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Bulgarian Embassy received transcripts of wiretapped conversations
There are records of tapped telephone conversations of Bulgarian Ambassador to Macedonia, confirmed leader of the opposition SDSM Zoran Zaev in an interview for the Bulgarian agency "Focus".
According to Zaev, all records were handed personally to the diplomats.
Zaev indicated that several other embassies and ambassadors also received records. In embassies which were tapped, and where there was a change...
Janakieski: I do not know how cruel we should be…
Andrej Zhernovski, Mayor of the Municipality of Centar, today at the hotel "Best Western" presented part of the "bombs" concerning election irregularities in that municipality and demanded resignations and a transitional government.
Today’s published recordings, according to Zhernovski, contain discussions between Director of UBK Sasho Mijalkov and the editor of "Sitel" Dragan Pavlovik-Latas. On the recording it is heard as...
Deutsche Telekom about the wiretapping: That is a local issue
Is Deutsche Telekom aware that her branch in Macedonia T-mobile is involved in abuse in dirty political game" is the question of a Twitter user Beni to the German telecommunication company.
The answer he got from the official Twitter profile of Deutsche Telekom is:
- This is a local issue. Please contact Tmobile.mk.
@Timbouctinho @Shushmula @razvigor This is a local issue. Please...
Hahn: Political leaders are toying with the future of the country
Commissioner for Enlargement of the European Union, Johannes Hahn, at yesterday’s session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, said that, regardless of the sources, materials published by the leader of the opposition party SDSM Zoran Zaev must be seriously investigated by the institutions, reports "Deutsche Welle".
- Regardless of the sources of wiretapping that need to be investigated, any potential...
The prosecution asks to be left alone
Via statement, Public Prosecution today responded to, as they say, pressures and emphasized calls for definitive answers about the scandal "Wiretapping" and case "Puch", as well as calls for personal and collective responsibility.
"Considering that such attacks violate the independent operation of public prosecutors as responsible for the prosecution of perpetrators of crimes, we inform the public that neither the...
Trajanov demands the Assembly to discuss the political situation in the country
President of the Democratic Alliance and MP Pavle Trajanov submitted request to Speaker of the Assembly Trajko Veljanoski, to convene a plenary session to discuss the current political situation in the country, after the action "Puch" and after recordings of wiretapped conversations released by opposition leader Zoran Zaev.
"Through public presentation of audio recordings, the credibility and integrity of some...
Zaev for Albanian “Top Channel”: DUI and DPA are servants of the Government
The two major parties of the Albanians in Macedonia are servants of the Government and act in the interests of the ruling VMRO-DPMNE, said yesterday Zoran Zaev, SDSM president, in an interview with the Albanian TV "Top Channel", reports portal "MKD.mk".
In the show "Shqip" of Ridina Xhunga, Zaev said that DUI and DPA are servants of the current Government,...
Midnight campaign to cover “Shu praish” and “Alo nachalniche”
Graffiti inspired by phrases used by interlocutors in audio recordings published by SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, as they appeared, so they were overnight covered with other colors so it cannot be seen what is written.
Although graffiti like "Shu praish" (What’s up), "Hello Gorde" and "Alo nachalniche" (Hello chief) are written in places where there are other graffiti unrelated to...
DOM demanded the resignation of the Public Prosecutor
DOM feels that political crisis requires immediate action to address the institutions and that dialogue between the government and opposition is necessary.
"We believe that the outcome should start with the resignation of the Public Prosecutor, the return of the opposition in the Assembly and the election of a new prosecutor with the consensus of all political parties. Then, two...
Zaev: Here’s how Gruevski fixes elections
SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, at today’s press conference, announced tapped talks for, as he said, manipulating the electoral process.
- Today we are beginning to scrutinize electoral manipulations made by Gruevski with several of his grunts. You'll hear how Gruevski steals and fixes elections. We will publish abuse of farmers, pensioners, the administration ...You will become witnesses to inhumane pressures...
Opposition submitted new recordings to the prosecution
Five members of the senior leadership of the opposition submitted materials of their tapped conversations today to the Public Prosecutor on, as it claims, a directive of the Government, and as an extension of the criminal charges for unauthorized wiretapping which SDSM filed several weeks ago.
Professor and candidate for president of SDSM in the last presidential election, Stevo Pendarovski,...
Graffiti: “Alo nachalniche” leads to “Shu praish”
Audio recordings with tapped materials released by SDSM leader Zoran Zaev inspired art forms on the walls, so graffiti inspired by "juiciest" phrases used in the "bombs" of the opposition can be seen on several buildings in Skopje.
The expression of Gordana Jankulovska "Sho pravish" (What’s up), which has become popular on the social networks and got its own hashtag...
Who’s who in the conversation between Stavreski and Jankulovska
Vladimir Taleski
Taleski is in his third term as head of the Municipality of Bitola. He is well known Macedonian actor, remembered as "dvojche" of the children show "Hello geniuses" in which he starred alongside the current mayor of the Municipality of Kisela Voda, Biljana Belichanec.
In the conversations, Minister Stavreski tells Jankulovska for corruption scandal initiated by Bitola mayor for...
British Embassy: There are serious claims of abuse of power
British Embassy in Skopje responded to the mass wiretapping and published recordings by the president of the opposition Zoran Zaev.
"We do not comment on questions about our private conversations. However, there are serious claims of abuse of power, criminal activities and degree of influence of the Macedonian secret services in politics, media, judiciary and other aspects of everyday life....
MANU doesn’t want to be an arbiter, it expects legal resolution of the wiretapping scandal
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU) does not intend to be the arbiter of any political resolution after scandal with unauthorized wiretapping and expects the public prosecutor, the court and other institutions to make a legal decision, "Telma" reports the statement of MANU President Vlado Kambovski, according to who, this shouldn’t be considered as silence, but as an...
Council of Europe: Wiretapping journalists violate human rights
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Nils Muižnieks, in an exclusive statement to META news agency, expressed his "serious concern" about recent developments in Macedonia and especially wiretapping of journalists, announced yesterday at a press conference of the opposition SDSM.
- I am very concerned at the allegations concerning mass and unauthorized surveillance of journalists and citizens...
Grcheva: The worst thing is that no one denies the recordings
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and several ministers from the Government attended today's session of the Assembly, on which MPs asked questions.
MP Solza Grcheva said she was concerned about the dissolution of the security system. She says that this is not a political crisis, but a deep social crisis.
Grcheva asked the Prime Minister Gruevski if he thought that someone from...
Whose was the ear and who ordered it to listen?
Addressing the public, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski had extensive, fierce and controversial explanation of events in the scandal "Puch" and its, perhaps, main attribute - wiretapping phone calls.
Priem Minister’s allegations that foreign service is behind the recorded conversations, the ways in which it is done and intrusion in the security system, also caused a backlash.
Regarding these allegations, but the...
AJM: Gruevski, Jankulovska and Mijalkov should resign
"We demand Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska and the Director of the Security and Intelligence Service Sasho Mijalkov to resign. Regardless of who ordered wiretapping, the authorities failed to protect us," responded the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM).
AJM reaction follows after the press conference of Zoran Zaev, on which the leader of the opposition...
Journalists are appalled by the tapping
As SDSM leader Zoran Zaev announced at today’s press conference, most monitored journalist in Macedonia from the Security and Intelligence Service was the owner and editor of the weekly "Fokus", Nikola Mladenov. But, as Zaev said, justifiably he will not publish the calls and will act in a way which will be decided by the family.
Today, together with Mladenov’s...
