Tag: nepotism
Macedonia 20.08.20 | 10:12

New Labour and Welfare Minister carries serious nepotistic baggage

Hours before she was announced as the next Labour and Welfare Minister, it was revealed that SDSM official Jagoda Sahpaska has secured several public sector jobs for her close relatives. VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Dimitar Arsovski said that Sahpaska had her husband hired in the public forestry company in Berovo,...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 18:29

Nepotism watch: Vilma Ruskoska helped a nephew get hired as a prosecutor

Organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska used her influence to get a nephew hired as a prosecutro in Kumanovo, the Infomax news site repored today. For this, Ruskoska was investigated by the Anti-Corruption Commission, which strangely concluded that a nephew is not a close relative and allowed the hiring...
Macedonia 18.01.20 | 12:54

VMRO: No SDSM official or family member will be left unemployed until the elections

VMRO-DPMNE accused the ruling SDSM party of using its hold on power to allow its officials to hire close relatives and family members. Nepotism is becoming rampant as Macedonia edges closer to early elections, and many SDSM officials believe this is their last chance to grab perks and benefits for themselves. The...
Macedonia 16.01.20 | 18:58

Nepotism watch: Relatives of SDSM party officials have an inside track to get public sector jobs in Bitola

VMRO-DPMNE continued its series of press conferences on nepotism in the public sector hiring perpetrated by the local branches of the ruling SDSM party. Following detailed press conferences on suspicious pre-election hiring in Vinica, Stip, Veles and other cities, VMRO spokesman Dimitar Arsovski today...
Macedonia 15.01.20 | 19:07

Nepotism watch: SDSM gives public sector jobs to relatives of party officials in Vinica

VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Dimitar Arsovski accused the Mayor of the city of Vinica, Ivica Dimitrov, of abusing the public administration for nepotistic hiring of his relatives and fellow SDSM party officials. As in Veles and other cities across Macedonia where SDSM holds power, Arsovski drew out the family...
Macedonia 14.01.20 | 15:42

SDSM involved in pre-election patronage in Veles

VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Dimitar Arsovski pointed to a series of nepotistic hirings in the public administration in the city of Veles. Close relatives of municipal Council members from the ruling SDSM party, Arsovski said, are being hired even though they are clearly not the best candidates for the jobs. Three...
Macedonia 11.01.20 | 17:18

Arsovski: Only the pets of Jane Milanov from Stip remained unemployed

Instead of eradicating the nepotism epidemic as promised by Zoran Zaev about a year ago, it is still spreading with a growing pace, VMO-DPMNE’s Dimce Arsovski said at Saturday’s press conference. The personal interest of SDSM officials is evident, aware that they are awaiting defeat, they...
Macedonia 11.09.19 | 11:34

Zaev wanted to keep all of Janeva’s staff, including the many relatives she and her prosecutors hired

While Zoran Zaev’s demands to have a loyalist appointed as the new Special Prosecutor were well known and expected, the public was surprised to hear the during his late night meeting with opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski, the Prime Minister demanded that all staff hired by the disgraced Special...
Macedonia 09.06.19 | 21:36

Qualified job candidates who were rejected by the Foreign Ministry go public

Several young people who applied for openings in the Foreign Ministry have gone public to complain how they’ve been rejected despite being qualified, or even over-qualified, and said that, with options closing in Macedonia, they will have to leave the country. First up was Stojan Andov, who said...
Macedonia 08.06.19 | 17:15

Zaev defends the practice of hiring close relatives of his officials in the public service

In his interview on the Macedonian Television yesterday, Zoran Zaev defended the nepotistic practice of his SDSM party and his Government, to hire close relatives of top party and Government officials to high positions in the public sector. They should also be allowed to compete and be hired, but the...
Macedonia 03.06.19 | 15:06

Nepotism watch: The Mayor of Negotino is off the hook after hiring his in-law

The Anti-Corruption Commission decided to let the Mayor of Negotino Toni Delkov off the hook after investigating the case of an in-law he hired. Delkov was under investigation after hiring the wife of a close relative of his as a technical secretary in the municipality. According to the Commission, the...
Macedonia 27.05.19 | 15:57

Kiracovski apologizes to his wife after his nepotism provoked allegations he’s having an affair

Aleksandar Kiracovski, the recently dismisses Secretary General of the SDSM party, publicly apologized to his wife Gordana for what he dragged her through. Kiracovski was frequently in the news as he gave well paid public sector jobs to his close relatives, including his father and mother in law, and...
Macedonia 20.05.19 | 17:57

Nepotism watch: SDSM appointed manager of the GTC shopping mall is hiring and promoting relatives

Owners of stores in the large GTC mall in downtown Skopje are blaming the state appointed manager Gjoko Trajcevski and his assistant Valentina Bajram of nepotistic hiring and appointments. GTC is funded by rent and fees paid by shopkeepers, but the Government and the SDSM party have a key say in appointing...
Macedonia 11.05.19 | 21:55

SDSM member of Parliament Kovacev sets record in nepotistic hiring of relatives

As the Zaev Government is looking for ways to uphold its promise to purge corrupt officials who abused their office to hire relatives in the public service, VMRO-DPMNE revealed the shocking case of SDSM member of Parliament Tanja Kovacev, who has hired half her family since assuming power. Kovacev’s...
Macedonia 10.05.19 | 18:35

Economy Minister off the hook in case of nepotistic hiring – sister in law is not considered a close enough relation to warrant an investigation

The Anti-Corruption Commission said it will not begin an investigation into Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi, who is suspected of influencing the hiring of his sister in law in the state run ELEM energy company. According to the Commission, this case of nepotism will not be investigated because sister...
Macedonia 02.05.19 | 15:46

SDSM member of Parliament got her daughter hired in the Skopje Gynecology clinic

A new case of nepotism in the public sector hiring was reported in the Gynecology clinic in Skopje where the daughter of an SDSM member of Parliament was hired. Marija Kuzmanovska is a general practice doctor in Strumica, but she was hired in the main Gynecology clinic, which is in sore need of actual...
Macedonia 02.05.19 | 00:08

Zaev threatens to purge political opponents in the public administration

It didn’t take long for Zoran Zaev to transform his promise to purge corrupt officials from his own SDSM party and his coalition partner DUI into a threat that the purges will actually affect what he believes are political opponents in the public administration. After the humiliating outcome of...
Macedonia 25.04.19 | 20:31

Panicked by electoral blow, Zaev threatens his lieutenants who gave public sector jobs to their relatives

After two years of rampant nepotism and mass public sector hiring of relatives of top SDSM and DUI officials and activists, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev today threatened some of his loyalists with political consequences for their actions. His move comes after the Anti-Corruption Commission revealed that,...
Macedonia 25.04.19 | 17:44

Stevo Pendarovski’s campaign manager is in the center of SDSM’s nepotism problem

Aleksandar Kiracovski ,SDSM member of Parliament and campaign manager for its presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski, is the most nepotistic Government official, as determined by the Anti-Corruption Commission (DSKS). Kiracovski is considered the chief personnel officer in SDSM – an unofficial...
Macedonia 12.04.19 | 11:24

Anti-corruption official will be away on travel, can’t publish her findings into SDSM and DUI nepotism in time for the elections

Newly appointed head of the State anti-corruption commission DKSK Biljana Ivanovska said that her team is not ready to process the numerous allegations of nepotism against officials from the ruling SDSM – DUI coalition in time for the first round of presidential elections on April 21st. This will...
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