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Behind the scenes: Chinese influence in North Macedonia

(Main photo: Commercial for the Belt and Road Initiative in one of the Macedonian trains purchased from China reading “Speed up the Belt initiative, Charming Macedonia") It took North Macedonia only a few years to dramatically change its bilateral relationship with China. In 1999, it was the sole European country that recognized Taiwan as an independent state, besides the Vatican....

EU with same criticism for North Macedonia as last year: The construction works on Corridors 8 and 10d to be accelerated

European Commission's criticism on the transportation sector of North Macedonia is almost identical as last year, i.e. the sector remains a problem that the government must overcome. The EC's North Macedonia 2022 Report criticizes the same projects as the last year - the construction of the railroad line to Bulgaria, the Road Corridor 10-d from Gradsko to Prilep, the...

High price for the highways loan, China remains in North Macedonia constructing even with European money

North Macedonia obtained a loan from the Exim Bank of China for the construction of the highways Kičevo - Ohrid, and Miladinovci - Štip, and now we are repaying the loan installments expensively due to the record strengthening of the US dollar against the Macedonian denar. In the meantime, after more than eight years and six months since the...

Sugareski: 8 million euros provided for reconstruction of the road from Gostivar to Kichevo

The Minister of Transportation and Communications Goran Sugareski informed that 8 million euros will be invested in the reconstruction of the Gostivar Kichevo road, as annually this road is traversed by 4 million passengers. "8 million euros are invested through the Public Enterprise for state roads for reconstruction of the road from Gostivar to Kichevo. Previously, we reconstructed the...

Skopje-Blace highway work to start next year at a cost of €100 million

The construction of the Skopje-Blace highway will start in spring, next year and will be built in two phases, said Minister of Transport and Communications Goran Sugareski during a working visit to the Municipality of Arachinovo. In the first phase, 1.6 km will be built and then the remaining part of a dozen kilometers will be completed, further construction will...

Demir Kapija – Smokvica highway to secure economic development and safe transport

With the opening of the 28.2 kilometers highway from Demir Kapija-Smokvica, we added the part of Corridor 10 that was missing in the country, said the European Commission's Director-General for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Christian Danielsson. He added that this highway will facilitate the movement, will encourage economic development and provide sustainable and safer travel. The new highway section from...

71, 5 million of euros approved for the railroad to Bulgaria

The Ministry of Transport and Communications announced today that for the railroad and traffic infrastructure it has provided 127, 2 million of euros out of which 108, 1 million are assets from the IPA 2 program, and 19, 1 million euros were provided from Republic of Macedonia' budget. A total number of 71, 5 euros should be utilized for...

VMRO-DPMNE: The government mustn’t be silent and it mustn’t hide details from the negotiations

Regarding the renaming of the airport and the highway, VMRO-DPMNE is adamant that there is no irredentism in the current names, said the party's press release. The party also said that it would be good if "the citizens to hear whether the government's decision is part of some wider strategy or are these again one-sided acts that Macedonia has...

Thimonier pleased with the construction of the highway and expects justice will take care of “Aktor”

Today, French Ambassador to Macedonia, Christian Thimonier, together with the Minister of Transport and Communications, Goran Sugareski, reviewed the construction of the highway of Demir Kapija-Smokvica. Thimonier was pleased with the job done by the French Consortium “EGIS International” who were appointed as the supervising body for the project regarding the construction of the highway. When asked by journalists about the...

“Aktor”: The judiciary authorities in Skopje have put the case related to the highway in an archive dated from 2014

The Greek company “Aktor” has no knowledge of the existence of a prosecution regarding the contract for building the Demir Kapija – Smokvica highway, announced the company. They said that after the performed audit, the judiciary in Skopje, have put the case in the archive dated 2014. According to then, the contract for building the highway was signed on...

SDSM: OLAF’s report about money laundering by “Aktor” is proof why Zvrlevski has to go

The report issued by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) with the charges against the Greek company “Aktor” for money laundering during the construction of the Demir Kapija – Smokvica highway is confirmation for the scandalous negligence on Marko Zvrlevski part and is proof why urgently needs to go, said SDSM. The party says that in 2014 they revealed that there was...

Greek company “Aktor” charged for laundering 50 million euros for Demir Kapija – Smokvica highway

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has charged the Greek company “Aktor” for fraud and laundering 50 million euros  in connection with the construction of a highway Demir Kapija – Smokvica, reported Greek media outlets “Protothema” and “Kathimerini”. The case found itself under scrutiny by the public prosecutor after evidence was collected by OLAF. The Greek construction company in 2012 won the...

Although Chinese deleted them, “Google” still keep pages with amounts for the highways

Old pages of Chinese company "Sinohidro" which builds highways Kichevo - Ohrid and Miladinovci - Sveti Nikole - Shtip, can still be seen in the cache memory of browser "Google", although Chinese recently removed original pages with the amounts. The page "Sinohidro" wrote that the construction of highway Kichevo - Ohrid cost 56 million euros, and on the...

How many millions of euros are the agreements of Janakieski and Gruevski?

Both controversial agreements that are discussed in recordings which today were announced by opposition leader Zoran Zaev, concerning construction of highways Miladinovci - Sveti Nikole - Shtip and Kichevo - Ohrid. In one of the talks, Minister Mile Janakieski and unknown interlocutor discuss prognosis of State Roads Agency for the cost of construction of the highway. The interlocutor said that,...