Dissatisfied with the minimum wage of 396 euros in North Macedonia, hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the parliament building in Skopje to criticize the government’s decision to increase it by 30 euros. In the capital of the Balkan country North Macedonia, a protest was held demanding an increase in the minimum wage. Gathered in front of the parliament building in Skopje upon the call of the Macedonian Trade Unions Confederation, hundreds of demonstrators expressed their dissatisfaction with the current minimum wage of 396 euros and demanded it to be raised to 500 euros. REACTION TO GOVERNMENT’S 30 EURO INCREASE DECISION Criticizing the government’s decision to increase the minimum wage by 30 euros during the last session, protesters marched towards the North Macedonia Chamber of Commerce and the government building. Slobodan Trendafilov, one of the protesters, stated, “We are here today to demand a decision that the minimum wage should not be less than 500 euros.” The demonstration ended without any incidents. With the government’s decision to increase the minimum wage by 30 euros in the last session, the minimum wage had reached 396 euros. Labor unions in the country had stated their opposition to the decision and expressed that they would organize demonstrations, arguing that the increase should be 100 euros. The Minister of Economy and Labor, Besar Durmishi, had mentioned that the 30 euro increase was in accordance with the law.