(MENAFN) North Macedonia is conducting runoff elections Sunday as citizens cast ballots to determine municipal leadership across 33 localities where first-round results proved inconclusive. Polling stations opened at 7 am local time (0600GMT),...
(MENAFN) Voters in North Macedonia are heading to the ballot boxes on Sunday for the second stage of local elections. Citizens are selecting mayors and council members in 33 municipalities where no contender secured the necessary 50% of votes...
SKOPJE, 3 November 2025 – The second round of North Macedonia’s mayoral elections offered voters a choice between political alternatives and the campaign was competitive in most municipalities, but not all candidates had equal campaign conditions...
(MENAFN) Voters in North Macedonia went to the polls on Sunday for the second round of local elections, according to reports. Citizens are selecting mayors and city or town council members in 33 municipalities where no candidate secured the...
(MENAFN) Voters in North Macedonia are casting ballots on Sunday for the second round of local elections, with over one million registered citizens choosing mayors and council members in 33 municipalities where no candidate secured the required...
(MENAFN) Preliminary results from North Macedonia’s local elections on Sunday show the country’s governing coalition leading in the majority of municipalities. With approximately 70% of votes tallied, the bloc led by the Internal Macedonian...
(MENAFN) Preliminary results from the State Election Commission indicate that North Macedonia’s ruling coalition is currently ahead in 54 out of 81 municipalities in the recent local elections held on Sunday. With approximately 70% of votes...
SKOPJE, 20 October 2025 – The campaign was competitive in North Macedonia’s local elections and voters had a wide range of political alternatives to choose from, but they were negatively affected by systemic legal gaps and shortcomings in the...
(MENAFN) The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday approved a draft resolution calling on the United States to lift its decades-long economic, commercial, and financial embargo on Cuba, a policy in place since 1962. The resolution passed with...
(MENAFN) As it celebrates its seventh anniversary on Wednesday, IGA Istanbul Airport, Türkiye’s international gateway, has served over 400 million travelers to date. Covering an expansive area of 76.5 million square meters (823 million square...
The new government in North Macedonia announced its intention to overcome a major challenge for the country, dealing with the so-called grey economy and tax malpractice through advanced digitisation. The main expected benefit is to increase...
In Montenegro, reforms have strengthened public broadcaster independence, transparency, and self-regulation, yet political influence, weak law enforcement, and foreign interference persist. In North Macedonia, reduced violence against journalists...
Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM) made a major step toward a market-driven green transformation with a grant implementing agreement with Germany’s KfW Development Bank. The agreement formalizes a EUR 1.5 million technical assistance grant to...
North Macedonia’s utility Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM), the country’s main electricity producer, generated 60% of the 2024 output in the Bitola and Oslomej coal plants. A rough estimate is that ESM would have to invest around EUR 3...
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Grozdan Karadjov and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport of the Republic of North Macedonia Aleksandar Nikoloski would sign an agreement on the preparation,...
Bulgaria and North Macedonia will formally sign an agreement for the construction of a cross-border railway tunnel linking the two neighboring countries. The document will outline the preparation, construction, and operation of the new...
The European Commission’s latest enlargement report calls on North Macedonia to move forward with the long-delayed constitutional amendments that would recognize Bulgarians and other non-majority communities as part of the constitution. The...
by croatiaweek November 4, 2025 in Business Zagreb 4 November 2025 – Eleven Croatian companies have made it onto the SEE TOP 100 list of the largest firms in Southeast Europe for 2025, according to the latest report published by SeeNews. Leading...
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia ’s ruling conservatives cemented victory in a local election runoff on Sunday, winning just over two-thirds of the mayoral contests in two rounds of voting, leaving opposition Social Democrats far...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has authorised a sovereign-guaranteed loan of up to €42m ($48.6m) to Serbia’s state-owned passenger rail operator, Srbijavoz, to finance the purchase of 12 new railway sleeping cars for...
