Tag: abuse
Macedonia 20.05.23 | 14:39

Charges filed against a corrupt irrigation official

An official of the Vodostopanstvo irrigation management company from Strumica was charged with abuse of office, after he was given a bribe of 6,000 EUR. The employee took the money in order to ensure that a businessman receives a permit to quarry sand. Half of the money were paid out in December and...

Macedonia 04.02.21 | 17:12

Abused children hospitalized in Bitola, the parents are being investigated

A couple from Bitola were detained for abuse and neglect of their children. Bitola police said that the couple was reported and the children were found with injuries. The parents are being interrogated while the children are treated in the Bitola hospital. No additional details about the case are being...

Macedonia 29.10.20 | 17:41

Man from Prilep charged with abusing his daughter

A 50 year old man from Prilep is charged with abusing his own daughter. According to the state prosecutors, the torment lasted over three years. The man is charged with neglect, and having sexual acts in front of his daughter.

Macedonia 28.11.19 | 18:27

New case: Another nanny mentally and physically abused twins

A woman from Skopje reported Wednesday at 12:50h at the Centar police station that her twins in her home on Zagrepska Street were physically and mentally abused by their nanny. The nanny was arrested and the case was reported to the Public Prosecutor. After the case is fully documented, appropriate charges...

Macedonia 16.04.19 | 18:36

Siljanovska warns against electoral abuse as the entire Government is mobilized to support Pendarovski’s nomination

In an interview with Nova Makedonija, VMRO-DPMNE presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova says that the public must be alert over the many abuses of the electoral process by the Zoran Zaev Government. In this atmosphere, when the entire Government, led by the Prime Minister, is actively...

Macedonia 15.04.19 | 10:47

VMRO-DPMNE lists examples of SDSM buying votes with public funds

With the first round of the presidential elections a week from now, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party accused the SDSM – DUI led Government of using public funds to bribe its voters. This despite laws put in place specifically to prevent timing of regularly scheduled payments or having new public...

World 03.01.19 | 15:28

Nuns in India speak of enduring abuse in Catholic Church

The stories spill out in the sitting rooms of Catholic convents, where portraits of Jesus keep watch and fans spin quietly overhead. They spill out in church meeting halls bathed in fluorescent lights, and over cups of cheap instant coffee in convent kitchens. Always, the stories come haltingly, quietly....