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The World Bank and IFC Republic of Macedonia new report for fourth time ranks Macedonia among the top ten economies in the world where is improved business and regulatory environment in the period from June last year to June this year, implementing six regulatory reforms that facilitated doing business of local entrepreneurs. World Bank Office in Skopje said that Macedonia facilitated obtaining electricity by reducing the time required for getting a new connection and by establishing a fixed fee per kilowatt for connection ports that require power up to 400 kW. It also strengthened its secured transactions system by providing greater flexibility in the description of the assets in the collateral agreement and the types of debts and obligations that may be provided. Investors’ protection is enhanced by allowing shareholders to seek annihilation of unfair transactions between related parties and appointing auditors to examine the alleged irregularities in the company. According ...

Kunst aus Nürnbergs mazedonischer Partnerstadt Skopje: Vom 19. Oktober bis 16. November 2013 sind Skulpturen des Künstlers Zarko Baseski in der Bunsen Goetz Galerie, Kressenstraße 11, zu sehen. Das Amt für Internationale Beziehungen kooperiert bei dieser Ausstellung erstmals mit der Galerie. Bei der Vernissage am Freitag, 18. Oktober 2013, um 18 Uhr werden zugleich die neuen Galerieräume eingeweiht. Interessierte Bürgerinnen und Bürger sind herzlich eingeladen, der Eintritt ist frei. Zarko Baseski, Jahrgang 1957, ist seit 2000 Professor für Skulptur an der Kunsthochschule in Skopje und stellte unter anderem bereits bei der Cité internationale des arts in Paris (2012) und bei der Biennale in Venedig (2011) aus. Die Ausstellung ist montags, donnerstags und freitags von 15 bis 20 Uhr, samstags von 11 bis 16 Uhr sowie nach Vereinbarung geöffnet. WEITERE INFORMATIONEN QUELLE

Macedonia is progressing quite well in the commitment to reform. It has some growth and deals with some of the most important reforms in terms of doing business. However, due to the general situation in Europe is not very favorable, the effect of the implementation of these reforms in many respects was reduced and therefore the public believes that these reforms have not led to levels of growth and employment that would like to see in Macedonia. We see that with the economic growth not always there is an improvement in the employment, which remains a major issue, said Ellen Goldstin, World Bank Director for the Western Balkans after the meetings that Vice-Prime Minister, Zoran Stavreski and the Governor of the National Bank, Dimitar Bogov at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, informs “Dnevnik”. After the meetings, Stavrevski and Bogov said that the Washington’s assessment is that Europe is finally coming out of the economic problems and that it will have...

The 38-percent unemployment has now been cut to 28.8 percent, which is a serious breakthrough in a time of global crisis, which has an effect on the economy, said Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski on Sunday. "Unemployment is still high and we are focused on this issue. However, we should mention that it has been reduced from 38 to 28.8 percent, which comes at a time of global economic crisis and Europe's debt crisis that significantly slow down the economy, exports, FDIs", Gruevski told journalists at the promotion of new equipment in City General Hospital "8 September". According to him, Macedonia has lowered the unemployment rate in circumstances where it has risen in most of European states. "This does not mean we should stop and be happy with this. It is still very high and we should remain focused on its lowering. All economic measures we are undertaking have the ultimate goal of opening new jobs", stressed Gruevski.

Over 350 participants from numerous countries in the world today and tomorrow in Ohrid will debate for the opportunities for greater economic collaboration at the second Global Investment Summit organized by the “Macedonia 2025″. The Global Investment Summit this year is dedicated to the competitiveness of the national economy, as well as stimulating innovation and promoting human capital that provides leadership that can transform the state and innovative developed economy. This is an excellent opportunity for promotion of investment opportunities offered by Macedonia and presentation of the benefits that are available for foreign investors. It will be attended by companies from over 20 countries, including the U.S.A., Australia, China, Japan, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Turkey, and Hungary. There will be reputable managers and specialists from 30 world-renowned companies like Phillips USA, Telus Canada, Canadian Bombardier, Deutsche Telekom Group, MindTree India,...

Citizen’s Initiative for Positive Macedonia, the political party of former prime minister Vlado Buckovski, opened its first office in downtown Skopje, writes Macedonian Utrnski Vesnik daily. Meanwhile, the Citizens Option for Macedonia (GROM) of the mayor of the municipality of Karpos, Stevco Jakimovski, already organised a constituent assembly and was officially presented as a political party. Both new leaders previous were part of one of the biggest parties in Macedonia -SDSM.

Foreign investments totaling almost 2 billion euros were realized in Macedonia from July 2006 until July 2013 suggesting an increase of one billion compared to the previous ten-year period when the country's economic policies had been created by the current opposition, stated Zoran Stavreski on Tuesday. The Deputy PM and Minister of Finance was commenting on the latest data showing that foreign investments in Macedonia in July 2013 stood at 30 million euros and 130 million euros since the beginning of the year. The data on the level of foreign investments in the country served as a confirmation that the government's policy on attracting foreign investments was yielding results, according to him. "We are content with the fact that over 130 million euros of foreign investments entered since the start of 2013, which is more than the total sum invested last year. Attracting foreign investments is a process and should be perceived in a period of four to five years. F...

Macedonia is on the fifth place among the top ten countries to start businesses in the world, according to CNN regarding the Going Global . The article was published in the section of CNN called Going Global, which is intended to entrepreneurs who choose to invest globally and explores topics including business investment strategy, marketing and international logistics . The article is currently on the main news page of the Going Global on CNN, which is a great promotion for the Republic of Macedonia. CNN reported that in the past 5 years Macedonia has simplified the procedures for establishing companies with no required minimum capital, lowered the administrative procedures, reduced the time required for application, and established an electronic way of submitting documents for establishing a company. New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and Singapore are countries that are listed ahead of Macedonia. According to the latest World Bank report, which ranks economies according to term...