Research
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Municipalities generous with other people’s money, they spend more than they have
Sep 20, 2019DOCUMENTATION Svetlana Unkovska Many may not have heard of the small municipality of Rankovce located in the northeast of the country. A small municipality, but also a small budget. For the four thousand inhabitants of... -
THE TEN RICHEST MAYORS “WEIGH” 30 MILLION EUROS
Aug 26, 2019Authors: Angela Rajchevska and Bjanka Stankovic The ten richest mayors in the Republic of North Macedonia weigh about 30 million Euros. One of them is from VMRO-DPMNE, first on the list, while six gravitate or... -
TWELVE “MOST PRIVILEGED” MPS: THE STATE PAYS THEM FOR BOTH RENT AND TRAVEL EXPENSES
Aug 20, 2019Aleksandar Kiracovski and Ilija Dimovski, the most prominent names among the twelve MPs who took money for travel expenses last year and also used state money for rent not to travel to their hometown. Double expenses... -
MUNICIPALITY OF CHASHKA HAS PURCHASED 100 PHONES FOR 66 EMPLOYEES AND HAS SPENT 26 THOUSAND EUROS
Aug 20, 2019One of the largest tenders in the municipality of Chashka regards the procurement of 100 mobile phones. 19 phones have been purchased more than necessary and all of them were taken by the former mayor. The... -
CITIZENS SINKING IN “QUICK LOANS”: INDEBTING INCREASED 170 PERCENT IN TWO YEARS
Jul 3, 2019The amount of approved “quick loans” has tripled in two years Owners behind the fastest growing financial companies that place the famous quick loans are mostly companies from Bulgaria, Latvia and Estonia Until recently, the total... -
Suspicious tenders for water supply equipment
Jun 13, 2019Autor: Vlatko Stojanovski In the last ten years, the water equipment company „Tehnoskop“ has concluded over 200 public procurement contracts with a total value of over one billion denars (or approximately 17.5 million euros), mostly with... -
RASHIDI AND MINOV HAVE INCREASED THEIR PROPERTY, FIVE MPS WITH NEW CARS
Jun 12, 2019MP Pancho Minov on his current property worth 45,198 Euros has added “unspecified property” worth 23,600 Euros. Surija Rashidi has complemented his current property list worth 21,984 Euros with five new lands worth 159,614 Euros. Xhevat... -
SOME COMPANIES SEW, OTHERS TAKE THE CASH
May 16, 2019Маичките за „Линк Медиа Плус“ ги шиела компанијата „Супер хит,“ ремените ги произвела фирмата „Југомлаз-1 ДООЕЛ. Од МВР за оваа набавка велат дека била од крајна итност,... -
The last nail in Macedonian Railways hammered 50 years ago
Apr 12, 2019Goran Lefkov Empty trains, shortage of wagons, few locomotives, disastrously bad railroads. Although the safest, most comfortable and cheapest, our railway traffic is about to fall apart. Only the harsh reality – bad railway... -
Municipalities in debts without criteria, mayors lack control in spending money
Apr 3, 2019Goran Lefkov Macedonian municipalities owe 100 million Euros only for unpaid invoices. Some of these costs have been made in cafes, for asphalting streets before elections, and a good part for temporary employment. Municipalities with...
