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MACEDONIA AT MEDIUM POLITICAL RISK FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENTS



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Macedonia is classified as a country with medium security and political risk to foreign investment, according to Control Risks' report.

In its annual report assessing global political and security risks, RiskMap 2008, Control Risks rates nearly 60% of emerging markets at medium, high or extreme security risk, indicating serious threats to foreign investment.

The report divides the countries in four groups - high, medium, low and insignificant risk - based on political and security environment.

As regards the European countries, other countries with medium security risk are Albania, Greece, France, Italy, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Serbia, Spain and Turkmenistan. The United States and China are also ranked as countries with medium security risk. India, Russia and Turkey are rated at high-risk.

The report rates Bulgaria, BiH, Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia at low security risk. An insignificant risk was reported in Andorra, Finland, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and San Marino.

As regards political risks that include corruption, influence of lobby groups, lack of legal guarantees, and weak political institutions, RiskMap 2008 rates Macedonia at medium risk, along with Albania, Belgium, BiH, Cameroon, China, Iran, Pakistan, Serbia, Syria, Turkey...

Somalia, North Korea and Zimbabwe are classified as countries with extreme political risk to foreign investment. The countries with insignificant political risk include Andorra, British Virgin Islands, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and New Zealand.


MD: Bulgaria, Croatia, Canada, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Britain and the United States are classified in the group of countries with a low political risk for foreign investments.

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