The constant surge in prices of basic consumer products worries many Macedonians, threatening to push more below the poverty line.

Several countries rank high on the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom, as reforms begin to bite, while others lag as result of age-old problems, especially corruption.

The EBRD granted a €6 million loan to a locally-owned renewable energy company for the building of seven small hydro-electric power plants in Macedonia.

Economy ministry confirms that government is holding talks with Chinese investors on constructing giant energy project in the Vardar valley.

Macedonia is likely to finalize talks this week on a €400 million loan from the International Monetary Fund aimed at filling the country’s budget gap.

Authorities consider turning a blind eye to untaxed cash in order to ensure the return home of some of the money that has left the country over the past two decades.

Macedonian companies that rely heavily on railway transport to the Greek port of Thessaloniki have been hit hard by a five-day strike by Greek railway workers.