A leaked audio recording shows Dragi Raskovski rigging a contract. But the contract is international, and in a conversation confirmed by the Secretary General of the government, companies from several European countries are involved. Expectedly, EU media, especially Italian newspapers, got interested in the scandal.

Instead of stepping down, Dragi Raskovski attacked the journalists and the media in the country. And he also attacked the media in Italy, bringing their independence into question. Raskovski accused a Macedonian journalist of allegedly distributing information to Italian media about, as he said, the alleged bribe by the Italian government.

Recently in the election race Stevo Pendarovski, faced with the facts of bribery and corruption in the Macedonian parliament and government, and in connection with the vote to change the constitution, about which the German FAZ reported, accused the respected German journalist of being “under control” and writing “Under dictation” by people from Macedonia. Journalist Michael Martens from FAZ responded to Pendarovski’s accusations.

Now, this is the second state and the second media from the European Union that are under attack by prominent representatives of the SDSM government. With that, it is certain that already a second EU media will clearly and vigorously oppose the statements of the government in Macedonia. Raskovski, and possibly Pendarovski and others from SDSM, after creating the so-called. Ministry of Truth, that is, the Ministry of Transparency in the Government, felt that they had finished their work and could freely enjoy corruption and crime, and the media would be silenced under threat of lawsuits and court rulings. So, with such apparent conviction, Raskovski even announces lawsuits against European media.