2 March 2018
I do not feel responsible, I was not named as responsible in the report and for that reason I do not intend to resign, said the Chairman of the State Commission for Preventing Corruption, (SCPC) Igor Tanturovski for “A1on” after the scandal of the Commission’s spending came to light. “The report was conducted for internal […]
31 October 2017
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) called on the Government to urgently, as soon as possible, provide money to settle the debt of the Macedonian “Radio-Television” (MRT) has towards the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which is approximately half a million euros. Yesterday, at the session of the MRT Program Council, they came to the conclusion […]
6 October 2017
The assets that will be used from the state budget and diverted to the Macedonian Radio Television (MRTV) will be used for providing an independence of the national service, said the SDSM’s party leader and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev during yesterday’s political rally in Tetovo as part of the local election campaign. -Up to 80.000 […]
5 October 2017
The Government’s General Secretary, Dragi Rashkovski, is silent and is not answering until when does he plan to break the law and why isn’t he resigning, since it is illegal to be a General Secretary at the Government, and at the same time to be a President of the Shareholder’s Assembly at the “Makedonski Telekom” […]
29 September 2017
The former ministers in the government led by VMRO-DPMNE, Vladimir Peshevski, Goran Mickovski, Jerry Naumof, Vele Samak and Bill Pavleski owe the state 300.000 euros for going overboard with the limits on their work telephones, said the Government’s General Secretary, Dragi Rashkovski for the SDK portal. A champion in overriding the limit on his mobile […]
24 September 2017
The cabinet of the former Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, during the period between 2008 and 2015 spent 38 million of euros from the budget, on campaigns that were broadcast on television and electronic media, informed today at a press conference, the governments spokesperson Mile Boshnjakovski. He also said that this sum doesn’t include the expenditures […]
19 August 2017
Last night, at the Army’s stadium in the City park in Skopje, a central celebration took place to mark the 25th anniversary of the forming of the Army of Republic of Macedonia. During the celebration, which began by firing artillery weapons, the President Gjorge Ivanov and the Minister of Defense, Radmila Šekerinska addressed the attendees. […]
22 July 2017
Today at 10:30am, the Commission for Finance and Budget will have the fifth session discussing the Government’s proposed budget revision for 2017. Prior to the beginning of the discussion, VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM were still having the same party views regarding the budget revision. VMRO-DPMNE said that “SDS are continuously and shamelessly putting citizens in debt”, […]
23 January 2017
Foreign investors invested seven times less than what was announced and there are three times fewer jobs than promised, shows the database “Foreign investment under scrutiny” prepared by the journalistic team BIRN Macedonia. The survey looked at 138 investments which were announced or promoted by the government from 2007 to 2016. It shows that 43 […]
18 September 2016
Now is not the time for our country to become part of the Schengen Area, and the joining of our country in this area will not help us, said Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. “Everyone says that Bulgaria should immediately become a member of the Schengen area. But, this is not in our best interest […]
10 August 2016
Currently, there has been no official initiative to hold an emergency session of Parliament, which is on a collective vacation, and the first scheduled session will be on the 24th of this month. No-one from the Office of Public Affairs is available on the phone. The Parliamentary Group, the SDSM say that so far they […]
31 July 2016
Two Macedonians living in Indiana, USA, reported to the Prilep police they had been conned by the owner of the travel agency “Travel Tales”, Jasmina Jordanoska-Chebrenska, who allegedly offered them cheap flights, “Meta” has learned. In fact, according to them, the offer came through the singer Elena Jovcevska from Prilep, who performed for the Macedonian community […]
29 July 2016
Macedonians residing in the USA have been the target of a scam that apparently promises cheap flights to Skopje. The scam was originally noticed by the Macedonian Diaspora during the New Year celebration. Ljupco Stanchevski, a resident of Columbus, Ohio for 25 years, told “Meta” it was while celebrating a New Year in the city, […]
9 July 2016
The editor in chief of the first program service of the State Macedonian Television ,Dime Ratajkovski, is part of a project that the government will be granting 30,000 euros of the state’s money too, Petre Shilgeov, spokesmen of the SDSM said at Monday’s press conference accusing the state of more questionable behavior. “From all the famous […]
28 June 2016
The budget for the SEC is set to be reduced because of the absence of a precise date for elections, the Ministry of Finance has said after reports became public, showing that the proposal re-balance of the budget will cut the State Election Commissions funding by 400 million denars. From the beginning of the year, […]
27 June 2016
The proposal re-balance for the budget will cut the budgets at a majority of state institutions, but this is not the case for the Constitutional Court, the Ministry of Interior, or the Intelligence Agency. For example, the budget for 2016, funds allocated for the Constitutional Court are 35.945.000 denars, and with the proposal rebalance that […]
22 June 2016
Last month, citizens withdrew 67 million euros from banks, and deposits have decreased by 22 million euros, says the recent data from the National Bank. Unlike citizens, who have continued the trend of withdrawing money from banks, firms and business’s are returning money back to the banks. In May they deposited 29.6 million euros back […]
9 June 2016
Boban Nonkovic, who reports for the state new agency MIA, today in Brussels caused a stir when he and other journalists began asking the Hungarian Billionaire, and sponsor of the “Open Society Foundation”, George Soros, whether he wants to destroy the country through the crisis and unrest. Nonkovic retorted that during the reign of the […]
10 May 2016
Today the “Colourful Revolution ‘continues in 13 cities across the country. The protest in Skopje starts at 18:00 in front of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, and today protesters will be bringing attention to the economic situation of the state and its borrowing. “I protest because Macedonia is a poor and dilapidated land, even though it […]
17 February 2016
The President of the Association of Journalists, Naser Selmani, and the President of the Independent Union of Journalists and Media Workers Tamara Chausidis, today before the MPs Clubhouse, where talks were being held regarding media reforms, once again confirmed the view of the associations, that they will not accept any form of government advertising. Selmani […]
