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All rights reserved.A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Monday in San Francisco between the Macedonian Government and the U.S. information technology giant, Intel Corporation, that will invest in education in Macedonia.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=Yth1sX0y+v3ppxw7VL/WmA==11/11/2008 12:00:00A Government delegation led by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski will pay a week long visit to the United States of America, participating in business forums in San Francisco on the 11th of November and Chicago on the 14th of November, to present Macedonia as a favorable business destination.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=zG/nPMAO7Pj/9f5UvofF8w==10/11/2008 12:00:00The Project for Support of the Agency for Foreign Investments of the Republic of Macedonia seeks applications for the positions of international and local short term expertshttp://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=bKcvKxWbVwJOIfG/yx1Fog==06/11/2008 12:00:00Today Hypo Alpe Adria Leasing Group laid the cornerstone for its business center, Hyperium, worth €17 million, which is expected to be completed within a year.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=QXdb7re6pE7kqOiq7GzwzQ==10/10/2008 12:00:00Macedonian Government has reached a decision stating that the citizens of the European Union member states and Schengen Convention signatories, can fulfill the right to enter Republic of Macedonia from the 1st October with legitimate and not expired ID issued by the legal authorities of the country of origin.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=pSEzemtuzWBCftvyYoy28A==07/10/2008 12:00:00Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Korea’s Triview Co. Limited.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=uaxJDbFy8sOHP4LhHzSbMA==07/10/2008 12:00:00Invest Macedonia, in collaboration with GTZ, the German Association of Technical Cooperation, and the Ministry of Local Self-Governance will participate for the second time at the 11th International Commercial Property Exposition, Expo Real, in Munich from October 6 – 8. http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=X5C5bNWu7qTgbKZTEE6fMg==06/10/2008 12:00:00Following the interest and investment of automotive components manufacturers in the free economic zones in Skopje, Macedonia, Invest Macedonia will present the business climate and incentives of investing in the automobile sector in Macedonia at the Paris Motor Show. http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=BxMGLuadteu5nrmDQNjhQQ==06/10/2008 12:00:00Austria’s Soravia Group opened the World Business Center in Skopje on Tuesday.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=2z0LeeK3CG6qwm/hAgqqgg==01/10/2008 12:00:00Turkish company, Borteknik Otomotiv, producer of aluminium profiles for the automotive and construction industries, will invest €20 million in Macedonia.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=3JDPkjssqoxhjKQgIBkBcQ==26/09/2008 12:00:00Steiermärkische Sparkassen bought approximately a 96% share of Investbanka for €38.5 million.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=jUgP+MXyipKDuH4hSsKxPQ==26/09/2008 12:00:00The Turkish company TAV signed an agreement with the Macedonian Government today which awarded them Aleksandar the Great Airport in Skopje, and St. Paul the Apostle Airport in Ohrid under concession for the next twenty years, with the obligation to build a new cargo airport in Stip.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=UERUtWn8Vc4pFH7P67L2Uw==24/09/2008 12:00:00The second Road Show in northern Italy will be led by Vice Premier Stavreski and a senior Government delegation on September 23rd and 24th.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=r6M7tH48bCNK8e0RPamqEg==23/09/2008 12:00:00Invest Macedonia seeks 5 suitable candidates to apply for the position of economic promoter.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=STl+b13l7BIrr2eHkIFlkg==17/09/2008 12:00:00The industrial giant Orlandi, from the Italian town of Brescia, will build a factory for the production of connecting appliances for trucks and agricultural machines in the Bunardzik free economic zone.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=0sLJeGLd9ox/bcLtf0suTQ==15/09/2008 12:00:00Turkish Kentkart Ltd. has implemented the latest version of its automated fare collection and vehicle tracking system in Skopje city buses.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=k27+rWz4oYgoKElLtKWVcg==04/09/2008 12:00:00Turkish TAV is the new operator and manager of the Macedonian airport system, after receiving the right to a 20-year concession from the Macedonian government.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=IiOcpqFtizVs6B61fgwFpQ==03/09/2008 12:00:00The National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia reported today that FDI in Macedonia in the period January – May 2008 reached nearly € 231 million.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=47EKewUU+Vou92CGgND/Jg==15/08/2008 12:00:00The Macedonian Embassy in China together with the Invest Macedonia International Office in Beijing hosted a reception to honor the Macedonian Olympic athletes...http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=rj1n55IYj4hSZrmIzzJ6rw==06/08/2008 12:00:00The Government has announced a reduction of the social contributions beginning January 2009.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=2bgnN2ghfiQKhdXaELvecA==01/08/2008 00:00:00Foreign companies and foreign citizens can now directly own construction land in Macedonia, according to the newly adopted Law on Construction Land (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia No. 82/08 from 08.07.2008)http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=QGQhL8pu0gPqSk2t5/7ewA==25/07/2008 00:00:00Business Destinations’ first Annual Travel Awards have announced their winners, and Invest Macedonia has been awarded Best Inward Investment Team for Europe.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=gs4r0cMCbtFpHgRrgWe+bQ==25/07/2008 00:00:00Request for proposals for bookkeeping software for the needs of the Agency for Foreign Investments of Republic of Macedonia.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=N2Gy4UvyYyzIZdHlFW0yTw==18/07/2008 00:00:00Renowned Israeli company Gazit Globe will invest over €100 million in a commercial center in the Skopje central area.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=y7VPWqDiepVMtQLWVerFTw==15/07/2008 00:00:00Bitola, in southern Macedonia, is the top-ranking city for doing business in SEE according to a report presented on Monday by the International Finance Corporation, member of the World Bank Group.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=AnM1zNifDYNenH06AW/uKw==15/07/2008 00:00:00Invest Macedonia, along with Portugal and Estonia, has been nominated for Best Inward Investment Team for Europe by Business Destinations magazine.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=kwIoOpN0Oq4mt+J+c8BZiw==06/06/2008 00:00:00Invest Macedonia participated at Real Vienna, one of the main platforms for commercial real estate and investment in the CEE and SEE regions, for the first time.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=SV133Lb7/PI7tOsk68HBSg==04/06/2008 00:00:00Request for proposals for development and deployment of software applications for the needs of Invest Macedonia.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=iTKHrIxJlxIRceIZbgt2cA==02/06/2008 00:00:00A Macedonian government delegation, led by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, signed an MOU with renowned French car parts manufacturer, Montupet, for the construction of an automotive components factory in the Technological Industrial Development Zone, “Skopje”, on Wednesday, May 28th, in Paris, France.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=YnHYGKuDVz5IYQAeTZBMCQ==29/05/2008 00:00:00Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and Dusan Sesok, General Director of the Slovene company 'Iskra', signed on Friday, May 23rd, an MoU in the sphere of electric and electronic industry.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=Xdl5LpWJu3dW+YBTFBlJ4g==26/05/2008 00:00:00New joint company Agriland, property of the Macedonian Government and Israeli Soli Group, was promoted on Saturday, May 24th, in Skopje.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=fxMY9jRrybP9etVVBaz7Ig==26/05/2008 00:00:00IK Banka AD Skopje signed an agreement for the purchase of the controlling package of shares in IK Banka by the Dutch Demir-Halk Bank.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=53EXyDI45IcCQZoC4M3neg==26/05/2008 00:00:00CabelTEL will soon offer digital television on the Macedonian market. The company is now testing the signal, and it is expected to offer а basic package with 44 channels in June.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=isa5OuMAimkRpa2awzYnnQ==16/05/2008 00:00:00Slovenia’s Tus opened its first of 20 planned supermarkets in Macedonia yesterday in Shtip. The trade giant will invest a total of over €60 million over the next five years. http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=rWEO0F5Nann9H34KxA/E+g==15/05/2008 00:00:00Johnson Matthey presented its Macedonia catalyst plant project yesterday to Macedonian officials, including Prime Minister, Mr. Nikola Gruevski.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=/IpMlI3f0Y7OTcbUjgmeKw==15/05/2008 00:00:00Foreign direct investments in Macedonia in 2007 amounted to €240 million, which is twice the average of previous years.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=OT3Jkj5r4YnePSKfL2fK4w==14/05/2008 00:00:00DHL Express Macedonia marked 15 years of operation in Macedonia in new 2,500 sqm offices and its own customs warehouse featuring the latest standards in process engineering, IT and security.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=iagSjMYXA/plKxPdT54qgg==14/05/2008 00:00:00Economic activity in Macedonia is expected to remain strong, with GDP growth of 5.5% in 2009, estimates the European Commission Economic Forecast Report Spring 2008.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=GdGIN8T+Mu14aS8sGMiloQ==30/04/2008 00:00:00Invest Macedonia hosted a Roundtable yesterday (Apr. 29) to gather feedback from the diplomatic corps in the country about the work of Macedonia’s economic promoters.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=NdvnOKqapsH9AcL118nAYg==30/04/2008 00:00:00Macedonian Transport and Communications Ministry recently published a Public Invitation to submit a request for participation in the procedure for awarding concessions for Macedonia's airports and construction of a new cargo airport.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=d81z4etpWCHXFsRNrocbVQ==17/04/2008 00:00:00World Bank Vice President, Shigeo Katsu, praised Macedonia as one of the best business destinations in the world at the WB and IMF Spring Meetings last weekend.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=uJSivAMIdKUa0ilZHZ8rYw==16/04/2008 00:00:00With the opening of two new gas stations last weekend, Lukoil Macedonia is expanding its network throughout the country.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=gQZLRoPAXCSZWss9y2d4bw==16/04/2008 00:00:00Macedonian Minister of Finance, Trajko Slaveski, and Kuwait Ambassador H.E. Abdullah Abdulaziz Al-Duwaikih, signed yesterday (Apr. 8) an Investment Protection Treaty between Macedonia and Kuwait.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=batX5ZTy/sobGr8/qhCndw==09/04/2008 00:00:00Computer giant Microsoft announced at a press conference yesterday its plans for further investment in Macedonia.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=3dL82nyAGX/KxBCIQRFDwA==09/04/2008 00:00:00The availability of skilled engineers in Macedonia was key for Johnson Controls to set up a $30 million electronic automotive parts plant in Macedonia.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=ICgxgoRuMZIUOqdlJIoT0Q==19/03/2008 00:00:00Johnson Matthey will begin construction of its €50 million plant in the technological industrial development zone Skopje in the second half of April, said today Colin Jaffray, director of strategic planning in the company.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=OlcQgvczgHkG4kxcakAnxA==18/03/2008 00:00:00Fornetti Ltd, a top 3 European franchise, will be opening a baking and distribution center near Skopje by the end of the month, with plans to establish full production in Macedonia within two years.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=HnNh1GSQyAS35US5J5xMZA==18/03/2008 00:00:00In light of Macedonia’s participation at CeBIT (Hall 5, Stand B01), Invest Macedonia has published the March 2008 issue of the Invest in Macedonia Newsletter.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=XeAYwz+6losxIl6UoMPpVw==29/02/2008 00:00:00World renowned “Kodak” will establish a modern film laboratory in the Digital Media Park in Skopje. The €3 million investment is comprised of film negative equipment and a modern cinema projection systemhttp://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=n9r1IeAvW5Mu/rqON1Eqkw==14/02/2008 00:00:00The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius and the University of Cambridge signed a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=3pFPXFr1xXvH7SIpCse4fw==14/02/2008 00:00:00Johnson Controls, the US-based global leader in production of seats, batteries, and other automotive interior, is successfully expanding its electronic dashboard components plant in Skopje.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=LmqGA/I1m7Ze0VvglWsCWg==14/02/2008 00:00:00Each year, in the week leading up to 14 February, the Mayor of Negotino and the local wine growers’ association, Vitis, hold the St. Trifun Wine Fair.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=Qu/tZmSC29Eq/jQHaVXBWQ==12/02/2008 00:00:00European aircraft industry giant Airbus has recently started to use a highly sophisticated software package fully developed by the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Skopje.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=0FK1xCdW0Cgb+tsm5+qg/g==08/02/2008 00:00:00With a ground breaking ceremony this afternoon Slovenian ERA group marked the beginning of the construction of ERA City Skopje – what is envisioned to be the biggest and most modern business, trade and shopping center in the region.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=2pegRlTFYf5AOyM9Zjculw==01/02/2008 00:00:00Macedonian representatives signed a double taxation agreement with Qatar yesterday (Jan. 28). The agreement aims to enhance business relations between the two countries.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=TW2QGp3JIOqi7VtVa7dcjQ==29/01/2008 00:00:00We regret to inform you that Acd. Nikola Kljusev, President of the Managing Board of Invest Macedonia, has suddenly passed away.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=3bPq088VTXcb2S/hOKEDjw==18/01/2008 00:00:00Bernard Koenig, First General Manager of Ohridska Banka, discusses his experience in Macedonia and Societe Generale’s plans for growth in Macedonia.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=SIpC6KeatWXa+8vIqgpOEw==11/01/2008 00:00:00Team Macedonia, lead by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, will promote investing in Macedonia today in front of a group of Turkish businessmen in Istanbul.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=jvwdTiJBfjXcQhJ8acHmEw==17/12/2007 00:00:00The first machine in the Johnson Controls factory in the technological-industrial development zone “Skopje” was officially turned on for commercial production yesterday.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=WVz+Qsh2jPvYk9zE9xcP5g==13/12/2007 00:00:00Invest Macedonia has published the December 2007 issue of the Invest in Macedonia Newsletter. We invite you to take a moment to go through it.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=IbSNzpQz8QpbMF64rwnwsA==07/12/2007 00:00:00In a joint venture with the Dutch company Weighpack, Brako, the Macedonian-based regional leader in the production of wires and wire productshttp://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=Jt54wbd//FgRzKnBZoooCg==07/12/2007 00:00:00Johnson Matthey announced Thursday (Nov.29) its final decision to invest in one of the technological-industrial development zones in Macedonia with a mega ‘state of the art’ manufacturing facility for the production of catalysts.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=XHbrEB0RmvrbDNFWOX5xtQ==04/12/2007 00:00:00Fifty tons of milk and milk products are produced daily in Swedmilk Macedonia, the most modern milk dairy in Europe. The facility officially opened on Saturday (Dec. 1) in the vicinity of Skopje.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=uOmCTesPN8CyqsAna/nP/g==04/12/2007 00:00:00Porsche Bank, part of the Salzburg-based Porsche Holding, will start with leasing operations in Macedonia by March of next year.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=cFV0eg8SKhf334AyK70CRA==12/11/2007 00:00:00The Awards Committee of the prestigious international Institute of Transport Management, headquartered in the UK, announced today that Macedonia, through its Invest Macedonia Marketing Team, has been chosen as the ‘Best Economic Development Region’ for 2008.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=kogjDPi36kETBsntE8HKEw==07/11/2007 00:00:00STOXX Ltd., the leading European index provider, today launched the Dow Jones STOXX Balkan 50 Equal Weighted Index, a blue-chip index measuring the performance of the 50 largesthttp://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=fqUwPvDp/esMpUH9yvNUTw==07/11/2007 00:00:00The CEO of Swedmilk Macedonia, a Swedish dairy plant due to start operations near Skopje this month, recommended investing in Macedonia to Swedish investorshttp://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=fpQVkLmu4N4ykpO1e+1wVA==06/11/2007 00:00:00The Cadastre, the Central Register, and the State Office for Industrial Property have reduced their fees by 50 percent. Registering a company in Macedonia will now cost €42, by far the least expensive in the region.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=eqCGU7haFqDn3XxOtKtEeA==08/10/2007 00:00:00From today and in the next two days for the first time four projects from Macedonia are exhibited at Expo Real, one of the most renown international real estate expositions...http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=o6v7AXdOt0hoohJ0/UZqnw==08/10/2007 00:00:00Team Macedonia, consisting of high-level government officials, presented the advantages of Macedonia as a business destination to some of the largest Austrian companies on the 26th September in Vienna.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=f834sgfmvRg6E8/AgoP1JA==27/09/2007 00:00:00The World Bank has ranked Macedonia in the top five reformers in the world by the World Bank’s Doing Business project.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=b0EMx7D6aFnlJn9UujFxkw==26/09/2007 00:00:00Macedonia’s Agency for foreign investments has started with the third phase of the promotional campaign “Invest in Macedonia”.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=592jThmIB1Ch4rQJMRtEzg==26/09/2007 00:00:00The Telekom Austria Group through Mobilkom Austria just announced the commercial launch of VIP Operator as the third mobile communications provider in Macedonia, after a record-low start-up time of only six months.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=XmpSIUYRS/s40pwc9vzHzQ==21/09/2007 00:00:00The Invest Macedonia Agency and the British Embassy in Skopje, Macedonia seek applications for the post of a Project Manager.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=8KSad4fk+jTiikPTKC89qQ==19/09/2007 00:00:00Japan Credit Rating Agency has assigned a BB+/Stable and a BBB-/Stable rating to foreign currency long-term senior debts and local currency long-term senior debts, respectively.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=+QKZArkg4j3Zjm+KbOWf5g==18/09/2007 00:00:00Triglav osiguranje, Slovenia’s leading insurance company, bought one of the biggest insurance companies in Macedonia, Vardar osiguruvanje, for more than € 42 million.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=IUeyDbSXeAg9ENaVnSZujA==04/09/2007 00:00:00Johnson Controls, the global leader in production of seats, batteries, and other automotive interior is starting operations in Macedonia ...http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=6TedITlwybEX74jjox5koA==04/09/2007 00:00:00Macedonia has been ranked first in Europe and second worldwide regarding monetary freedom by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=6b/87/ysYGl/mE6MvPdSYg==03/09/2007 00:00:00Starting from September 2007, a new company in Macedonia can be established in four hours, for less than 150 €.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=YG6o+9R6GMIEr+Tq51hxUQ==03/09/2007 00:00:00Croatia’s Agrokor, the region’s biggest investor, announced a total investment in Macedonia of €200 + million in the first two years.http://www.investinmacedonia.com/news.aspx?language=EN&news=+EfVaYYtQ/uaPSDb8Ni3YA==03/09/2007 00:00:00