Tag: bechtel
Macedonia 31.10.23 | 21:20

Mickoski: The Government is trying to cover up its crime in the highway contract

The Government was caught red-handed in serious crime in the highway rpoject for the Corridors 8 and 10D, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski during his vist to the rural municipality of Lozovo. Mickoski warned that the Government is trying to make changes ot the law on business secrets, to...
Macedonia 17.09.23 | 17:26

VMRO: A company which donates million EUR to DUI every year is named main subcontractor in the Bechtel deal

Six and a half months ofter the grand and glamorous opening ceremony for the Bechtel highways, not a meter of new asphalt has been laid down, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party in a statement. All we got is statements and photo-ops, and after the ceremonies are over, there are no workers or machines...
Economy 14.09.23 | 22:10

Only 360 people applied to work on the Bechtel highway sites

Only 360 people submitted their applications to the Bechtel company, that is seeking 2,000 workers now, and will seek thousands more as its large highway project hopefully progresses in the future. Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski revealed this lack of interest during the latest groundbreaking ceremony...
Economy 12.09.23 | 20:10

Bechtel independently chose politically linked subcontractors, has already received more than 176 million USD

Another ground-breaking ceremony was held today to mark the start of work on the highways that the US company Bechtel is supposed to build on the east-west corridors across Macedonia. US Ambassador Angela Aggeler and First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi led the ceremony on what is supposed to be a...
Macedonia 04.06.23 | 19:13

Pendarovski rejects claims that he approved the Bechtel laws only to get support from DUI for a second term

In an interview with Radio Free Europe, President Stevo Pendarovski dismissed claims that he approved the set of laws linked to the Bechtel highway contract in order to secure the support of the SDSM and DUI parties for a second term. The laws are unpopular as they undermine worker protection laws on...
Economy 03.06.23 | 12:34

“The Bechtel deal can be renegotiated in mutual interest of both parties”

Discussing the Bechtel highway scandal, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski blamed the Government for the widespread perception of corruption in the 1.3 billion EUR deal. He asked why wasn’t the Government able to organize an open competition for the bid, and to secure EU funding for the major...
Economy 21.05.23 | 16:32

Union leader: It’s not possible to force workers into 60 hours weeks, as Bechtel wants

Ivan Peshevski, head of the union of construction workers, says that requiring people to work more than 40 hours a week on the planned Bechtel highways is against the Constitution. The DUI – SDSM Government is trying to amend a number of laws in line with Bechtel’s demands, and one of them...
Economy 15.05.23 | 23:08

The EU asked the Government to explain its handling of the Bechtel project

The Government has received a request from the European Union to explain the huge highway contract with the US giant Bechtel – that was done without an open competitive bid and includes a number of clauses that have raised corruption concerns. This was revealed by Government sources during today’s...
Macedonia 12.05.23 | 19:00

EU tells the Kovacevski Government that it should not use fast-track procedures to adopt the “Bechtel laws”

European Union spokesman Petar Stano told Macedonian news outlets that the laws the Macedonian Government is trying to impose as part of its no-bid highway contract with the US Bechtel construction company are not part of the EU linked legislation. The Government took an obligation before Bechtel to...
Macedonia 11.05.23 | 10:54

Mickoski will seek EU’s help in the Bechtel scandal saga

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that the party will turn to the European Union to draw attention to the major Bechtel scandal. The DUI – SDSM Government made a no-bid contract with the American construction giant worth at least 1.3 billion EUR, to build several highways. EU representatives...
Macedonia 03.05.23 | 09:09

Nikoloski: If the contract with Bechtel was really that good, the Government would have released it by now

if the contract with Bechtel is so favorable, as the Government claims, it would have released it on its own, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski after a day of negotiations over how the controversial deal will be revealed to the public. VMRO-DPMNE wants its members of Parliament, who...
Macedonia 01.05.23 | 21:38

Parliament groups will decide how to examine the Bechtel contract

Coordinators of the party groups in the Parliament will meet tomorrow to determine ways in which the controversial highway contract with the US giant Bechtel will be handled. The contract, which the Kovacevski – Grubi Government wants to keep under wraps, should be given to members of Parliament...
Macedonia 22.04.23 | 21:31

Prime Minister Kovacevski tries to use the US Embassy as shield in the Bechtel scandal

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski tried to use the US Embassy in Macedonia as shield over the growing scandals involving the Bechtel contract that was negotiated by his deputy Artan Grubi. Even though the US Embassy issued a statement distancing itself from the contract, Kovacevski, during his botched...
Macedonia 21.04.23 | 21:11

Large majority of the workers at the Bechtel highway project will be foreigners

The Government is expected to hold an event to mark the beginning of construction of the Bechtel highways – along the east – west corridor 8. Government officials already held one such event, for the Tetovo – Gostivar highway, but it’s still not clear when actual construction...
Macedonia 20.04.23 | 23:31

Bechtel scandal: US Embassy says it was not involved in the negotiations, Kovacevski will reveal the contract to select opposition representatives

The US Embassy issued several statements with regard to the highly controversial highway contract with the US giant Bechtel. The deal is receiving serious criticism in Macedonia, for its price tag (1.3 billion EUR before any land is purchased), for its no-bid character and for the additional demands...
Macedonia 19.04.23 | 21:16

Mickoski: Every dispute over the Bechtel contract will have to be settled by international arbitration

Hristijan Mickoski said that whistleblowers gave his VMRO-DPMNE party a copy of the highway construction contract that First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi negotiated with the US Bechtel company. According to Mickoski, the contract is scandalous on many counts, including the fact that it provides...
Macedonia 18.04.23 | 23:10

Lefkov: SDSM allowed DUI to manage the Bechtel project

Mile Lefkov from VMRO-DPMNE warned that the huge Bechtel highway contract is being managed by the DUI party as a form of coalition haggling with SDSM. DUI is notoriously corrupt and its officials have enjoyed impunity from any prosecution, and now it manages a construction deal worth at least 1.3 billion...
Economy 18.04.23 | 21:12

Kovacevski fullly endorses Bechtel’s demand for a 60 hour work week

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski now fully supports changing the labur laws so that the work week is extended to 60 hours – instead of the current limit put at 40 hours. The request was made by the US Bechtel company which was recently given a huge no-bid contract by Kovacevski and his deputy...
Macedonia 13.04.23 | 19:05

Bizarre: In support of the Bechtel deal, the Government came up with an estimate of the cost of a traffic fatality

One of the most bizarre moments in the Bechtel highway contract briefing that was organized by the Government yesterday was when one of the managers running the contract came up with an estimate of a death of a commuter. Darko Spirovski, representative of the controversial IRD consortium that was hired...
Macedonia 13.04.23 | 17:55

Kovacevski: The Bechtel contract will not be published

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski said that the highway contract his deputy Artan Grubi negotiated with Bechtel is not classified as secret but never the less, it will not be published. It has a level of confidentiality. It can’t be classified as secret, and is not classified as such, but it has...
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