Tag: ngo
Macedonia 20.07.20 | 20:33

Investigation into whether politically linked NGO groups received coronavirus grants

The Anti-Corruption Commission (DKSK) said that it is investigating the recent distribution of over half a million EUR to non-governmental groups that took place shortly before the elections. According to DSKS, there are reports that some of the recipients were for-profit groups or are linked to the...

Macedonia 06.06.20 | 12:40

Government will pay 500.000 EUR to NGO groups linked to the ruling SDSM party under the guise of corona relief

The Macedonian Government used its emergency power to distribute 500.000 EUR to NGO organizations, many of whom have long politically supported the ruling SDSM party. The SDSM led Government significantly hiked the NGO budget, that goes mainly to left wing groups, quadrupling it to 12 million EUR a year...

Macedonia 21.04.20 | 17:30

NGO groups enraged by Government’s decision to cut their funding by half a million EUR as the deficit explodes

A group of mostly left wing non-governmental organizations (NGO) condemned the decision by the Government to reduce their annual share of the central budget by 525.000 EUR. Many of these organizations strongly supported the 2015 Colored Revolution that brought the SDSM party to power, and saw their share...

Macedonia 30.10.19 | 13:00

NGO groups call on President Pendarovski to use the army to fight air pollution

NGO groups have called on President Stevo Pendarovski to order the deployment of the army to fight the air pollution, which is becoming a greater problem by the day, as temperatures dip and citizens fire up the furnaces. Each day we witness the burning of dump sites and forest fires which endanger the...