Tag: corruption
Macedonia 21.06.21 | 13:29

New suspicious contract is being pushed by Mayor Silegov

A new procurement scandal is revealed in the city of Skopje. Mayor Silegov is planning to purchase concrete flower pots for over a thousand EUR a piece. The procurement contract provides 3 million denars, or 50,000 EUR, for just 45 pots. It’s the latest very suspicious contract that is being pushed...
Macedonia 13.06.21 | 09:24

Mickoski: Who can protect Macedonian national interests better, I or a corrupt criminal like Zaev?

The opposition leader accused Zaev of abusing the police structures and using various dirty tricks to go after all who try to protect Macedonian national interests and to remain patriots. Mickoski said that Zaev is incapable of protecting Macedonian national interests because his corruption makes him...
Macedonia 09.06.21 | 11:34

Message from US: Sanctions against all government officials involved in corruption

US President Joe Biden’s executive order regarding the Balkan countries sends an important message to Macedonian politicians, especially those in the government. In Macedonia, but also in the countries in the region, in the past period there have been a number of corruption scandals such as “Racket”,...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 19:23

Nikoloski: Macedonia needs to get serious about fighting corruption

We seriously need to prepare for a strong anti-corruption push, which is unfortunately lacking at the moment, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski during the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung conference held today in Skopje. “We have a system that is being eaten away by corruption, which...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 15:26

Raskovski took 500 euros from the fee of 80,000 denars of one of the government freelancers

Dragi Raskovski, the former Secretary General of the Government, took 500 euros from the monthly income of 80,000 denars from one of the freelancers hired in the Government, the Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecution of Organized Crime and Corruption revealed on Wednesday. The Prosecution opened another...
Macedonia 06.05.21 | 14:53

US Ambassador Byrnes warns that corruption is the biggest challenge facing Macedonia

US Ambassador in Macedonia Kate Byrnes said that corruption is the biggest challenge the country faces, as it undermines the governance and the economic competitiveness and prospects of young people. Byrnes made the statement during a signing ceremony of a 8.2 million USD grant from USAID with the Government...
Macedonia 29.04.21 | 19:35

Macedonia will have to pay back 1.2 million EUR in EU grants due to the actions of a corrupt official

Macedonia will lose 1.2 million EUR in grants from the European Union, because of a corrupt official in the Public Administration Ministry. Jahi Jahija, who was a high placed Secretary in the MIOA ministry under Damjan Mancevski, took tens of thousands of euros in bribes from an EU based company to rig...
Macedonia 27.04.21 | 16:45

Zoom meeting of the Skopje council cut short after Mayor Silegov was confronted with corruption allegations

The city of Skopje cut short the online meeting of its Council when an opposition representative confronted Mayor Petre Silegov with serious corruption allegations. Aleksandar Trajanovski asked Silegov about numerous contracts signed with the Urbano El company, for the purchase of water fountains, benches,...
Macedonia 21.04.21 | 12:00

Taseva: The mafia passports scandal shows that Macedonia was enabling international organized crime

The mafia passports scandal speaks very poorly about Macedonia and shows that we placed ourselves as protectors of international, high level organized crime and allowed criminals to move freely in pursuit of their activities, Sladjana Taseva, from the Macedonian branch of the Transparency International...
Macedonia 19.04.21 | 14:41

US Embassy welcomes the adoption of the anti-corruption strategy

The US Embassy welcomed the adoption of a four year National Anti-Corruption Strategy in the Parliament. The strategy was introduced after Macedonia recorded its worst ever ranking in the Transparency International report (111th in the world) and as it faces a number of major corruption scandals linked...
Macedonia 15.04.21 | 09:21

Nikolovski to employ ten people to help him in the fight against corruption

Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Fight against Corruption and Crime, Sustainable Development and Human Resources Ljupco Nikolovski will employ 10 people in his team to be able to seriously fight corruption. Nikolovski announced on Facebook that the Government has issued a call for employment of 10...
Macedonia 30.03.21 | 23:07

Palmer calls on the Zaev regime to do more to fight corruption

US diplomat Matthew Palmer called on the Zaev regime to stop up the fight against corruption, while still insisting that census should take place and that the opposition should not boycott the Parliament. The better job the Government does in fighting corruption, the more they get that problem under...
Macedonia 15.03.21 | 11:35

Mucunski: More than four high-level corruption scandals in the last week – Public Prosecutor’s Office nowhere to be found

The institutions tasked with fight against corruption should start to really fight against the high-level corruption that is present in every pore of the society, and there are institutions that will take care of the food safety, said VMRO-DPMNE MP Timco Mucunski. In the last week, there have been more...
Macedonia 04.03.21 | 09:19

Taseva: There is high-level corruption in the highest echelons of the government

Whenever the index was published, it always went as a comment from the Government that it is just a perception, and it remained so, said  the president of Transparency International Macedonia Slagjana Taseva on the ” Zaspij ako mozes” show, adding that this time the media and public interest...
Macedonia 02.03.21 | 20:11

Zaev announces a major anti-corruption plan, but puts the blame solely on the opposition

Zoran Zaev presented what he called Action 21 today – a strategy that he insists will reduce the huge levels of corruption in Macedonia that recently caused a political crisis after the Transparency International report ranked Macedonia at its historic lowest place – 111th in the world. But...
Macedonia 19.02.21 | 20:18

US Ambassador Byrnes says that the Government and other institutions bear responsibility for the high level of corruption

US Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Byrnes said that the Government and other institutions are responsible for the high level of corruption in the country. This is the second comment Byrnes made on the issue after the publication of the latest Transparency International report that ranked Macedonia at its...
Macedonia 18.02.21 | 22:11

Transparency International head: I’m not very popular with the Government after the latest corruption report

Slagjana Taseva, head of Transparency International – Macedonia, said that she is “not very popular” with the Government after exposing their serious levels of crime and corruption. Taseva’s agency leads the work on the report that this year found the worst ever result for Macedonia...
Macedonia 12.02.21 | 21:47

Nikoloski: Macedonia is sliding backwards, with Zoran Zaev’s government it reached the 111th place in terms of corruption perception

If we look at the period from 2016 to 2021, there is worsening of the situation in Macedonia in all sectors related to the rule of law and instead of changes for the better, changes occur for the worse and if Macedonia was the best in 52nd place there sometime in 2011, 2012, unfortunately, with the previous...
Macedonia 10.02.21 | 10:30

Zaev’s anti-corruption tsar proudly announces the removal of an unknown local official

Under strong pressure to produce results in the fight against corruption, after the dismal report from Transparency International, Zaev’s Deputy Prime Minister charged with fighting corruption Ljupco Nikolovski yesterday loudly announced the removal of a low level local official. Upon my request,...
Macedonia 09.02.21 | 11:15

Zaev’s coalition partner Pavle Trajanov warns about the high levels of crime and corruption

Pavle Trajanov, former Interior Minister and leader of the small DS party which is currently allied with Zoran Zaev, strongly criticized the levels of corruption in Macedonia. Crime is accepted as a value trait, and not an evil we need to deal with. Crime devastates the entire system in the country and...
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