Tag: marin
Macedonia 15.07.21 | 13:58

The Mayor of Aerodrom approved purchase of concrete blocs at ten times over the market price

The local authorities in Skopje’s Aerodrom district are paying 10 times over the market price for concrete blocs, said VMRO-DPMNE official Dejan Mitevski. Mitevski shared a recently published procurement contract, in which the tiles are purchased for 4,100 denars per square meter, where the actual...

Macedonia 15.05.21 | 21:35

After a badly botched urban renewal project, municipal authorities in a part of Skopje began converting fountains into flower beds

After an embarrassing issue in Skopje’s Aerodrom district, where the local authorities spent three quarters of a million euros for a fountain which is now a public safety risk, the authorities decided to play it safe. Mayor Zlatko Marin ordered several fountains across the urban district to be...

Macedonia 03.05.21 | 09:50

Aerodrom Mayor spent 720,000 EUR for a plaza which is now a public electrocution risk

With the approach of the municipal elections in October, mayors are rushing projects to try to prove they’re worth another term. As the SDSM party grabbed most municipalities in 2017, in the aftermath of the Colored Revolution, it is pulling all stops and providing funds to its mayors, hoping to make...

Macedonia 11.11.20 | 21:06

With the smog season starting early, VMRO asks SDSM mayors what is their plan to fight air pollution?

With air pollution levels in Skopje’s densely populated Aerodrom district 4 to 5 times above the maximum allowed limits this evening, VMRO-DPMNE called on teh ruling SDSM party and Aerodrom Mayor Zlatko Marin to explain what their plan is to counter the problem. Marin and Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov,...

Macedonia 31.01.20 | 15:54

Mosque is being built in Skopje’s Lisice district despite the objections of most residents

Citizens from the Lisice part of the Aerodrom district in Skopje are accusing the municipal authorities of quietly allowing the construction of a mosque in the area. The proposal to build a mosque in the overwhelmingly Christian Macedonian part of the city was first made in 2013, and was rejected by...

Macedonia 19.01.19 | 13:33

Wife of Zaev’s attack journalist says she had to be hospitalized for hours after his assault

Marina Ivanovska, the wife of one of the most outspoken journalist supporters of Zoran Zaev, rejected his claims that she was the one who attacked him during the incident that happened on Thursday evening, when the police had to intervene in their apartment and protect their five year old child. Sashe...