Research
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SCOOP investigation: Macedonian MEP’s regional leaders in travel costs
Jan 8, 2018author: Goran Lefkov From 2010 to 2016, only one MP was paid an average of around 40,000 Euros for travel expenses. In the same period in Slovenia, for travel and other expenses, 36,000 Euros were... -
Officials squandered on expensive food, drinks and hotels – paid by the citizens
Dec 11, 2017authors: Bjanka Stankovich, Angela Petrovska and Angela Rajchevska DOCUMENTACION Apart from the regular local elections and the early parliamentary elections, nothing significant happened in the Republic of Macedonia in 2013 and 2014. Due to... -
Migrants trade: Balkan stock exchange of faith
Nov 5, 2017author: Goran Lefkov (The story was is supported within the NED project “Promoting accountability through investigative reporting”)...Read More -
Mayors feasting with people’s money
Oct 18, 2017author: Goran Lefkov (The story was is supported within the NED project “Promoting accountability through investigative reporting”)...Read More -
Top 10 richest mayors weigh 13 million Euros
Oct 17, 2017authors: Bjanka Stankovich, Angela Petrovska and Angela Rajchevska In the upcoming local elections, in the race for the municipalities’ first people, the parties have proposed their candidates. In 55 out of 82 municipalities, the lists... -
DRINKING WATER FOR EVERY HOUSE INSTEAD OF LUXURY OFFICIAL VEHICLES
Aug 29, 2017DOCUMENTATION authors: Bjanka Stankovich, Angela Petrovska and Angela Rajchevska Municipalities spend huge amounts for fuel and service maintenance of their official vehicles. Fuel costs are also big and they affect the municipal budget. The... -
Kancheska overnight at Hilton, Sheraton and Ritz and shopping at “Versace”
Aug 23, 2017DOCUMENTATION Four thousand and three hundred Euros from the personal card of former Minister of Culture to goverment of Republic of Macedonia, Elizabeta Kanchevska Milevska were transferred to the account of the famous hotel chain Hilton... -
State institutions were charged 10 times more for heating
Aug 1, 2017SCOOP team reviewed all whistleblower’s findings. We decided to ask him for a meeting to see if these clues were real. After long persuasion and guarantees for protection of his identity, we met in a restaurant... -
SCOOP research: No one knows who drives them and where to
Feb 20, 2017Authors: Bjanka Stankovikj Angela Petrovska Angela Rajchevska Until recently citizens have thought that the photos of expensive luxury vehicles with well-dressed officials coming out of them were a scene from a movie, but lately it has... -
Anti-corruption in crisis: 520 thousand euro and just one charge
Jun 13, 2016After the Parliament passed the Law on Corruption Prevention in 2002 a special commission was formed in the country with a wide range of authorities to combat this negative phenomenon. At that time, when corruption became...
