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Macedonia 10.11.20 | 18:52

Zaev keeps chief of staff Raskovski as a mere adviser, could appoint Muhamed Zekiri in his place

Zoran Zaev appointed his former Secretary General Dragi Raskovski to adviser in the Government. This vacates his position, and opens the prospect of having another of Zaev’s close confidants, the leader of the SDSM party Albanian wing Muhamed Zekiri, to take the position. Zekiri was expected to...
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 25.05.20 | 12:28

Government ignores questions about its top official who was filmed in a packed mall without a mask

For days the Macedonian Government has ignored questions about the actions of its Secretary General Dragi Raskovski, who was filmed walking through the packed Skopje City Mall without a mask. The Government has decreed mandatory mask wearing and curfews and is fining citizens who fail to follow the restrictions,...
Macedonia 22.05.20 | 11:21

Top Zaev lieutenant photographed going through the Skopje City Mall without a mask

Dragi Raskovski, the controversial Secretary General of the SDSM led Government, was filmed going through the Skopje City Mall without a mask. This is in direct violation of the often repeated Government decrees that citizens must wear masks while in confined public spaces where you can’t realistically...
Macedonia 29.03.20 | 14:03

Mickoski accuses Zaev’s right hand man Raskovski of corruption over the coronavirus evacuation

The SDSM party led Government took a shocking move to publish the exchange between opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski and Government Secretary General Dragi Raskovski, In it, Mickoski is accusing Raskovski of corruption in the process of organizing air and bus transport for Macedonian citizens who...
Macedonia 06.03.20 | 13:04

After two major corruption scandals, Zaev’s lieutenant Raskovski purchased a villa in Mavrovo

Dragi Raskovski, the Secretary General of the Zaev/Spasovski Government, has purchased a villa in the Mavrovo ski resort, Lider has reported. The purchase comes after Raskovski was accused of two major corruption scandals – favoring an Italian provider of air traffic control equipment and a Swedish...
Macedonia 12.12.19 | 23:21

Government approves the suspicious helicopter transportation contract

The Government confirmed today that it signed the controversial contract with the Swedish SARHEMS company which is supposed to provide medevac services. A Government source told Alfa TV that the contract was signed following an instruction from Secretary General Dragi Raskovski, who was already pointed...
Macedonia 07.11.19 | 15:42

Janusev: The Government is hiding expert opinions critical of the suspicious SARHEMS medevac contract

VMRO-DPMNE Secretary General Igor Janusev accused the Zaev Government of trying to hide the dissenting opinions from experts included in preparing the helicopter medevac program, which the oppositions says is suspicious and clearly corrupt. Janusev said that at least two of the nine members of the committee...
Macedonia 06.11.19 | 18:30

VMRO-DPMNE blames Zaev’s lieutenant Raskovski of being behind the scandalous medevac contract

VMRO-DPMNE Secretary General Igor Janusev accused the Zaev Government’s Secretary General and right hand man Dragi Raskovski of being involved in the helicopter scandal. VMRO blames the Government of signing a medevac contract with a deliberately created company owned by Sasa Dzakovic, a Bosnian...
Macedonia 18.09.19 | 13:42

State prosecutors say they are investigating Zaev’s Secretary General Dragi Raskovski

State prosecutors informed today that they have already initiated criminal charges against Dragi Raskovski, Secretary General of the Government, over the tapes which revealed his involvement in a procurement contract worth 7.5 million EUR. Following the reactions in the public calling on the prosecutors...
Macedonia 05.08.19 | 14:37

Zaev’s right hand man and Janeva’s friend face anti-corruption investigations

The Anti-Corruption Commission began an investigation into Government Secretary General Dragi Raskovski, who was suspected of influencing a contract to procure air traffic control equipment by the state run M-NAV agenc worth 7.7 million EUR. Raskovski denied the allegations, despite the meeting being...
Macedonia 25.07.19 | 20:41

Zaev sees no reason to ask Raskovski to resign, says he also encouraged the signing of the suspicious air traffic procurement contract

Zoran Zaev justified his decision not to ask the Secretary General of his Government Dragi Raskovski to resign over the allegations of corruption by insisting that Raskovski was a novice in politics. Raskovski was recorded insisting that a procurement contract with the Italian supplier of air traffic...
Macedonia 23.07.19 | 17:06

Police tries to harass investigative journalist who published the tape revealing an attempt to rig an EBRD procurement contract

Investigative journalist Ljupco Zlatev informed the public that he has been called up by the police to be investigated over his reporting into a major corruption scandal affecting Dragi Raskovski, the Secretary General of Zoran Zaev’s Government. Zlatev, from the Lider news site, was one of the...
Macedonia 11.07.19 | 19:25

After his racist insults, a Maltese site invites Raskovski to come visit them, see real crooks in action

Dragi Raskovski’s racist statements aimed at Italians, French, Spaniards and the Maltese people prompted an apology from the Macedonians living in Malta to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. Now the satirical site from Malta Bis Serjeta published a statement ostensibly from the Prime Minister on the...
Macedonia 09.07.19 | 12:19

Anti-Corruption Commission chief says they’re investigating the way Government purchases air travel tickets

Anti-Corruption Commission President Biljana Ivanovska announced a developing investigation into procurement of air travel tickets by public institutions. Official travel, often arranged on short notice, frequently leads to inflated ticket prices and Ivanovska said that they are using audit results to...
Macedonia 07.07.19 | 23:48

French Ambassador Thimonier expresses concern over the Raskovski tapes

French Ambassador to Macedonia Christian Thimonier expressed concern about the leaked tapes that reveal allegations of corruption in the Zaev Government. The recordings of Zaev’s Secretary General Dragi Raskovski raise suspicion tha tthe influenced the awarding of a contract to purchase air traffic...
Macedonia 06.07.19 | 21:57

Zaev keeps defending Raskovski, even as second leaked tape adds to allegations of corruption

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev asked for time to review the latest leaked audio recording of his Secretary General Dragi Raskovski, before deciding whether this time he warrants a call for resignation. Zaev famously defended Raskovski from the corruption allegations earlier this week saying that “nobody...
Macedonia 06.07.19 | 13:40

Macedonian air traffic control seeks to assure nervous passengers after a series of incidents and corruption allegations

The Macedonian air traffic control agency M-NAV issued a press release assuring the public that all standards are being met and that passengers can be assured in the safety of their travel. The statement comes after a series of reported incidents and scares, as well as the on-going corruption scandal. After...
Macedonia 05.07.19 | 21:50

New leaked tape adds to corruption allegations against Zaev’s right hand man

A new leaked tape further details the conversations Zaev’s right hand man Dragi Raskovski had related to the 7.7 million EUR contract to purchase air traffic control equipment from the Italian Leonardo company. The new tape, published by the Lider news site this evening, reveals that the Government’s...
Macedonia 04.07.19 | 15:15

Zaev defends Raskovski: Nobody would talk bribes with eight people present

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev defended his Secretary General Dragi Raskovski from allegations of corruption again, insisting that it’s “out of mind somebody would discuss bribes at a meeting with eight people”. A leaked tape of Raskovski reveals the law faculty professor and Zaev’s...
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