Government plans 2027 budget as commission ignores amendments for 2026
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The 2027 budget has arrived, forecasting expenditures of 440.4 billion denars. The government plans to spend 40.8 billion on capital investments and 124.6 billion on debt service, while the Finance and Budget Commission has finished its work on the 2026 revision without passing a single amendment. Legislative scrutiny and executive plans appear to be moving on separate tracks.
Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has suggested that citizens should decide for themselves whether to keep paying into the second pension pillar, arguing that private funds are reportedly weak entrepreneurs. Meanwhile, the corruption trial over the state lottery continues; witnesses testified that the former deputy prime minister was addressed simply as 'the boss' and that nearly €10 million worth of terminals are currently sitting in storage.
Elsewhere, the town of Brvenica is voting for a new mayor today—at least for those who are sick or incapacitated—ahead of Sunday’s runoff. Students are weighing an offer of 4,500 denars for their meal stipends, and prosecutors are seeking more time to hold four suspects in the recent double murder in the capital.