Tag: Ramiz Merko
Macedonia 28.06.23 | 22:13

PPO still analyzing cases involving Struga Mayor Merko

The Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) said Wednesday that the commission set up to look into the cases involving Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko is still analyzing them in detail. The commission has been looking into all completed and ongoing cases against this person in the Struga Basic Prosecutor’s...
Macedonia 28.06.23 | 09:30

Zafirovski: I expected crocodiles on the US black list, not small fish

The former member of the Anticorruption Commission Vojislav Zafirovski says that the backlisting of Ramiz Merko proves that the USA remains firmly dedicated to the fight against corruption. “I am a bit disappointed, I expected to see crocodiles o the black list, not the small pish. It should ...
Macedonia 26.06.23 | 15:06

Merko: I won’t resign, I am always transparent, USA is our friend

In his first appearance after being blacklisted by the USA, the Struga mayor Ramiz Merko said that he will cooperate with all judicial organs, and even offered the entire municipality documentation. But not a word about resigning  from the post. “Since President Wilson, the United States of America...
Macedonia 26.06.23 | 09:00

PM Kovachevski avoided to answer if he talked with Ahmeti about the Struga Mayor and his business wonderkid nephew

PM Kovachvski avoided to answer on Sunday if he had already talked with his coalition partner Ali Ahmeti about the allegations on Struga Mayor from his party Ramiz Merko’s concealed crimes, as stated in US State Department sanctions disclosure, and about the business wonders of his 25-year old...
Macedonia 24.06.23 | 14:22

VMRO-DPMNE: Anticorruption Commission remained silent despite knowing of Merko’s crimes?

The State Corruption Prevention Commission admitted publicly that four years ago they reacted to a reasonable suspicion about a Merko’s crime, and the Judicial Council controlled by SDS and DUI simply  smothered it, stated VMRO-DPMNE on Saturday. “There are two questions deriving from this...
Macedonia 23.06.23 | 08:42

PPO has six ongoing cases against Ramiz Merko

The Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) has six active cases involving Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko and takes seriously the claims by the U.S. State Department over potential influence by this person on proceedings. The PPO said Thursday it will urgently assess the legality and timeliness of actions,...
Macedonia 22.06.23 | 17:00

DUI will elect new head of Struga branch – Merko the only candidate

On July 2, DUI will elect a new head of its Struga branch – an insignificant news if it weren’t for the current head and Mayor Ramiz Merko’s USA blacklisting, and the fact that he is the only candidate, Republika learns from DUI sources. It remains to be seen if DDUI will cancel Merko,...
Macedonia 22.06.23 | 16:36

DUI froze Merko’s membership, but won’t demand resignation

DUI respects US positions concerning the Struga Mayor Ramiz Marko, and considers them as benevolent, DUi spokesperson Bujar Omani said on Thursday, adding that each and every Macedonian success story has the USA mark on it. “DUI has clear positions regarding the rule of law and the fight against...
Macedonia 22.06.23 | 09:35

Shaqiri: DUI has always been in favor of vetting all officials

In response to a reporter’s question over Tuesday’s designation of Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko as ineligible for entry into the United States, Minister of Education and Science and top official of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), Jeton Shaqiri, said that DUI is a political party which...
Macedonia 22.06.23 | 08:08

Alternativa: Merko is but a string in DUI’s huge corruptive web constructed for 20 years

Following Holland, the USA also marked DUI as a party with corrupted individuals, who are influencing the judicial system, reacted on Wednesday the ethnic Albanian party Alternativa, on the news that the Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko was blacklisted  by the US State Department. “This is an unprecedented...
Macedonia 21.06.23 | 19:53

He has urgent business to attend: Since blacklisted, Merko began canceling events

The Day of the Lake, traditionally marked on this date by the mayors of Ohrid, Struga, and Debarce was canceled. This is the first event canceled after the Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko was blacklisted by the US State Department. “The event has been canceled because the Mayor was needed elsewhere”,...
Macedonia 21.06.23 | 14:10

PM Kovachevski: The prosecutors should ask themselves how did the USA organs, thousands of kilometers away, came to this data, and they did not

PM Dimitar Kovachevski advised the Struga Municipality Council members to design carefully their next steps, after the US  blacklisting the city’s Mayor Ramiz Merko and his family. “I can take away several crucial messages: the USA is our strategic partner which always helped us, especially...
Macedonia 21.06.23 | 13:25

Aggeler: The people of Macedonia deserve integrity by their elected officials

United States Ambassador Angela Aggeler says the people of Macedonia deserve integrity from their public officials and a system that holds them accountable, following the designation of Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko and his family as ineligible for entry into the United States, based on findings of significant...
Macedonia 21.06.23 | 12:59

VMRO-DPMNE: The US blacklisting of Merko and his family is a slap in the face for DUI and SDS

The Mayor of Struga from DUI, Ramiz Merko, is on the US State Department blacklist because he interfered in court proceedings and abused funds. DUI’s high official in charge of Struga is declared as persona-non-grata by the USA. His entire family is blacklisted, VMRO-DPMNE reacts on Tuesday State...
Macedonia 21.06.23 | 12:25

Nephew: The State Secretary has credible information that Merko was involved in serious corruption

Richard Nephew, US State Department Corruption Coordinator, stated in an interview with the Voice of America in Albanian language that they couldn’t share more details as to why the Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko was added to the so-called US “black list”. “The decision was made because...
Macedonia 21.06.23 | 09:00

Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko banned from entering USA

The US Department of State has designated Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko as generally ineligible for entry into the United States due to his involvement in significant corruption. “While serving as Struga’s mayor, Merko misappropriated funds and interfered with judicial and other public processes,...
Macedonia 05.01.23 | 09:58

Ramiz Merko’s son got a BMW worth 150,000 euros

Happy 2023…! While we, ordinary citizens, extend New Year and Christmas greetings, the members of the “BERMUDA TRIANGLE” family – from Struga, wished the people of Struga a Happy New Year 2023 with their cars, the new 2023 models, which can cost from EUR 130,000.00 to EUR 150,000.00,...
Macedonia 07.07.21 | 09:34

Sela: Merko is building holiday houses in Ohrid’s Livadiste on ESM land

Sharing photos, which he says are new illegal constructions on the shores of Lake Ohrid, the leader of the Alliance for Albanians, Ziadin Sela, accused in a Facebook post that Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko and his relatives were behind the construction. Extremely alarming construction activities on the shores...

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