US independent nongovernmental organization Freedom House has announced the findings of its global survey Freedom in the World 2011, which rates the level of political rights and civil liberties throughout the world. According to those findings, Macedonia continues to be a partly free country. Freedom House elaborates that this rating is assigned to countries that are characterized by some restrictions on political rights and civil liberties, often in a context of corruption, weak rule of law, ethnic strife, or civil war." In the Balkans, other partly free countries include Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Kosovo. On the other hand, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia and Slovenia are rated as free. |
Macedonias tobacco crop is expected to increase by 20% to over 30,000 tonnes in 2013, Utrinski vesnik daily reported quoting Danco Mileski, president of the countrys tobacco association. The ... more
The transport ministry has cancelled the tender for preparing a feasibility study for developing the countrys natural gas distribution network, build.mk portal reported. Reportedly, two bids were ... more
Large-sized commercial bank Komercijalna Banka announced that it has won the award Best Bank in Macedonia for 2013 by the magazine Global Finance. The Macedonian bank wins the award for a 10th ... more