US based democracy monitoring group Freedom House estimated Macedonia as partly free in its newest survey covering 2009. The report points out the improvement that the country ahs achieved in terms of protection of political and human rights, but in terms of democracy the country was still estimated as partly free. On the ascending scale from 1 to 7, where 7 is the highest grade, Macedonia received 3 for observing political and human rights. In regional terms, the country ranked behind Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and the same as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Kosovo. |
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