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Whistleblowers unprotected in practice

There is no financial support for whistleblowers when they have no income or get fired. Condemned by the institutions and without legal aid, they fight the system as fighting a bear Author: Goran Lefkov Whistleblowers are the enemy of the state. This is the impression of the people who, for the sake of the state and the citizens, have become whistleblowers, just because they cannot stand the injustices and...

Through mysterious offshore schemes to valuable stocks and exclusive locations (Part Three)

Author: Vlatko Stojanovski Besides companies related to a famous tycoons, politicians, convicts, and even parties, on the list of over 400 companies in this country, co-owned by foreign companies based in specific jurisdictions, there are also mysterious offshore companies with a conspiratorial ownership structure. According to the official data and documents that we provided from several institutions, these companies in the past have changed many owners from various offshore...

Nikoloski is to challenge Zaev in Constituency 4

Authors: Angela Rajchevska and Bjanka Stankovikj Former Prime Minister and current leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev, will be challenged in the fourth constituency by Aleksandar Nikoloski, the right hand of the leader of VMRO-DPMNE. In the previous parliamentary elections, held in 2016, Zaev’s main opponent was the ex-leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, who managed to win by about 3 percent. The fourth constituency includes 19 municipalities from south and...

RASHIDI AND MINOV HAVE INCREASED THEIR PROPERTY, FIVE MPS WITH NEW CARS

MP 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 Ademi has reported his children’s property, that is, they are declared as “Co-owner of TD IC New Drive LLC”. Authors: Bjanka Stankovikj and Angela Rajchevska Within a period of three months MPs Surija...

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,...

DRINKING WATER FOR EVERY HOUSE INSTEAD OF LUXURY OFFICIAL VEHICLES

DOCUMENTATION 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 SCOOP team sent requests under free access to public information to all municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia. The authorities were asked for information on the amounts spent on fuel annually for the...

SCOOP research: No one knows who drives them and where to

Authors: 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 become a reality in the region. If the episode had not happened, infamously “celebrated” in the media with the famous official jeep that the former Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Policy Dime...