N. Macedonia news

The benchmark index of the Macedonian Stock Exchange (MSE), the MBI-10, closed at 9,755.07 points on Friday, down 0.6% compared to a week earlier, bourse data showed.

North Macedonia's finance ministry will offer on June 16 a fixed-rate 15-year T-bond worth 24 billion denars ($450.4 million/389.4 million euro), official data showed.

North Macedonia-based construction chemicals producer Ading [MSE:ADIN] said on Friday that its shareholders have approved a proposal to pay out a gross dividend of 42 denars ($0.79/0.68 euro) per share for 2025, lower than the gross dividend of 42.2 denars distributed for 2024.

After spending decades slowly (and for the most part - silently) upgrading its defence manufacturing, Southeastern Europe is suddenly seeing a significant expansion in the field, with over EUR 3 billion in private and industrial investments recently announced across the region. The majority of those - over EUR 2 bln - are concentrated in Romania. This push is driven by EU-backed efforts to increase ammunition output and upgrade military infrastructure in response to the war in Ukraine and ramp up production of artillery shells and other essential equipment, which prompted governments and companies to revive or expand domestic capabilities.

The World Bank said it expects North Macedonia's gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 2.9% in 2026, after an estimated increase of 3.5% in 2025, maintaining a previous projection made in April.