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Record July for North Macedonia’s power exchange
CEENERGYNEWS
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August 8, 2025
According to the report of the North Macedonian National Electricity Market Operator (MEMO), a total of 135,072.8 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity was traded on the day-ahead market of the Macedonian power exchange in July, at an average price...
Dorka Vermes’ ‘Places Half Empty,’ Zeynep Koprulu’s ‘Rain Country’ Win at Sarajevo Industry Awards
Variety
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August 22, 2025
Dorka Vermes’s “Places Half Empty,” Zeynep Köprülü’s “Rain Country” and Miroslav Terzić’s “Who Are We” won big at the Sarajevo Film Festival’s CineLink Industry Days, the festival’s industry sidebar focusing on projects in different formats and...
North Macedonia's PM Expects US Tariffs on Goods from His Country to Drop below 15%
Bulgarian News Agency
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North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski Friday said he expects the 15% tariff on goods from North Macedonia, announced by US President Donald Trump, to be reduced, as “negotiations will continue in the second half of August.” Mickoski...
North Macedonia Seeks Irish Support For EU Integration (PHOTO)
MENAFN
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July 31, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 31. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia, Timcho Mucunski, met with the Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence of Ireland, Thomas Byrne, Trend reports....
India’s housing market bright spot globally as residential prices rise 7.7%
The Statesman (India)
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August 13, 2025
India’s housing market is proving to be a bright spot in the global real estate landscape with the residential prices rising 7.7% in nominal terms and 4.2% in real terms year-on-year. It outpaced major economies such as the US, UK, and Australia....
Fruit and vegetable imports into Greece up by 3,48% through July
Fresh Plaza
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August 22, 2025
A 3,48% increase in imports of fresh fruit and vegetables into Greece from January to July 2025 has been recorded, according to the Association of Greek Enterprises for the Export and Distribution of Fruits, Vegetables and Juices, Incofruit...
‘Smile More’: Women Still Judged by Looks in North Macedonia’s Job Market
Balkan Insight
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August 4, 2025
For many women, the pressure starts early and never really stops. Ana Jakimska, a well-known film director who studied in Skopje and London, recalled her former mentor, a female professor, telling her to always come across as single, so as to be...
How much does it cost to set up a company in the region, and where does Serbia stand on that list?
Serbian Monitor
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August 12, 2025
The cost of establishing a company and starting a business in the countries of the region varies depending on the level of administrative fees, the minimum share capital, and tax burdens. Although all countries formally support entrepreneurship,...
Donald Trump trade tariffs: Country-wise, product-specific taxes. Check full list
The Economic Times
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August 12, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a global trade war with an array of tariffs that target individual products and countries. Trump has set a baseline tariff of 10 per cent on all imports to the United States, as well as additional duties on...
A Hollywood Murder and Queer Life in Hungary: Sarajevo’s CineLink Award Winners Unveiled
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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August 22, 2025
The Sarajevo Film Festival has unveiled the winners of its 2025 CineLink Industry Days Awards, including the Places Half Empty, a portrait of a queer relationship in Hungary under far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, which received the Eurimages...
North Macedonia’s lottery bosses vanish amid corruption probe
Gazeta Tema
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July 28, 2025
Authorities in North Macedonia are expanding investigations into a major corruption scandal involving the State Lottery, with financial police collecting fresh evidence on multiple criminal cases. Former deputy prime minister Artan Grubi and...
European Defence Bonds – Can Capital Markets Fund Europe’s Security?
JD Supra - California
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August 22, 2025
The European Commission unveiled new measures to help Member States ramp up defence spending by 2030 among mounting concerns about Europe's security. The proposals reflect a renewed push to coordinate spending and provide opportunities for the...
Kosovo’s Energy Market Liberalisation Struggles with Lack of Competition
Balkan Insight
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August 12, 2025
A court ruling in Kosovo has brought a reprieve for more than 1,000 companies in Kosovo ordered to buy their electricity on the open market, amid complaints about how authorities have handled the country’s much-delayed energy market...
Fire in Goten and Maleshevo Mountains in North Macedonia Continues to Burn
Bulgarian News Agency
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The fire in the Goten and Maleshevo mountains in the Republic of North Macedonia continues to burn, said the country's Crisis Management Centre. The fire has been burning for a second week in a terrain that is difficult to access. Kire Mihailov,...
Max Planck Institute Supports Fossil Research of Bulgaria’s National Museum of Natural History
Bulgarian News Agency
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The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig is supporting fossil-hunting research of the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NMNH-BAS). Excavations are set to begin in September 2025, with...
Montenegro Film Festival 2025 Kicks Off 38th Edition with New Additions
The Film New Europe
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PODGORICA: The novelties of the 38th edition of the Montenegro Film Festival (23 – 29 August 2025) are a selection of TV series, a focus on female directors, and workshops for young filmmakers, all of them organised together with the Film Centre...
Council of Europe urges North Macedonia to improve environment, protect Romas from disproportionate risks
Balkan Green Energy News
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July 29, 2025
North Macedonia should bridge the gap between commitments and reality on human rights of Romas and environmental protection, the Council of Europe said. In his new memorandum, the organization’s Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty...
North Macedonia, Kazancı sign memorandum on gas power plants
Balkan Green Energy News
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July 23, 2025
The memorandum of understanding was signed by Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski and Cemil Kazancı, President of the Board of Directors of Kazancı Holding. In February, Mickoski announced that the company would invest EUR 1 billion in gas power...
North Macedonia’s UNESCO ‘Victory’ is Defeat for Ohrid’s Environment: Activist
Balkan Insight
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July 24, 2025
When the UN heritage agency UNESCO failed to declare the Ohrid region an “endangered” heritage site at its session in Paris earlier this month, the government of North Macedonia rejoiced. Despite repeated recommendations by UNESCO experts to put...
Czech Firefighters To Help Battle Forest Fires in North Macedonia
Brno Daily
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July 29, 2025
Czech firefighters will assist efforts to extinguish large forest fires in North Macedonia, as a team of experts are travelling there today in a Black Hawk helicopter with a helicopter bucket, said Klara Ochmanova, spokeswoman for the General...