Tag: aek
Macedonia 13.08.23 | 17:57

AEK director denies getting his position through family ties

Yeton Akiku, head of the very lucrative AEK public telecom regulator, denied in an interview with Radio Free Europe that he owes his post to family relations to a powerful DUI party official. Akiku is in-law to former Gostivar Mayor Nevzat Bejta. I became director of AEK by promotion. Two of us applied...

Football 09.08.23 | 12:47

The Croatian hooligans deliberately avoided Macedonia, since they knew that the Macedonian police will alarm their Greek colleagues

The Greek police barely managed to control the chaos in Athens created by the Croatian soccer fans on Wednesday, when a 29-year-old Greek soccer fan, Mihalis Katsuris, was stabbed to death. They arrested 96 hooligans – 87 Croatian citizens, five Greeks, one Austrian and one German citizen, and...

Balkans 08.08.23 | 18:24

Almost 100 people arrested after the deadly fight during the AEK – Dinamo match in Athens

Greek authorities have arrested dozens of Croatian football fans, as well as other participants in the massive fight that erupted during the match between AEK and Dinamo Zagreb, which left one Greek fan dead. In total, almost a 100 people have been arrested, and top Greek police officials in charge of...

Macedonia 13.04.23 | 22:02

Macedonia’s telecom regulator was hacked

A hacking attack was carried out on AEK, Macedonia’s main telecom regulator. The agency reported a “small incident” and says that it is restoring its servers today. AEK regulates the work of telecom operators and has a large database that includes a lot of personal information, but...

Macedonia Economy 12.07.21 | 09:55

Four companies submitted offers for 5G licences

Four companies submitted offers to the AEK agency for electronic communications, as it opened a bid for awardign 5G licences.  These include the two majors – A1 and Macedonian Telekom, as well as Neotel and Bitstream Mobile. AEK expects the companies who receive the licences to cover at least...

Macedonia 23.06.20 | 20:12

SDSM uses the executive to pressure the cable companies, hoping to win favorable pre-election TV coverage

The Chamber of IT businesses believes that the latest move by the Government in the saga pitting cable operators against the major TV stations solves and merely prolongs the dispute. The Government has been eager to please the five big domestic TV stations (Sitel, Kanal 5, Alfa Alsat and Telma) and pushed...

Macedonia 12.03.19 | 12:39

Electronic communications agency criticized after ordering 24.500 EUR worth of promotional materials

The Agency for electronic communications (AEK) was met with criticism after it ordered promotional materials worth 1.5 million denars (24.500 EUR). The order includes crystal studded pens, shirt buttons, polo shirts, 150 laptop and tablet bags, 200 document bags, watches, 400 car cell phone holders and...