Tag: brako
Macedonia 21.08.23 | 20:22

Healthcare Minister Mexhiti says he will resign if BRAKO is paid for the shoddy hospital wards

Healthcare Minister Fatmir Mexhiti threatened to resign if the BRAKO company receives money for the three improvised hospital wards that it built and hasn’t been paid for yet. The wards are part of the large procurement that the politically linked company got under Zoran Zaev and Venko Filipce...

Macedonia 20.08.23 | 16:44

After the Tetovo fire report, Angjusev claims that he is being extorted, and the IRL journalists accuse him of intimidation

IRL, an investigative news network, is accusing former Deputy Prime Minister Koco Angjusev of insulting and threatening them, after their recent report on the disastrous Tetovo hospital fire that killed 14 people in 2021. The improvised Covid ward in the Tetovo hospital is one of 19 such wards that were...

Economy 14.08.23 | 12:29

Brako to build Bechtel&Enka workers ‘camp

The factory Brako from Veles offered to build the camp for workers near Gostivar, for the needs of the construction company Bechtel & Enka, which will accommodate thousands of workers. Brako offered the construction of 104 prefabricated housing containers, with all accompanying utilities. The...

Macedonia 09.09.21 | 14:13

The Healthcare Ministry and its politically linked contractor insist that the Tetovo hospital was built maintaining high safety standards

The Brako company and the Healthcare Ministry issued statements insisting that the modular hospital, which burnt down with huge loss of life yesterday in Tetovo, was built up to all expected standards. Horrific tragedy in Tetovo, at least 14 dead as fire rips through improvised Covid hospital Our company...

Macedonia 06.04.21 | 12:24

Company owned by Zaev’s confidant collected 3.6 million EUR in Covid field hospitals contract

The Brako company, owned by Zaev’s former Deputy Prime Minister Koco Angusev, quickly collected on 3.6 million EUR from its contract to build a number of Covid field hospitals. The funds were provided by the Labour and Welfare Ministry with a loan from the World Bank. The Ministry prepared an international...

Economy 26.03.20 | 11:47

Levica: Koco Angusev’s companies are firing workers, ordering them to reuse disposable face masks

The Brako metalworks in Veles, owned by the former Deputy Prime Minister Koco Angusev, has been reported to labour inspectors for failing to provide its workers with protective gear needed during the coronavirus epidemic. Brako workers were told to wash and re-use the disposable masks, said the Levica...