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elgian, Italian companies to increase investments in Macedonia
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Belgian and Italian companies 'Van Hool' and 'Teknohose' respectively, which are already present in Macedonia, are intending to expand, namely to erect new plants in the country and create additional jobs, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski told reporters on Thursday.
Bus manufacturer 'Van Hool' will most probably launch a construction of new plant at the beginning of 2016 to expand its production, which means employing of more workers and bolstering of the export, Gruevski said.
Italian 'Teknohose' has completed its second plant in Macedonia, which is now in a test-production phase. Furthermore the company intends to build a third plant in the country, Gruevski said.
Both companies are satisfied with the business climate in Macedonia and decided to expand their production in the country, Gruevski said. In this respect he mentioned the latest World Bank Doing Business report, which once again put Macedonia among top performers globally on the ease of doing business.
Catalan Lawmakers approve Plan to Secede from Spain
Monday, 09 November 2015
The regional parliament of Catalonia launched a plan Monday to set up a road map for independence from Spain by 2017, defying warnings from the central government in Madrid that it is violating the nation's constitution.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy pledged to halt the effort.
The chamber, based in the northeastern city of Barcelona, passed the secession resolution by 72 votes to 63. The proposal was made by pro-secession lawmakers from the "Together for Yes" alliance and the extreme left-wing Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP). The groups together obtained a parliamentary majority in regional elections in September that they presented as a stand-in plebiscite on independence after the central government in Madrid refused to allow an official referendum.
The Spanish government reacted swiftly Monday. In a nationally televised address, Rajoy said his government will appeal the decision at the Constitutional Court, which has in the past blocked moves toward independence.
"Catalonia is not going anywhere, nothing is going to break," Rajoy said. He added he would meet with the leader of the main opposition Socialist Party, Pedro Sanchez, to forge a common front against the separatists.
The resolution passed by the Catalan parliament in its first postelection session declared "the start of a process toward the creation of an independent Catalan state in the form of a republic" and a "process of democratic disconnection not subject to the decisions by the institutions of the Spanish state."
While separatist lawmakers celebrated the result in the chamber, opponents held up Spanish and Catalan flags.
"There is a growing cry for Catalonia to not merely be a country, but to be a state, with everything that means," said Raul Romeva, head of the "Together for Yes" alliance.
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Belgian and Italian companies 'Van Hool' and 'Teknohose' respectively, which are already present in Macedonia, are intending to expand, namely to erect new plants in the country and create additional jobs, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski told reporters on Thursday.
Bus manufacturer 'Van Hool' will most probably launch a construction of new plant at the beginning of 2016 to expand its production, which means employing of more workers and bolstering of the export, Gruevski said.
Italian 'Teknohose' has completed its second plant in Macedonia, which is now in a test-production phase. Furthermore the company intends to build a third plant in the country, Gruevski said.
Both companies are satisfied with the business climate in Macedonia and decided to expand their production in the country, Gruevski said. In this respect he mentioned the latest World Bank Doing Business report, which once again put Macedonia among top performers globally on the ease of doing business.
Catalan Lawmakers approve Plan to Secede from Spain
Monday, 09 November 2015
The regional parliament of Catalonia launched a plan Monday to set up a road map for independence from Spain by 2017, defying warnings from the central government in Madrid that it is violating the nation's constitution.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy pledged to halt the effort.
The chamber, based in the northeastern city of Barcelona, passed the secession resolution by 72 votes to 63. The proposal was made by pro-secession lawmakers from the "Together for Yes" alliance and the extreme left-wing Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP). The groups together obtained a parliamentary majority in regional elections in September that they presented as a stand-in plebiscite on independence after the central government in Madrid refused to allow an official referendum.
The Spanish government reacted swiftly Monday. In a nationally televised address, Rajoy said his government will appeal the decision at the Constitutional Court, which has in the past blocked moves toward independence.
"Catalonia is not going anywhere, nothing is going to break," Rajoy said. He added he would meet with the leader of the main opposition Socialist Party, Pedro Sanchez, to forge a common front against the separatists.
The resolution passed by the Catalan parliament in its first postelection session declared "the start of a process toward the creation of an independent Catalan state in the form of a republic" and a "process of democratic disconnection not subject to the decisions by the institutions of the Spanish state."
While separatist lawmakers celebrated the result in the chamber, opponents held up Spanish and Catalan flags.
"There is a growing cry for Catalonia to not merely be a country, but to be a state, with everything that means," said Raul Romeva, head of the "Together for Yes" alliance.