December 10 (SeeNews) - The number of building permits issued in Macedonia in October rose by 63.9% on the year to 241, the statistics office said on Wednesday.
The estimated value of construction projects covered by the building permits issued in October climbed by 29.4% on the year to 3.3 billion denars ($66.4 million/53.5 million euro), according to data from the statistics office.
A total of 169 permits were issued for new buildings, 26 for civil engineering projects and 46 for reconstruction projects in October.
As many as 176 permits were issued to individuals and 65 to companies.
(1 euro=61.6620 Macedonian denars)