MPs: Cheaper to Dubai than from Ohrid to Skopje
Dubai is a destination that Macedonian citizens can visit by plane for just 140 Euros. MPs from Gevgelija, Ohrid and Struga for a trip to Skopje get from six to 8,000 denars from the parliamentary budget. Dubai is about 5,000 kilometers far from Skopje, and from Gevgelija to Skopje it is 30 times less, or 170 kilometers. It is not a problem for our MPs from other towns in Macedonia to pay for this destination almost the same amount that Macedonian citizens would spend for a flight to Dubai. For less than a year, only for the first 11 months of 2014, about 1 million Euros were paid for travel expenses of MPs, and their privileges have recently been enriched with the right to use higher wages for travelling abroad. Under the new regulations for 2015, 50% will...