Interview of Finance Think’s CEO for Utrinski
Our CEO, Blagica Petreski, in an interview for Utrinski vesnik speaks about the trends in the economy and the challenges for the new government. Click for the interview.
The Unresolved Status of Local and Urban Communities – An Obstacle to Effective Decentralization
Local self-government in Macedonia is not a mandatory structure. The establishment of local communities in villages and urban communities in cities depends solely on the will of mayors and municipal councils. The unresolved legal status of local and urban communities, along with the lack of financial resources, working premises, and…
Refugees in Macedonian Camps: Uncertainty, Fear, and Hope for a Better Tomorrow
Every day spent in one of the refugee camps in the country is a day filled with uncertainty for the refugees. Whether to stay and wait or return to Greece, hoping that from an EU member state they will have an easier path to reach one of the Western European…
Sectoral economic policies
Although this program is entitled ‘sectoral economic policies`, its importance in Finance Think is broader and applies to all policies affecting economic growth and development of Macedonia. This research program includes but is not limited to: social policies, policies in education and health, agricultural policy, policies in the area of…
Rural Culture – A Window to the Light
A project featuring three theater performances, three exhibitions, and concerts stirred the residents of the rural municipalities of Vasilevo and Bosilovo in the Strumica region, who had almost forgotten about cultural events. The interviewees in this video story emphasize continuity as a key element for preserving culture in rural areas,…
Civica Mobilitas Promotes 38 New Grantееs
The family of Civica Mobilitas, from today (15 February 2017) has 159 grantees, and a total support for the contracts made from the beginning of the program is almost 262 million denars or a about over 4.5 million Swiss francs. At the event today, there were new institutional grants for 12 new institutional…
The Independent Scene Has a Price
The independent cultural scene is increasingly gaining momentum in fulfilling its mission of opening socially important topics. Faced with a series of challenges on the path toward their goals, civil society organizations in culture and art have no intention of easily giving up on promoting the alternative scene as a…
Regional Landfills – A Health Risk
A thousand landfills. About fifty municipal ones, but operating without permits. Only one is legal and operates according to standards. Macedonia is buried in waste. Environmental protection laws exist, but there is no implementation. Why? It costs money. The state budget has no funds allocated for this purpose. The burden…
Phantom Persons – Invisible to the State
In Macedonia, there are around 3,000 “phantoms” or people without an identity. They have no right to health insurance or employment, cannot vote, nor can they leave the country. They are simply invisible to the system and the state. Through the life story of the Sulejman family from Shuto Orizari,…
Aging Sewer Systems – A Threat to Lake Waters
The effects of pollution are beginning to impact the lakes, which are among Macedonia’s greatest natural treasures. Are the responsible institutions acting appropriately and taking care to protect the lake waters? The sewer system of Lake Ohrid is the largest and most important in western Macedonia, yet it operates at…
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