April 9 (SeeNews) - The number of building permits issued in Macedonia in February rose by 6.6% on the year to 226, the statistics office said on Thursday.
The estimated value of construction projects covered by the building permits issued in February fell by 49.2% on the year to 1.79 billion denars ($31.5 million/29 million euro), according to data from the statistics office.
A total of 149 permits were issued for new buildings, 36 for civil engineering projects and 41 for reconstruction projects in February.
As many as 143 permits were issued to individuals and 83 to companies.
(1 euro=61.6594 Macedonian denars)