Tag: drisla
Economy 26.08.23 | 17:23

Macedonia may be forced to pay over 1.3 billion EUR in damages for canceled projects

Macedonia stands to pay over 1.3 billion EUR in various lawsuits against companies who sought to do business here but were blocked. The usual pattern is the one where a project planned by the previous VMRO-DPMNE led Government was blocked by the SDSM – DUI coalition. The largest of these is the...

Macedonia 02.02.22 | 09:21

Conditions in active call were changed so that Strumica company close to Raskovski could win Drisla contract

Conditions in an active tender call were changed so that a Strumica-based company close to Raskovsk could win a public contract from Drisla, accused VMRO-DPMNE Company close to Raskovski got public contracts worth 850,000 euros from Drisla   During the active call for procurement of service –...

Macedonia 31.01.22 | 14:26

Company close to Raskovski got public contracts worth 850,000 euros from Drisla

During SDSM rule, while Drisla is managed by Kosta Nacevski, a relative of Rashkovski and an official of SDSM, the Alpima Gradba company owned by Aleksandar Piperevaliev from Strumica, a business partner of the Zaev family and a relative of Raskovski concludes agreements for renting machines with the...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 18:04

New epidemic threat: Medical waste is left untreated in Skopje’s main dump site

Piles of medical waste, that is supposed to be destroyed under a special procedure, are strewn across the Drisla dump site in Skopje, warned VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski. He shared photographs from the capital’s main dump site to show them how hazardous waste is treated. You can see that...

Macedonia 12.10.21 | 18:19

Toxic waste containing mercury, asbestos and pesticides was burnt at the main dump site near Skopje

Environmental inspectors today confirmed that the Drisla waste dump – the largest dump site in Macedonia – was burning dangerous waste it was not authorized to burn. According to Sreten Stojkovski, acting head of the environmental inspection unit, the dump site accepted pesticides, acids,...

Macedonia 26.09.20 | 11:57

Protest to put an end to food waste

NGO groups from Skopje plan to protest in front of the Drisla landfill today, in a push to end food waste. The Food Bank group is leading a campaign to force supermarkets and restaurants to donate food that is about to expire and be thrown out. The move is part of an international campaign supported...

Macedonia 05.06.20 | 11:20

Skopje Mayor Silegov accused of hiring SDSM party activists

Skopje authorities have announced they will hire new workers at the Drisla garbage plant for 140.000 EUR. The announcement comes at a time of unprecedented healthcare and economic crisis, but also ahead of elections expected in the second half of the year. Hiring in public sector institutions is often...

Macedonia 26.04.20 | 17:35

Janusev: Skopje’s garbage company signed a contract with a businessman linked to Zaev’s business lobby

VMRO-DPMNE Secretary General Igor Janusev accused the management of the large Drisla dump site near Skopje of signing a corrupt contract worth 12 million denars (200.000 EUR) with a company linked to Dragi Raskovski, one of the closest political allies of SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev. Drisla was placed...

Macedonia 21.01.20 | 20:02

New manager appointed at Skopje’s main dump site after fears it is being used to burn imported garbage

The main Skopje waste dumping and management site – Drisla – was placed under a new management today after the scandalous revelation that its previous manager was importing garbage from Italy to Bulgaria. Goran Angelov was replaced with a new manager, Kosta Nacevski, after Bulgaria initiated...

Macedonia 20.01.20 | 15:14

Drisla dump site will be placed under direct city management after the imported Italian garbage scandal

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov announced that he will dismiss Goran Angelov as manager of that main Skopje dump site and waste management plant Drisla. The announcement comes after Bulgaria began an investigation in an Italian company – co-owned by Angelov – for importing a cargo of garbage that...

Macedonia 18.01.20 | 18:35

Head of the Skopje main waste plant linked to a company under investigation for importing waste to Bulgaria

Goran Angelov, director of Skopje’s main Drisla dump site, was a co-owner of an Italian registered company that was found importing waste to Bulgaria, Bulgarian media outlets report. A ship loaded with waste that docked in the Bulgarian port of Varna, BTV reports, was chartered by the Italian registered...