From building expansion to usurpation of others’ homes

author: Biljana Stavrova   For four years some of the residents of the so-called Railway Colony settlement, located in the center of Skopje (behind Universal Hall), have been facing strong pressure from contractors who want to build residential – commercial buildings there. They say they cannot accept their unfavorable offer for sale of the property and to put signature on contracts that do not protect their rights. We have been blackmailed by our property developers, they offer extremely unfavorable prices, do not give adequate replacement, any remuneration, citizens explain. “We would all like this situation to be resolved, we have been living here for more than 60 years and do not want to be moved out this way. We are prisoners of our own property, still we would like this to be resolved with an agreement and peacefully. We...

Architects who will design the new clinical center involved in a series of scandals in Italy

Author: Mence Atanasova Toci The text was originally published on NOVA TV site on January 2nd 2015. Immediately after the announcement the editorial board of NOVA TV received a denial by the Ministry of Health. The remarks of the Ministry are herein. The denial is published in full under this article.     Antonio Savoino from the Italian company Aren Srl which won the tender for design of the new clinical center “Mother Teresa” was involved in a series of corruption scandals in Italy a decade ago, NOVA finds out. Savoino, now 84, appears in the Board of Directors of Aren Srl, a company which is to design the grandiose facility in Macedonia, while managing director is his son David. According to Italian media, Antonio Savoino has been twice arrested for works related to construction of hospitals in Asti...

Municipal events in the hands of non-governmental organizations

author: Vesna Koloska Story is originally published at Kanal 77 web page   The news that police filed criminal charges against the President of the civil society organization “Stip Pastramalijada 2013” on suspicion of embezzlement of money from Pastramajlijada in 2013 and 2014 was a bomb in the public. According to the charges of SVR Stip to the Public Prosecutor, “the person A.Dz. in the period from 11.09.2013 until October 2014, as responsible person, president of the civil society organization “Pastramalijada 2013″ Stip and authorized persons used the duty and authority and without written decision-making by the organs of the association, illegally spent a total of 2,718,805 denars on different grounds. On several occasions this person has illegally taken 396,700 denars, in a way that part in the amount of 259,800 denars was transferred to the Association’s account on...

Express road to long-term problems in Eastern Macedonia

The express road project in Eastern Macedonia of 23 million Euros, as promised by the ruling party in the last election, has become more expensive to 56 million, not for a highway, but for expansion of the existing road which should become express road. The study of a German company, however, shows that the highway will cost 70 million Euros. Residents of the surrounding areas are in panic for their safety. “Here is the road Stip – Kocani, too. With reconstruction of this road as express road, the speed limit from the current 50-70 km/h will increase, the existing width of the road will be reconstructed and expanded in length of 26 km. The route starts from Stip, continues in several settlements and ends in Kocani. This is an investment worth 23 million Euros”, this is the decision that...

Sahara in Macedonia: Unfinished plans of the controversial businessman

Subrata Roy, 66-year-old controversial businessman from India, came to Macedonia in June 2012 with a wide smile and full of optimism, as an actor of Bollywood films. Dressed in a white shirt with short sleeves and a black jelick, modern version of the traditional Indian clothing, in Macedonia he was introduced as the savior of domestic economy. He met most of the ministers, the mayor of Ohrid and Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. His plans, which were released after the meetings, predicted construction of a tourist resort in Ohrid, a fodder factory and a dairy farm with 20 thousand head of cattle. With these and other announced investments employment was expected of over 3 thousand unemployed people in Macedonia. It was estimated that this would mean greater success for a country with about 30 percent unemployment. As a gift, Roy...

They save on heating to replace the asbestos roof

What conditions do primary school students in Skopje have, do schools have enough space for uninterrupted teaching, and do they have gyms, arranged school yards, what level is hygiene at? Inbox 7 team toured several schools in Skopje to see if they meet the basic criteria prescribed by law. First we visited the oldest school in Macedonia, “Ss. Cyril and Methodius”, which is located in the center of Skopje. This school has no gym yet, physical education classes are conducted in improvised conditions. Then, in the municipality Gjorce Petrov in the school “Strasho Pindzur” we entered an arranged schoolyard, a spacious gym, but we found out that there they are facing a problem that must be solved soon – part of the school roof is dilapidated. Criteria Cyril and Methodius Strasho Pindzur Naum Ohridski Hygienic conditions Yes Yes Yes...

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