Saturday, May 18, 2024
Cleanup of the small (delta) HCH landfill at OHIS continues with remediation of Lot 3, which will remove 525 tons of HCH waste and 210 tons of HCH-contaminated soil. As part of the activities carried out so far for the remediation of the third lot, 210 tons of soil...
The Skopje-based Criminal Court sentenced Thursday former Government Secretary-general Dragi Rashkovski to eight years in prison, including time spent in house arrest, for abuse of office and money laundering in the case code-named "Softwares". According to the Criminal Code, in the prison sentence imposed on the first accused Dragi Rashkovski,...
A total of 33.2% of the gross domestic product per year in the country belongs to the gray economy, according to the analysis of the Economic Chamber of N. Macedonia. The percentage, according to the Chamber’s vice-president Zoran Jovanovski, is on the same level as the countries of the Western...
Skopje Appellate Court announced the decision on the Titanic 1 case, reducing or cancelling the sentences of some of the defendants. Former Minister Gordana Jankuloska, who was sentenced to prison by the decision of the first instance court, also received a suspended sentence. The former Minister of Transport and Communications...
If considered necessary, it is possible to review the budget in September, Macedonian Finance Minister Fatmir Besimi said Wednesday. As Minister Besimi said in a TV appearance, so far the funds have been realized according to the plan, and EUR 225 million have been provided in the Budget for anti-crisis...
The president of the Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia (SSM), Slobodan Trendafilov, stressed in a TV interview that at the request of the Minister of Finance, a meeting should be held at the level of government ministers and presidents of unions and confederations to discuss overcoming the transition...
Opposition party VMRO-DPMNE revealed public documents according to which Thor Industries, Drin Ahmeti's company, was established in 2020 to participate in the large construction projects planned by the government in Macedonia. Thor Industries, along with another company from the Zajas clan, is involved in the construction of Corridor 8, and...
In relation to the Proposal for the Law on Solidarity Tax, the Economic Chamber of North Macedonia continuously indicates that the adoption of such a legal solution for the past fiscal year (specifically for 2022) creates uncertainty among existing and potential investors, especially if there are given that legal...
The Basic Public Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime and Corruption, following the information that is continuously published in the media, opened a case last week following a tip-off regarding the purchase and sale of the Soravia business center. Drin Ahmeti's company THOR Industries (nephew of DUI leader Ali Ahmeti) and...
The judges of Constitutional Court issued a temporary ban against the decision by the Justice Ministry to include ethnic identity in birth certificates. The decision was reached with five votes in favor and two opposed, both “no” votes were from ethnic Albanian justices. The main reason for initiating a procedure...