Mayors feasting with people’s money
author: Goran Lefkov (The story was is supported within the NED project “Promoting accountability through investigative reporting”) Category: Documentary films
author: Goran Lefkov (The story was is supported within the NED project “Promoting accountability through investigative reporting”) Million euros for big appetites: Less uniforms for more lunches
By Goran Lefkov They do not have equipment, they wear old uniforms, eat food that does not satisfy their needs. But their superiors eat in expensive restaurants with rich tables and spend a lot on catering services and representation. So for 6 years these two ministries spent 2.8 million Euros only for representation, of which the Ministry of Interior spent 1.5 million Euros, whereas the Ministry of Defense,... State institutions were charged 10 times more for heating
SCOOP 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 at the exit of Skopje. After a short wait, a middle-aged man appeared, visibly frightened for his safety. However, we could notice his determination to share all information of general interest with the... Why do same companies win state tenders?
author: Goran Lefkov Transmet. A company which has built its rise and spread with public tenders. And in the past 5 years there were 11 like these, tenders higher than 1 million Euros, with a total amount of over 56 million Euros. The largest of them is worth 38 million Euros obtained in 2013 by ELEM. The tender was for coal excavation from the landslide of the mine... THE LAKE OF OHRID UNDER THREAT OF URBANISATION
author: Goran Lefkov But this hotel is not the only attempt for urbanization and destruction of the lake. “The adoption of the Law on Tourism Development Zones in 2012 provides this type of zones to be zones of public interest. Which means procedures and all documents relating to its implementation or enforcement in a faster or shortened procedure. The main condition to be able to create a tourism development... THE OLDEST LAKE IN EUROPE IN SERIOUS DANGER
author: Goran Lefkov With the oldest and deepest lake in Europe, Ohrid is the most attractive destination for foreign tourists. With its natural beauty and cultural and historical monuments, Ohrid is known as the pearl of the Balkans. The nature has painstakingly been creating Ohrid’s beauty for millions of years. Dozens of endemic species that can be found only here and nowhere else in the world live in the... SCOOP INVESTIGATION: OFFICIAL VEHICLES FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES
author: Goran Lefkov Inspired by this case, the journalistic team of SCOOP began to investigate the use, that is misuse of official vehicles. SCOOP sent a request under free access to public information to the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy. SCOOP editorial staff received a reply containing the report on executive extraordinary inventory of the fleet in September 2016. It said that during the extraordinary inventory of... Confiscation of properties: Unknown term in Macedonia
author: Goran Lefkov (The story has been supported by the National Endowment for democracy project “Raising Awareness About Corruption through Investigative Reporting”) 