Nikola Gruevski
North Macedonia Fugitive PM’s Pious Project Ends in Bankruptcy
Harbinger of city's divisive makeover
The erection of the controversial church foreshadowed the bigger and much more divisive government project to revamp the entire capital in classical style, known as "Skopje 2014", which was first revealed in CGI in a government video in 2010.
Serbian Lottery Director Accused of Tax Evasion in North Macedonia
The Financial Police Directorate told BIRN that, as a director of ALFA SKOP DOO Skopje in 2013 and 2014, Kazic failed to report profits of 61.8 million denars, roughly a million euros, "thus failing to calculate and pay profit tax in the amount of 10 per cent of the total."
ALFA SKOP DOO is the owner of Alfa TV, one of six national broadcasters in North Macedonia.
North Macedonia’s Digital Paradox – More Information, Less Memory
A similar problem, to a lesser extent, appears when searching for news reports from May 5, 2015.
That was when the then opposition Social Democrats in North Macedonia published wiretapped recordings suggesting that police and top officials might have been involved in a police cover-up of the brutal murder of a young man, Martin Neskovski.
Pandemic no Longer Silences North Macedonia’s Political Turmoil
Zaev acted swiftly on his promise to sort out the decades-long dispute with Greece over the country's name, which had resulted in Athens blocking Skopje's bids to join the European Union and NATO.
Damjan Mancevski: We’ll Revisit Media Reforms After Elections
Still no newly elected council for national broadcaster:
Changes to the national broadcaster, Macedonian Radio and Television, MRT, and to the institution that regulates the electronic media, the Agency for Audio and Audio-visual Services, AVMU, were key stated priorities for the Social Democrats.
North Macedonia Flounders in Pandemic’s Political Limbo
Why this grave political mistake, I simply fail to understand. Now, in line with to electoral legislation, he has made way for a caretaker government which includes the opposition. "Wait, wait, wait - what?" you ask.
Rampage in Parliament Remains Open Wound in North Macedonia
The then opposition leader who later became the Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev [c], was among the badly injured during the mob attack. Photo: EPA/STR
More minnows than big fish on trial:
The parliament came under attack amid a tense political standoff between the allies and opponents of the former right-wing VMRO DPMNE government led by Nikola Gruevski.
North Macedonia Sends Election-Riggers to Jail
Skopje Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced Democratic Union for Integration, DUI party officials Ejup Alimi and Ismet Guri to three-and-a-half years in jail each for the "destruction of electoral materials" in Skopje's municipality of Cair during the 2013 local polls.
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Interview: North Macedonia’s System is Rigged Against New Parties
The people who have supported the formation of the new party are now also required to provide proof of citizenship, not older than six months.
Tortevski says that this demand is absurd and unnecessary because those who have signed notary statements have already legitimized themselves with their IDs or passports. "A non-citizen cannot have a passport or an ID," he notes.
Trial Starts of Organisers of North Macedonia Parliament Rampage
The trial has started in Skopje of those charged with organising a mob assault on parliament in North Macedonia in April 2017, aimed at preventing the then opposition Social Democrats from taking power.