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Macedonia 23.12.20 | 19:22

Macedonian Financial Police and BIRN caught spreading fake news!

According to an analysis conducted by Radio Lider, the Financial police and the pro-government investigation media network BIRN are working together in a joint operation spreading fake news. Republika is publishing the Lider report in full. An article, published on Prizma (BIRN’s platform), on December...
Macedonia 03.08.20 | 16:37

Kavadarci Mayor Jancev enabled the Zaev family to buy desirable real-estate

The Mayor of Kavadarci Mitko Jancev declared his intent to take over the VMRO-DPMNE party, doing his utmost to cause disturbances in the conservative party as difficult coalition talks are expected to begin. Jancev has declared his ambitions before, and is widely seen as part of a group of former party...
Macedonia 09.07.20 | 22:53

The UBK secret service dismissed an officer because his father protested the name change

The Lider news site published documents showing that an agent of the UBK security service was fired because his father took part in protests against the imposed name change. The SDSM party instituted a wholesale change of UBK agents when it created a new agency called ANB in place of Macedonia’s...
Macedonia 13.05.20 | 13:50

Lider: Zaev went AWOL during much of the key discussion with the other party leaders

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev became absent minded and tuned out during the second portion of the meeting of party leaders convened by President Stevo Pendarovski yesterday, the Lider news site reports quoting participants at the meeting. According to Lider, Justice Minister Renata Deskoska took over...
Macedonia 05.03.20 | 15:57

Zaev goes populist, surrounds himself with aggressive supporters in another bizarre press conference

In a rambling press conference, during which critical journalists were accosted and threatened, SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev claimed that he will win the April 12 elections. Zaev was asked by journalist Ljupco Zlatev if he will resign as party chief following a defeat in April, and he used the presence...
Economy 04.01.20 | 10:29

Russian owned gas plant cited its exclusive contract with Angusev as reason for its bankruptcy

The Lider news site is publishing documents from the TE-TO bankruptcy scandal, in which the large, Russian owned gas fired energy plant received a tax write-off by the Zaev Government worth 24 million EUR. The bankruptcy allowed TE-TO to default on additional 28 million EUR in debt to the Toplifikacija...
Macedonia 17.12.19 | 13:54

The outgoing prime minister cannot live with the truth – demands an apology

Directly from Strumica, our office received a request for an apology and public withdrawal of the text entitled “PART ONE: Zaev and Angjusev involved in a 200 million euro crime – together with Russians!” taken from the “Lider” website, signed personally by outgoing Prime Minister...
Economy 09.12.19 | 21:54

Lider: The Zaev Government wrote-off 20 million EUR in debt from a Russian owned energy company involved in money laundering

The Lider news site is reporting on a major new scandal involving a Government write off of 20 million EUR in debt owed by the Russian owned TE-TO energy company. TE-TO owns the only gas fired power and heating plant in Macedonia, located in downtown Skopje. Lider reports that the company’s owners,...
Macedonia 15.10.19 | 23:42

Kovatchev: Bulgaria supports Macedonia’s EU accession; the treaty needs to be implemented without delay

Bulgarian member of he European Parliament Andrey Kovatchev, who is the Vice-Chair of the EPP party, told Lider that Bulgaria fully supports Macedonia in opening the EU accession talks. In an editorial for Lider, Kovatchev also explains his position on the historical narrative issues which have affected...
Macedonia 15.10.19 | 23:22

Corruption, lack of reforms, Zaev’s deal with Albania, cost Macedonia the accession date

The sad truth is that, even with a changed name and a bad treaty with Bulgaria, the Zaev Government was not able to get even a date to open EU accession talks, let alone actually open them, said VMRO-DPMNE Deputy President Aleksandar Nikoloski. Following the outcome of the meeting of European ministers...
Macedonia 02.09.19 | 14:29

Lider news site announces it has evidence against Ljubomir Frckoski’s son

Lider.mk announced that it will publish serious revelations of crimes and corruption on the part of Jon Frckoski, head of the legal department in the sprawling agency tasked with managing publicly owned real-estate. Frckoski is the son of Ljubomir Frckoski, the once powerful Interior Minister from the...
Macedonia 05.07.19 | 21:50

New leaked tape adds to corruption allegations against Zaev’s right hand man

A new leaked tape further details the conversations Zaev’s right hand man Dragi Raskovski had related to the 7.7 million EUR contract to purchase air traffic control equipment from the Italian Leonardo company. The new tape, published by the Lider news site this evening, reveals that the Government’s...
Macedonia 02.07.19 | 11:35

Lider: M-NAV is covering up an error which lead to near collision between two passenger planes

At a time of increased concerns about the security of the air traffic control systems in Macedonia, as the scandal around Zaev’s right hand man Dragi Raskovski develops, the Lider news site reports about a near miss that occurred two months ago. According to the news site, which cites sources inside...
Macedonia 22.06.19 | 20:36

The SDSM Mayor of Shuto Orizari claims the horrific torture tape is taken out of context

State prosecutors still haven’t opened an investigation into Kurto Dudus, the SDSM party Mayor of Shuto Orizari, who was audio recorded torturing man, but the police said it will be looking into it. Given Dudus’ political profile and the importance of the Roma vote from Shuto Orizari for...

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