15/10/2021
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For the first time an award for Invest North Macedonia from the International Trade Council from Washington

Invest North Macedonia won second place in the international competition for the best companies and organizations around the world Go Global Awards 2021 organized by the International Trade Council (International Trade Council) based in Washington, USA.

At yesterday’s ceremony, which was attended by companies and organizations, the Agency was awarded for the first time an award in the category “Export Promotion”.

The recognition for the success in the work of Invest North Macedonia was given to the director Dejan Pavleski, who invited the attendees of the ceremony to consider the opportunities and benefits offered by the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia for potential investors and to increase trade.

In the category of the best manager, the award was given to Mevludin Ibish, manager of the Macedonian company Dauti Komerc, one of the 10 domestic companies that submitted applications in several categories at this year’s world business event.

Director Dejan Pavleski was one of 15 judges who last month selected applications from 780 of the 4,372 registered companies from 176 countries at the Go Global Awards 2021.

After previously participating in the international conference The Think Global Conference in April this year, where the Director Pavleski presented on the country’s investment and export potential, Invest North Macedonia was a part of the awarding of prestigious awards to companies at the international level for the first time.

18/08/2021
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South Korea’s new investment in the country creates over 70 new jobs with a salary of up to 2,000 euros

An investment of €30M, with a salary up to €2,000 and 70 new jobs creation is the project of the South Korean company Almak and the US company Dura Automotive Systems, today marked the beginning of the joint investment in the Technological Industraial Development Zone Skopje 2.

It is about the construction of a modern facility with an area of 80,000 square meters in which light profiles for the automotive industry will be produced. The start of production was announced for next year. They expect the opening of over 70 jobs, and announced that for the highly qualified staff they will set aside a gross salary up to 2000 euros.

“This is another confirmation of the good economic policies we are creating. We create a predictable business environment for investments, exports, well-paid jobs, and thus economic growth. Our efforts as a Government are to help and create a well-paid jobs and in that direction from this investment we expect the average gross salary to reach up to 2000 euros”, stated Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev.

According to the Prime Minister Zaev, the average gross salary for the least skilled workers will be 889 euros or an average net salary of 580 euros.

“We decided to build the first capacity in Skopje, after the research we did in many countries. Construction will be completed in 12 months with a modern design of 80,000 square meters”, said Junpayo Park, president and CEO of the new joint venture company.
The South Korean company, according to its founder and director Soyun Park, uses green electricity in the production process and 100 % recycles waste in the production process.

This new partnership symbolizes not only business, but a fusion of two cultures, learning from each other and the opportunity to create a better world. “We will work on building a success story that we will all be proud of,” said Park.

Starting from the beginning of 2021, the total volume of investments that are starting or are in the final stage of preparation is more than €120M, which are expected to create more than 2,000 jobs and generate additional exports of over of €2bn.

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17/08/2021
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South Korea’s first investment in the country, total worth of 30 million euros

A new investment project worth 30 million euros for the construction of a modern facility for advanced production and assembly of technological components for the automotive industry.
The investment project was presented to the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev by the management of the globally renowned companies “Dura Automotive Systems” and “Almak”before tomorrow’s official start of the investment activities in the TIDZ – Skopje 2.
The meeting was attended by the director of Invest North Macedonia Dejan Pavleski, as well as the director of TIDZ Jovan Despotovski.


Prime Minister Zaev stressed the efforts to attract foreign investment in the country, which means the implementation of advanced technology and new well-paid employment, which will affect the overall economic growth.The start of production is planned for the next year.


The South Korean company “Almak” with 70% will have the majority share in the joint investment project. The main reason for their decision to invest in North Macedonia, as pointed out by the management of the meeting, was the positive experience of their business partner “Dura Automotive Systems”, who confirmed the excellent business climate in the country and the possibility of long-term planning and development of the joint project.

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10/08/2021
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Director Pavleski visits companies in Istanbul, huge potential investment opportunities

Director Dejan Pavleski is on a two-day visit to Istanbul, Turkey where he will have working meetings with several Turkish companies that have already shown interest in investing part of their capital in the Republic of North Macedonia.

Today and tomorrow the director Pavleski will have a business meeting with representatives of companies from the automotive, medical and HVAC industry and will present to the management teams the conditions and opportunities for doing business in the country, the advantages and legislation related to the work of foreign investors. The conditions and benefits that the Government offers to foreign investors, making North Macedonia competitive with the neighboring countries, will be presented.

29/07/2021
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“Open Balkans” – the European future of the region

The Director Dejan Pavleski, at the invitation of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister, attended the Economic Forum for Regional Cooperation, organized in coordination with the Cabinets of the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania, Edi Rama in cooperation with the Chambers of commerce of the region.

The aim of the initiative is “zero minutes waiting” and no custom duties on the borders between Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania.

Today, at the Regional Economic Forum in Skopje, the Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama signed: Memorandum of Understanding and cooperation to facilitate the import, export and movement of goods in the Western Balkans; Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation on Free Access to the Labor Market of the Western Balkans and Agreement on Cooperation for Disaster Protection and Rescue in the Western Balkans in order to facilitate trade, citizen movement and economic development.

“Our goal is an economy without borders – 100 % free trade, zero tariffs, no movement barriers, zero barriers to goods  and services for our countries to have European freedom in our region,” the leaders said they added that issues are much easier to resolve when economies and business communities are united.

At the meeting of the leaders Zaev, Vucic и and Rama, the new name and logo of the Regional Cooperation Initiative – Mini Schengen, which includes Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania – was presented under new official name as “Open Balkan”, in order to remove the borders between the three countries, ‘zero minutes’ waiting at the borders for citizens and the transport of goods by year of 2023.

The Economic Forum for Regional Cooperation is organized by the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, in coordination with the Cabinets of the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania, Edi Rama, in cooperation with chambers from the region. Most of the 400 companies participating in the Forum are from the agricultural and construction sectors, food, textile  and automotive industries, tourism, telecommunications, IT sector, transport and logistics.