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Macedonia 04.11.20 | 15:55

Court orders Lidija Dimova’s passports to be seized

A Skopje court ordered Lidija Dimova, recently deposed head of the agency that manages EU funded education programs in Macedonia, to hand over both her personal and official passport, to prevent her possible escape from the country as she is charged with abuse of office. Dimova is charged with a number...
Macedonia 29.10.20 | 21:23

Financial police announces charges against EU educational grants manager Lidija Dimova for abuses amounting over 400,000 EUR

The financial police revealed it is filing criminal charges against Lidija Dimova, the SDSM party activist who was appointed head of the agency tasked with managing EU educational funds and programs in Macedonia. Dimova is charged along with two associates, one of them also a leftist SDSM party activist,...
Macedonia 27.10.20 | 23:19

Prosecutor Joveski confirms he’s building a case against EU education grant administrator Lidija Dimova

Public prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski confirmed media reports that the prosecutors are pressing four charges against officials of the public institution tasked with managing European education programs. Two charges are aimed directly the recently deposed head of the institution Lidija Dimova. The NGO activist...
Macedonia 16.10.20 | 22:44

Milososki: The responsibility for the scandal involving EU funds rests with Zaev and Sekerinska

Hundreds of cars took to the streets of Skopje this evening, in protest against the corruption of the ruling SDSM party. Protesters drove through the city streets down to the Secretariat for European Affairs, whose agency tasked with managing EU education funds is at the center of a major corruption...
Macedonia 13.10.20 | 21:53

Financial police joins investigation against Lidija Dimova as her party allies turn their backs on her

The financial crimes police unit initiated an investigation into Lidija Dimova, head of the national agency managing European Union linked education and student mobility programs, Alsat-M TV reported.. Dimova was revealed to have paid 270,000 EUR to a company owned by her friend – which is registered...
Macedonia 12.10.20 | 16:02

Director Dimova insists there is nothing improper in how she managed EU Eramsus funds

Embattled Government official Lidija Dimova, who runs the agency tasked with managing European student programs in Macedonia, issued a joint statement with Zoran Zlatkovski, the owner of a hair salon and an NGO group who received 270,000 EUR in educational grants. Dimova is facing calls to resign and...
Macedonia 12.10.20 | 13:47

Manager of EU linked education programs in Macedonia asked to resign after series of scandals

After a series of scandalous contracts that went to unsuitable contractors, Lidija Dimova, head of the agency managing European Union linked education and mobility programs, faces calls for resignation and an investigation. More scandalous contracts that involved EU funds revealed in the national education...
Macedonia 11.10.20 | 18:41

More scandalous contracts that involved EU funds revealed in the national education mobility agency

On the heels of the scandalous reports that a national agency paid out 270,000 EUR in educational grants to a hair salon, new revelations about the same institution are multiplying. A look at the programs that were approved by Lidija Dimova, head of the agency tasked with European educational programs...
Macedonia 10.10.20 | 19:11

Calls for investigation after a hair salon was paid 270,000 EUR in European educational grants

VMRO-DPMNE called on state prosecutors to investigate the agency managing European mobility and student programs after media reports that it paid 270,000 EUR to a company whose primary area of work is hair styling. Lidija Dimova, head of the NAEOPM agency which coordinates the major European Erasmus...
Macedonia 02.10.20 | 19:33

Serious allegations about the work of Erasmus program implementation official Lidija Dimova

The DKSK Anti-Corruption Commission announced it is investigating Lidija Dimova, head of the public agency tasked with cooperating with the EU on student mobility. DKSK already forwarded its findings to the financial police and the Government, as well as to European Union authorities – given the...
Macedonia 04.10.19 | 15:55

SDSM official appointed to manage EU education funds accused of widespread abuse

VMRO-DPMNE accused Lidija Dimova, the SDSM party appointed head of the Agency for European educational programs (NA), which manages the Erasmus student programs, of abusing millions of euros. Stefan Andonovski from VMRO-DPMNE pointed to a number of contract Dimova signed with non-governmental groups...

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