Tag: corruption
Macedonia 14.12.24 | 00:10

Mickoski: dozens of corruption cases are being processed

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that there are dozens of high profile criminal cases that are being processed and will be revealed in the coming period. The Prime Minister was asked about the police raids against two dozen former officials of the state owned ELEM/ESM energy company, including...
Macedonia 28.11.24 | 21:57

Corruption allegations in the running of student dorms

Education Minister Vesna Janevska warned that there are serious allegations of corruption in the running of the state owned student dorms in Skopje. There is the case of a director who was purchasing wholesale chicken for 570 denars per kilogram, even though retail prices are at 270 denars. And still...
Macedonia 08.11.24 | 19:28

Fetai discusses fight against corruption in Brussels

Deputy Prime Minister for good governance Arben Fetai met with EU officials in Brussels to discuss Macedonia’s practices in the fight against corruption, as well as the country’s stalled EU integration. We received clear messages that there is currently a momentum that we continue on our...
Macedonia 29.10.24 | 19:24

Corruption scandals in the Innovation Fund worth millions of euros

Contracts signed with about 60 companies are being investigated by the new management of the FITR fund for innovations and technological development. The contracts, worth 3.2 million EUR, appear to be bogus, said newly appointed director of this institution Nikola Dodov. Dodov added that the previous...
Macedonia 30.09.24 | 22:15

Mexhiti: Albanian politicians were involved in high corruption

Deputy Prime Minister Izet Mexhiti said that the Government will not fight against crime based on the ethnicity of the suspects. Mexhiti added that there is tendency to portray ethnic Albanians as guilty of corruption, but also acknowledged that in some cases the allegations are justified. We have reached...
Economy 13.04.24 | 12:22

The next Government will have to fight corruption and ensure economic stability, Slaveski says

VMRO-DPMNE official Trajko Slaveski announcecd that once in power, the party will begin a serious fight against corruption.  Corruption is the gangrenous wound on our society. Everybody sees what’s happening in the country. It is noted not only by the ordinary citizens but by international experts...
Macedonia 13.04.24 | 11:11

After the critical Freedom House report, Albanian opposition parties blame DUI of undermining the judiciary

The VLEN coalition, that unites the main Albanian opposition parties, accused the ruling DUI party of undermining Macedonia’s rule of law. VLEN pointed to the recent Freedom House report that showed Macedonia sliding back in its democracy, mainly because of the rampant corruption. In its 20 years...
Macedonia 11.04.24 | 23:01

Freedom House ranks Macedonia as a hybrid regime, high level corruption is the main problem dragging the country down

Freedom House issued a damning report on Macedonia, as part of their annual overview of democracy in Europe. Macedonia is marked as a transitional or hybrid regime, with a reduction in its points from 3.25 to 3. The main reasons for the disappointing drop in Macedonia’s democracy rating is the...
Macedonia 15.12.23 | 10:10

The solution to corruption is in the Government of DUI and SDSM

The United States locates an epidemic of corruption in Macedonia. Kovacevski, the Government and the competent institutions do not blink an eye. If they were a European government and if they cherished European values, they would immediately resign from their positions, because in every department of...
Macedonia 26.11.23 | 18:38

Reports of a major new scandal involving Artan Grubi

Artan Grubi, the powerful First Deputy Prime Minister who has been involved in a long list of corruption scandals, is implicated in a major new affair, worth 150 million EUR. This rumour is being spread today through Twitter account, which have often been right on the money when it comes to such issues....
Macedonia 10.09.23 | 18:26

Macedonia made no progress in the fight against corruption, top official says

Biljana Ivanovska, head of the State Anti-Corruption Commission, believes that Macedonia sadly has not been able to achieve progress in the fight against corruption. Ivanovska spoke after a series of new major corruption scandals, including the exceptionally ugly allegations of chemotherapy theft at...
Macedonia 09.09.23 | 22:25

State Department: Corruption has potential to undermine Macedonia’s strategic ambitions

Corruption has the potential to undermine Macedonia’s strategic ambitions, the U.S. Department of State’s press office told Voice of America in Macedonian, when asked if the amendments to the Criminal Code lowering the sanctions for abuse of official position and criminal association would make the...
Macedonia Economy 25.08.23 | 13:17

A DUI ex minister’s nephew won a tender to refurbish a sports hall for 1.8 million euros!

According to the document published on the Public Procurement web page, a construction company from the Tetovo region village of Zhelino won an incredible €1.8 million to refurbish a sports hall that will serve the pending OSCE ministerial conference in December 2023. The money, which will be transferred...
Macedonia 10.08.23 | 21:49

Aggeler: Corruption continues to be the biggest challenge facing this country

US Ambassador to Macedonia Angela Aggeler again warned that corruption is the worst issue that the country faces. Corruption continues to be one of if not the biggest challenge facing this country. It was when I was here before and frankly it has also been a systemic problem since independence. So one...
Macedonia 23.07.23 | 17:27

Kovachki: Corruption has completely corroded the society

Corruption is a social evil that corrodes the legal system, the rule of law and is among the main reasons for the degradation of everyone’s quality of life, especially the youth. Corruption creates distrust in institutions and state organs. Macedonia regresses constantly, and during the SDSM/DUI...
Macedonia 20.07.23 | 14:26

Key state institutions sever ties after revelations that state prosecutors helped DUI businessman make millions in profit

The office of state prosecutors (OJO) announced today that they will stop cooperation with the State Anti-Corruption Commission (DKSK) – a key body that investigates reports of corruption and recommends prosecution. The two institutions only recently signed a memorandum of cooperation, under strong...
Macedonia 09.07.23 | 14:24

Nikoloski: Major EU countries won’t stand up for Macedonia because of the high level corruption

Neighboring countries find it easy to pressure Macedonia because it is so corrupt that it can’t find support from other, larger EU member states, says VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski in his weekly editorial in “Fokus”. According to Nikoloski, other, larger EU member states...
Macedonia 02.07.23 | 17:20

Ahmeti offers to be the first DUI official who will be investigated for corruption

DUI leader Ali Ahmeti offered himself to be the first party official who will be investigated for corruption. His comments come after, in an extremely rare case of scrutiny against the party, the Mayor of Struga Ramiz Merko was put on a US black list for corruption and subversion of justice. Merko agreed...
Macedonia 01.07.23 | 08:16

Mutsunski: The recent arrests are to defocus from Drin Ahmeti, the corridor 8, the selling of state-owned land to spouses

We witnessed numerous scandals recently, some publicized by the media, some by us as a political party, we saw the nephew of the leader of the ruling party buying a real estate worth €30 million, but the institutions didn’t perceive that as a corruption, we saw members of the Government selling...
Macedonia 30.06.23 | 22:05

The Platform on Fight Against Corruption requires from PM Kovachevski to stop the pressure over the independent institutions

The Platform of Civil Organizations for Fight Against Corruption requires in a letter publicized on Friday that the Government representatives stop creating pressure over the independent institutions that work in the field if fight against corruption, and to provide for their unhindered operations in...
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