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Macedonia 13.10.20 | 18:50

SDSM official Damjan Mancevski is withdrawing from politics

Top SDSM party official Damjan Mancevski announced that he is withdrawing from politics. Mancevski was most recently Zaev’s Public Administration Minister and was ranked 3rd in the list of candidates for the 2020 elections in Skopje’s central district. After the election, Mancevski resigned...
Macedonia 29.08.20 | 19:16

TV21: Mancevski set to replace Raskovski as Secretary General of the Government

TV21 reports that Damjan Mancevski, the outgoing Public Administration Minister, will be appointed as Secretary General of the next Government. Mancevski lost his seat to the DUI party. When asked by TV21 he did not deny or confirm that he will be the next Secretary General. He would replace Dragi Raskovski,...
Macedonia 29.08.20 | 16:12

SDSM wants to cut the public sector, assign new jobs to workers who stay at home because of the coronavirus or their ethnicity

Outgoing Public Administration Minister Damjan Mancevski confirmed that his SDSM party plans to cut the public sector, and announced that employees who have been staying at home because of the coronavirus will be re-distributed. Thousands of public sector employees who have children under 10 have used...
Macedonia 23.06.20 | 20:12

SDSM uses the executive to pressure the cable companies, hoping to win favorable pre-election TV coverage

The Chamber of IT businesses believes that the latest move by the Government in the saga pitting cable operators against the major TV stations solves and merely prolongs the dispute. The Government has been eager to please the five big domestic TV stations (Sitel, Kanal 5, Alfa Alsat and Telma) and pushed...
Macedonia 21.05.20 | 22:27

SDSM continues to politicize the Struga procession with outbursts of very selective outrage against religious groups

Public Administration Minister Damjan Mancevski accused the citizens and the Christian faithful of Struga for the latest spike in the coronavirus epidemic, reheating the cultural war that has been brewing over the epidemic. Mancevski could not provide any evidence for his claim, that was echoed for weeks...
Macedonia 30.03.20 | 18:22

Zaev’s proposal to drastically cut public sector wages will be raised before the Government tomorrow

The SDSM led Government will discuss the proposal from SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev to reduce public sector salaries down to the minimum wage tomorrow. Zaev insists that the much criticized proposal that would be applied for two months is the only way to plug the gaping hole in the budget caused by the...
Macedonia 15.03.20 | 17:33

Mancevski attacks Republika and other critical media outlets

Public Administration Minister Damjan Mancevski, known for his frequent attacks on the critical media, used the coronavirus press conference for a tirade against Republika, Kurir and Netpress. Mancevski was asked a broad question about the possible economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic. The SDSM...
Macedonia 20.02.20 | 19:36

Government postpones plan to send public sector employees to private companies for after the elections

Public Administration Minister Damjan Mancevski announced that the Government is going to postpone its plan to shift public sector workers to private companies for after the elections. The plan was expected to hurt the ruling SDSM party. This process will begin after the elections are over, due to the...
Macedonia 06.02.20 | 15:34

Pre-election bonus: Nearly 18.000 public sector employees will get 150 EUR each

Some 17.700 public sector employees will get a bonus of 150 EUR for holiday costs, the Government announced today. Public Administration Minister Damjan Mancevski signed a contract with the UPOZ administrative union, which also provides guarantees for more flexible hours and paid family leave. Mancevski...
Macedonia 24.01.20 | 10:42

Misajlovski: SDSM and DUI hired 4.000 party activists in the past two months alone

The ruling SDSM party and its DUI coalition partner had 4.000 political activists hired in the public sector in the past two months, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice-President Vladimir Misajlovski. During a TV debate with Damjan Mancevski from SDSM and Artan Grubi from DUI, Misajlovski said that the Government began...
Macedonia 03.01.20 | 11:34

SDSM is hiring in the public administration like there is no tomorrow

Even as the Zaev Government is being replaced by an interim Government meant to organize the early general elections, it keeps churning out job vacancies. There are currently 247 open ads offering jobs in the public administration, in various central and municipal institutions, most of them under the...
Macedonia 27.11.19 | 15:25

Government plans to have 40.000 public sector employees pick up trash around Skopje

The Government plans to order some 40.000 public sector employees and activists to work on removing trash around the capital Skopje in mid December. Public Administration Minister Damjan Mancevski said that the clean-up push will take place on December 14th, and the employees will be called to work for...
Macedonia 15.05.19 | 15:58

Minister Mancevski threatens public sector employees with a purge

Public Administration Minister Damjan Mancevski underscored a threat from Zoran Zaev that the Government will begin to fire public sector employees. Zaev promised a purge of his own corrupt officials in the Government in an attempt to get back in the good graces of the public, but at the same time began...
Macedonia 15.04.19 | 15:23

Minister Mancevski wants to write his would-be EU advisers a blank cheque

After bemoaning the lack of qualified personnel able to engage the European Union when (if?) accession talks begin, Minister Damjan Mancevski announced that private companies will be hired to provide advice and support. This will open the door for a major nepotism cycle, with the SDSM led Government...

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