The same day that Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski appealed to the state institutions to be more frugal in their spending due to the crisis, his officials sold state owned land in downtown Skopje for 7 denars per EUR, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party.

It refers to the sale of a large lot near the old Nova Makedonija newspaper building where apartments are often sold for 2,000 EUR per square meter. Developrs are angling to build 15 stories at this location.

Is this the rational spending Kovacevski announced? SDSM is only rational in its stealing, VMRO said in a statement.