NEWS OF THE DAY: Over 150 thousand euros, plus salary, paid to Janeva, shows “Open finances” database
Former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, during her term, had received a total of 157.000 euros plus her regular salary, show official information from the “Open Finances” database.
The analysis conducted by “Prizma” indicates that she received most of the additional 157.000 euros as a supplement for confidentiality – not to disclose what she had heard in the “bombs”, and also received compensations for rent and for working outside the city in which she lives.
– The former prosecutor received 42 euros each month for working outside of her place of residence, 400 euros for rent and a bonus for confidentiality paid to her account under “Other transfers”. Precisely this last bonus is the modus through which Janeva received the largest amounts, is indicated by “Prizma”. This amount had increased during her four-year term – from 1.600 to 2.200 and to over 4.000 euros.
Nine more EU members sign letter in which negotiations are demanded for North Macedonia in March
The letter from the six states sent last week to the European Commission in which they demand start of negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia in March 2020, has been complemented with signatures of nine more EU member states, says MIA correspondent from Brussels.
Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Portugal as of Tuesday have joined Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic and have signed the letter to the European Commission, in which consent is given for reforming the methodology of the negotiation process, as long as it allows opening of accession talks with Skopje and Tirana in March 2020.
Menduh Thaci and Arben Xhaferi wiretapped under the pseudonyms “lover” and “grandpa”
Former UBK employee Marjan Jankulovski at today’s hearing for the “Target-Fortress” case, on the illegal communication surveillance, said that Menduh Thaci and Arben Xhaferi had been wiretapped without a warrant and under pseudonyms. “There were strange pseudonyms that only we the operatives knew, it was known that Thaci was “lover” and Arben Xhaferi was “grandpa. I found it suspicious that there was no warrant, and they were connected to the wiretapping system the entire time. I spoke with Zvonko Kostovski that something was not right, and he said that he did not know about that. In UBK, both communication systems worked in parallel, Nice and Verin. We practiced on one of the two, while the wiretapping was on the second one”, said Jankulovski.
Ruskoska through a letter to Joveski explaines SMS message sent to a judge from Court of Appeal
Vilma Ruskoska today sent a letter to the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office and to the Council of Public Prosecutors in regards to the SMS message that two days ago caused commotion in court circles, and which was sent to one of the three judges in the Court of Appeal, who were deciding on the house arrest of former special public prosecutor Katica Janeva, suspected in the “Racket” case, reports Plusinfo.
The Prosecutor’s Office said for Plusinfo that they will additionally inform about the further steps once they review the written explanation by prosecutor Ruskoska.
FLASH NEWS
– Former “Ohis” employees are on the streets of Skopje every Tuesday and Friday, where they demand they receive the 24 unpaid salaries, an obligation from 2008, 2012 and 2013.
– President of the Republic of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, today at the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade, was welcomed with highest state and military honors by President of Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, with which he started the official visit to Republic of Serbia.
– President of the Republic of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, within the framework of his official visit to the Republic of Serbia, today in Belgrade met with Prime Minister Ana Brnabic.
– North Macedonia has achieved concrete results in implementing the reforms. Realizing the country’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations will contribute to improving the economic situation and will create conditions for increasing the interests and investments of foreign companies, concluded Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and newly appointed Austrian Ambassador to our country, Georg Woutsas at today’s meeting in the Government, reports MIA.
– On this day in 1908, the Bitola Congress ended in Bitola, at which the Albanian standardized alphabet was created.
– The matured obligations of the institutions, municipalities, local institutions have decreased by 1.7 billion denars in the first nine months of this year compared to the same period last year. This was outlined by Minister of Finance Nina Angelovska in an interview for Television 24.
– The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, the Employment Agency, the business community, the local economic social council and other stakeholders, today in Skopje held the final regional meeting for creating the new Operational Plan for Active Employment Measures for 2020.
CIVILIAN ACTIVITIES
CIVIL press conference ahead of International Human Rights Day and CIVIL’s 20th anniversary
CIVIL will hold a press conference on Sunday, November 24, at Hotel City Park, starting at 12 noon. The meeting with the media is being held ahead of the many events that are being organized starting from November 29 and lasting until the end of December. The numerous activities are being organized in honour of International Human Rights Day and CIVIL’s 20th anniversary.
Petrovski: Young people are leaving also because of the political situation in the country
Young people leaving the country is a big problem that Macedonia has been facing for quite some time. We spoke with the President of the National Youth Council of Macedonia, Bojan Petrovski, about the reasons why they are leaving and what measures could prevent the youth from leaving the country.
OPINION
When Micko met Bojko…
“Objectively, it seems that Mr. Mickoski has nothing to be mad about: the entire episode from the meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Borisov is a “tough” lesson on what it’s like to be playing – all right, I apologize, to be leading – “high politics”, and want to be sitting on two-three chairs at the same time. Mr. Borisov first cleared Mr. Mickoski’s table for the meeting to begin, made his Macedonian colleagues comfortable and then asked the leader of the Macedonian opposition several logical questions. These are the same questions to which we have been trying for two years in Macedonia to come up with a clear answer, and constantly get explanations in the form of elliptical empty phrases, with ambiguous “mathematically precise” formulations, but actually meaningless political demagogy, mixed with alleged insight. “We support everything that is positive for both sides – says Mickoski to Borisov. You should have no dilemma!”…We have no dilemma. We have a trilemma”, writes Ordanoski.
Hristijan Mickoski’s fake news
“Fake news, spins – had been the replies of VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski following his test fiasco in front of the Bulgarian Prime Minister. But there, quite clearly, with a picture and tone, without cutting, pasting, editing, confused as a high school student, in regards to Borisov’s test questions, Mickoski failed the home exam and forcefully passed the European exam”, writes Zoran Ivanov.
Angela Petrovska in cooperation with: Biljana Jordanovska, Saso Ordanoski, Zoran Ivanov.
Translation: Natasa Cvetkovska
