Tag: mepso
Economy 08.03.24 | 19:05

Bochvarski: Attempting to thwart the MEPSO hack

Transport and Communications Minister Blagoj Bochvarski announced on Friday that concerted efforts are underway to overcome a cyberattack on the Electricity Transmission System Operator of North Macedonia (MEPSO), with the aim of restoring the company’s regular operations. Minister Bochvarski briefed...
Economy 07.03.24 | 22:42

Cyberattack targets MEPSO, but the power grid and supply of electricity are unaffected

The Electricity Transmission System Operator of the Republic of North Macedonia (MEPSO) has confirmed that it is currently addressing a cyberattack. However, the company emphasized in a press release on Thursday that the cyber incident did not target its critical energy infrastructure, ensuring that...
Macedonia 20.10.23 | 12:47

The government plans to sell MEPSO to Greeks and Chinese

There is information in Greece that the Greek power transmission system is interested in buying a part of MEPSO. This means that the Greek power transmission system wants to buy a part of the Macedonian power transmission system and thus, Macedonia will completely lose its energy independence as a country,...
Macedonia 12.09.23 | 16:43

Brother of man who opened fire toward VMRO-DPMNE protesters named director of the powerful MEPSO utility company

Zudi Enuzi Koka, official of the Alliance of Albanians party, was named head of the powerful state owned energy transit company MEPSO. Enuzi is best known as the brother of Cufi Koka, owner of the Koka hotel, who opened fire on protesters from the VMRO-DPMNE party last year, including the party’s...
Economy 14.04.23 | 17:12

Company owned by the son of former Deputy Prime Minister Xhaferi had its debt erased by a state owned company

The U Power company owned by the son of former Deputy Prime Minister Musa Xhaferi is among the 14 energy trading companies who had their debts erased by state owned energy company MEPSO. The companies faced huge losses with the onset of the energy crisis, since they had signed contracts with fixed prices...
Economy 19.08.22 | 11:41

Report reveals huge spending of reserves, MEPSO delivered invoices of 55 million euros

The operator of the electric transmission system MEPSO finally published in the annual report on the work in 2021 the sums of the invoices that it delivered this year to the electricity suppliers who made big deviations last year when the energy crisis too. As analyzed by “Faktor”, these...
Macedonia Economy 30.08.21 | 18:47

Despite a significant drop in revenue, MEPSO paid out 17 percent more in salaries

The annual 2020 report of the state run MEPSO energy company shows that its revenue dropped to 55 million EUR, leaving the energy transportation company with a net loss of 5.8 million EUR. The reason for the drop in revenue are the new rules for cross-border trading in energy with Greece, Serbia and...
Macedonia 24.11.20 | 19:00

Lack of hydro power causes temporarily blackouts in Skopje

Parts of the capital Skopje were left without electricity today, as the exceptionally bad state of the hydro plants begins to affect supply. The MEPSO transportation company blamed the producing ELEM company of not supplying enough energy and lacking the reserves it needs. Hydro plants are quick to come...
Macedonia 28.10.20 | 16:45

Tone deaf: MEPSO manager wants further energy price hikes, complains that “her own electricity bill has also gone up”

An incredibly tone deaf statement came from Eva Sukleva, the head of the MEPSO energy transportation company. When asked about the steep 7.4 percent electricity price hike, the exceptionally well renumerated manager replied that “my own electricity bill is increased as well”. The price of...
Economy 31.07.20 | 13:50

Post election surprise: Electricity prices go sharply up – by 7.4 percent

The Energy Regulatory Commission decreed an increase of electricity prices by 7.4 percent. The move comes weeks after the elections, during which the ruling SDSM party campaigned, among other distributive measures, on its re-introduction of subsidized prices for several hours a day. These subsidies will...
Economy 05.12.19 | 22:06

Large portion of downtown Skopje left without electricity at -2C, what to expect at -20C?

For four days, large portion of the Centar and Karpos municipalities are left without electricity at some point during the day. The EVN electricity distribution company explained that for two days in a row there was a short cut in power supply due to network overload, but users were quickly switched...
Macedonia 25.07.19 | 12:01

Zikov again proposed as MEPSO financial manager

Following the dismissal of Saso Vasilevski as manager of MEPSO, journalist Ljupco Zikov was nominated to take the position of the financial manager of this lucrative state ran energy company. Zikov was mentioned as a likely MEPSO financial manager in August 2017, after Zaev’s take over of the Government,...
Macedonia 23.07.19 | 21:14

Top Government official suspected of purchasing an under-priced apartment from a businessmen pressured by his close friend Katica Janeva

An ancillary scandal possibly related to the Katica Janeva drama was revealed today by the A1on news site, which involves the recently dismissed manager of the state owned electricity transmission company MEPSO Saso Vasilevski. According to the report Vasilevski, who is close to Janeva, was able to purchase...
Macedonia 17.07.19 | 15:09

Purge: 30 managers of public companies, including a few big ones, dismissed by the Government

The Zoran Zaev Government announced that it will remove about 30 managers of public institutions, as part of the promised “purge” of corrupt and incompetent officials. The list includes the managers of some of the main cash cows, such as the manager of the ELEM company Dragan Minovski, and...
Macedonia 07.07.19 | 22:48

Plusinfo reports on an alleged attempt to rig a contract worth nearly 50 million EUR in the MEPSO company

The Plusinfo news site reports that a dispute has broken out in the state owned MEPSO energy transportation company, over a large planned power-line between Macedonia and Albania. The power-line is estimated at nearly 50 million EUR, 12 million of which are provided as a grant, while 36 million are on...
Macedonia 20.02.19 | 15:13

Nepotism watch: Economy Minister Bektesi refuses to ask his relatives to resign from the public companies where they were recently hired

Economy Minister Kresnik Bektesi was defiant today when asked whether he will ask his sister Vlora Bektesi to resign from the MEPSO state managed company, where she was recently hired, or to have his sister in aw Nertila Useini Kaba to resign from the ELEM company. Dozens of Government officials were...
Macedonia 25.12.18 | 11:54

Vlado Buckovski also had his son hired by the MEPSO public energy company

Hot on the heels of the controversial hiring of Fitore Bejta, daughter of top DUI party official Nevzat Bejta, it is revealed that the public energy transportation company MEPSO has also hired Damjan Buckovski, son of former Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski. Unlike Bejta, Buckovski was hired as a part...
Macedonia 24.12.18 | 21:17

DUI official Nevzat Bejta got a public sector job for his daughter

Fitore Bejta, daughter of former guerrilla commander, Gostivar mayor and current DUI official Nevzat Bejta, was employed by the public energy transportation company MEPSO. The hiring raised objections of nepotism, but MEPSO insists that Fitore was the most qualified candidate that applied. She is hired...

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