North Macedonia
North Macedonia Geography and Culture
With a population of just over 2 million people, North Macedonia is a Balkan country located in southeastern Europe. Its capital and largest city is Skopje, housing roughly a quarter of the country’s citizens. The majority of the people are ethnic Macedonians, a South Slavic people, with Albanians forming a significant minority at around 25%.
Macedonia’s temperate climate means it has four distinct seasons, with warm and dry summers and moderately cold and snowy winters. It has large biodiversity with hundreds of flowering plants, as well as mosses and ferns. The native forest fauna includes the rare lynx, bears, wild boars, wolves, foxes, squirrels, chamois, and deer. Forest birds include the blackcap, the grouse, the black grouse, the imperial eagle, and the forest owl.
2021 | |
May 1 | Labor Day |
May 3 | Easter Monday (Orthodox) |
May 13 | Eid al-Fitr |
May 24 | Saints Cyril and Methodius’ Day |
August 2 | Republic Day |
September 8 | Independence Day |
October 11 | Day of People’s Uprising |
October 23 | Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle |
December 8 | Saint Kliment Ohridski’s Day |
- A.D./А.Д. (Akcionersko Društvo / Акционерско друштво)
- D.O.O./Д.О.О. (Društvo so Ograničena Odgovornost / Друштво со ограничена одговорност)
- D.O.O.E.L./Д.О.О.Е.Л. (Društvo so Ograničena Odgovornost od Edno Lice / Друштво со ограничена одговорност основано од едно лице)
- K.D./К.Д. (Komanditno Društvo / Командитно друштво)
- K.D.A./К.Д.А. (Komanditno Društvo so Akcie / Командитно друштво со акции)
- J.T.D./Ј.Т.Д. (Javno Trgovsko Društvo / Јавно трговско друштво)
- Corporate Tax: 10%
- Income Tax (Lowest Marginal Rate): 10%
- Income Tax (Highest Marginal Rate): 18%
- VAT/GST/Sales Tax: 18% (standard rate), 5% (reduced rate)
- AL KOSA – Stip (Local Bank)
- AM – Skopje (Local Bank)
- Bavag d.o.o.- Skopje (Local Bank)
- Fersped d.o.o. – Skopje (Local Bank)
- FULM stedilnica d.o.o.-Skopje (Local Bank)
- Gragjanska stedilnica – Skopje (Local Bank)
- Inko d.o.o. – Skopje (Local Bank)
- Interfalko – Skopje (Local Bank)
- Peon – Strumica (Local Bank)
- Mak- BS – Skopje (Local Bank)
- Mladinec d.o.o. – Skopje (Local Bank)
- Moznosti – Skopje (Local Bank)
- Alpha Bank AD Skopje (Commercial Bank)
- Centralna Kooperativna Banka AD Skopje (Commercial Bank)
- Eurostandard Bank AD Skopje (Commercial Bank)
- Halkbank AD Skopje (Commercial Bank)
- Kapital Banka AD Skopje (Commercial Bank)
- Komercijalna Banka AD Skopje (Commercial Bank)
- Stater Banka AD Kumanovo (Commercial Bank)
- Macedonian Bank for Development Promotion AD Skopje (Commercial Bank)
- NLB Tutunska banka AD Skopje (Commercial Bank)
- Ohridska Banka AD Ohrid (Commercial Bank)
- Poštenska Banka AD Skopje (Commercial Bank)
- Procredit Bank AD Skopje (Commercial Bank)
- Sparkasse Bank AD Skopje (Commercial Bank)
- Stopanska Banka AD Bitola (Commercial Bank)
- Stopanska Banka AD Skopje (Commercial Bank)
- TTK Banka AD Skopje (Commercial Bank)
- Univerzalna Investiciona Banka AD Skopje (Commercial Bank)
- Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG Representative Office – Skopje (Foreign Bank)
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