this the procedure on issuing new public...

Government makes changes to gas pipeline route passing through Vodno
The government has made changes to the project charter involving the construction of a gas pipeline through Vodno mountain, it was announced Wednesday.
The changes involve less trees to be cut than initially planned and the width of the gas...

Average salary in June 2018 was MKD 24,203
The average monthly net wage paid per employee in June 2018 was MKD 24,203 and compared to the same month in 2017, is up by 6.1 percent, State Statistical Office told Tuesday.
This increase is caused by the increase of the average monthly net...