01.04. – 30.04.2010.

Stavreski received a reward from the World Bank

The reward from the World Bank for the country, which according to the “Doing business” for 2010 has been placed on the third place between the countries top-reformers was handed over to Vice Premier and Minister of Finance, Zoran Stavreski.

According to Stavreski, the Government priorities in future will be the simplification of issuance of construction licenses and the reforms in the jurisdiction system, which are the key pre-requisites for attraction of foreign investors.

The interest for constructions has been decreased in February

The total of 212 approvals for construction have been issued in February, which is 9% less than compared to the same month of last year, the State Statistics Office announced.

According to the approvals, the estimated value of the objects to be built is close to two billion denars (around 32,1 million euro), which is 12,5 % more compared to the same month of last year.

Of the total number of the construction approvals, 75 % are for high buildings, 17,5 % for low buildings and 17,5 % are objects for reconstruction.

The price for the SMS message of ONE for the Easter holiday was decreased

For the Christian holiday Easter, ONE has announced a special, very low price for an SMS message.

All of the pre and post-paid users of the ONE mobile telephony could be able to send congratulatory SMS at the price of 1,18 denars towards all of the national and foreign mobile networks.

The trade exchange has grown for 1,8 %

The scope of the trade exchange of the country for the period January-February 2010 was 1,8 % bigger than that of the same period of 2009.

This was announced by the State Statistics Office together with the fact that the overall value of the export of goods from the country for the period mentioned above, amounted to 401 million dollars, whereas that of the export was 680 million dollars.

The coverage of the import by the export is 58,9 % and the trade deficit since the beginning of the year amounts to almost 278 million dollars.

The period in question, the greatest participation in the exports of goods had the EU member states (63,8 %) and the countries of he Western Balkans (29,3 %), whereas in the imports it was the EU countries (47,5 %) and he developing countries (33,2 %).

The biggest trading partners of the country were Germany, Russia, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.

IMF: The financial crisis is not over yet

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the financial crisis has not passed yet. The optimism for the reconstruction of the world economy, according to the IMF, is inappropriate.

“The consumption is not strong enough yet in order to signal the expectations for the end of the long-lasting recession”, the chief of IMF, Mr. Dominic Stross Khan stated.

According to the IMF,the economy in the euro-zone this year and in 2011 will grow slower due to the financial crisis in Greece. The annual growth, according to the forecasts of the IMF, will be around 0,8 %, whereas in 2011 around 1,5 %.

Ljusev among the most perspective managers in the global telecommunications

The Chief Executive Manager of VIP operator, Mr. Nikola Ljusev, has been chosen among the 40 leading managers younger than 40 years, who will lead the development in the world of the telecommunications in the next decade.

The choice has been made by the magazine “Global Telecoms Business” on the basis of the parameters that picture the success of the companies which they are leading, as well as on the basis of the demonstrated leadership and the visions for the development of the industry.

The expose of the decision for the choice of Ljusev among the top 40 most perspective world leaders in the telecommunications, says:

“Besides the complex market environment, the VIP operator under the leadership of Mr. Nikola Ljusev, has managed to achieve 16 % of the market share in two years, thanks to the development strategy which is based on the offering of more value for the users and the implementation of the latest international innovative trends”.

EBRD with a new strategy for the country

Support of the real economy, improvement of the competitiveness and the energy efficiency, as well as the promotion of the exports are the priorities to which the EBRD will focus in the country in the forthcoming period.

As the statement from the bank says, the EBRD in the financial sector will provide capital and long-term financing of the banks, and will help them to develop new products in order to develop their business at a sustainable basis.

“EBRD will strive to improve the cooperative management and to channelize more finances for the micro, the small and the middle enterprises through the commercial banks and institutions for micro crediting”, the bank’s announcement states.

The bank is planning the support of the modernization of the infrastructure in the country, as well as improvement of the transport infrastructure, the road and railroad transport network in the country, improvement of the maintenance of the roads and support of the concessions. In the municipal sector, the EBRD will support the investments in the water supply, central heating and public transportation.

The Board of Directors of EBRD has adopted the new strategies for the country where they see improvement in the structural reforms, which include improvement of the legal and regulatory framework for the businesses, strengthening of the legislation in connection with the competitiveness and the banks, as well as the improvement in the energy sector sharing.

Ireland has announced the plan for salvation of the banks “heavy” 8,3 billion euro

The Minister of Finance of Ireland, Mr. Bryan Lennan has announced the plan for the salvation of the banking system in the value of 8,3 billion euro.

“After we have stabilized the public finances, we should enter the last phase, which is stabilization of our banking system” Lennan said.

It has been planned for the Government of Ireland to “inject” a financial injection in “Anglo Irish Bank”, which was nationalized in last year.

Besides that, Dublin will financially intervene in the banking groups Island Irish Bank” and “Bank of Ireland”.