Vasilije Avirovic
Macedonia Jails Gruevski Ally Over Fixed Coal Tender
Skopje Criminal Court on Friday found the businessmen Sead Kocan and one other guilty of falsifying documents in 2011 to win a 17-million-euros tender to extract coal from the Suvodol mine near the town of Bitola for the state power company, ELEM.
The tender was awarded to his consortium in 2012.
Macedonia Court Orders Businessman's Arrest Over Tender Fix
A court in Skopje has ordered big businessman and media baron Sead Kocan - who is known for close ties to former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski - to be arrested and put in detention for 30 days on suspicion of fixing a coal tender.