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Parties show no expenditures for utilities, communication and transportation services

Most of the political parties have not shown expenses for utilities and communication services, as well as expenses for transportation and transportation services, a report by "Transparency Macedonia" reported, who supervise the spending of budgets and political parties during the campaign and election process. “Eight political parties have not shown their expenses for utilities and heating, and the same parties...

Parties hide how they finance their campaigns, which cost around €1 million

President-elect Donald Trump, during his election campaign, spent $ 600 million, while his pro-active opponent, Hillary Clinton during the race spent more than $ 1 billion. In Macedonia, the election campaigns for candidates from the main political parties during the presidential elections in 2014, spent one million euros. For Gjorge Ivanov’s election campaign, VMRO-DPMNE spent € 878,781 euros, which can...

Taseva: Do not prejudge, but check whether Macedonian nationals are involved in the Panama Papers

"We should not prejudge that if Macedonians have accounts in Panama, they must be associated with illegal money. However, it needs to be looked into. Journalists and researchers will make information available gradually and in stages, then we need to see whether Macedonian citizens have accounts in Panama, and if they do, what kind of accounts, whether they are personal...

TM: VMRO-DPMNE has paid $ 1.7 million to US companies for political lobbying

With publication of copies of contracts in recent weeks it has become clear that the VMRO-DPMNE has employed various US PR companies for political lobbying and advantageous propaganda support from within the United States. According to the published agreements the total so far amounts up to $1.7 million, a shocking figure when considering Macedonian conditions, which obviously the party...

“Transparency” will closely monitor how political parties spend money on elections

A project that will be implemented by "Transparency Macedonia" in cooperation with the Centre for Economic Analysis will be monitoring media presentations, the expenses of political parties, the spending of the budget by the central and local government during the pre-election and election period. The project will supervise the spending of the budget and the political parties in the pre-election...

TM: “Skopje 2014” is a bottomless pit!

"The controversial project" Skopje 2014 "continues to function as a financial "bottomless pit" where the money of citizens of the Republic of Macedonia disappear. Today, the question whether such irrational spending of state money will ever come to an end is justified, because now it is the year 2015, and the project continues to spend millions of euros in...