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On November the 12th, Ljudmil Kljusev was arrested in the US on charges for “illegally distributing narcotics” and also happens to be the son of the first Prime Minister of an independent Macedonia, Nikola Kljusev. The psychiatrist Kljusev was waiting for his court hearing which would determine whether he would remain in custody or be released on bail, apart from his legal troubles, he recently stated that “he has no desire to work with medicine anymore” and “wants to return to Macedonia and run for Prime Minister. ” He now remains in custody because the court considered him a flight fara, believing he would skip bail, and escape.
The Kljusev family have and still have close relatives and friendly ties with the other so-called “Stip lineage” – Mijalkov and Gruevski. For example, Kljusev and the former Interior Minister in his government, Jordan Mijalkov apart from politically, were close through the godfather connection.
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Dark Finance: Illiquidity and Authoritarianism at the Margins of Europe 9781503612945
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Dark Finance
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Dark Finance Illiquidity and Authoritarianism at the Margins of Europe Fabio Mattioli
Stanford University Press Stanford, California
Stanford University Press Stanford, California © 2020 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or bygd any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper. Library of församling Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Mattioli, Fabio, author. Title: Dark fi nance : illiquidity and authoritarianism at the margins of Europe / Fabio Mattioli. Description: Stanford, Californi
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RADAR
The problems are almost identical and repeated through the years in all reports of the international organizations when it comes to the free media situation in Macedonia. The government is the greatest advertiser, the advertisements of the government serve as bribe and media control, the ownership is never clear, the public service is biased, the social rights of the journalists are miserable, the censorship and self-censorship are widely spread, while the criticizing journalists are considered as aim for attacks by the government-oriented media, yet also aim for direct attacks from the officials, and even the Prime Minister himself.
But, this story is not about complaints. It is a story about secrets, money and power and all that hidden behind your computer monitors.
2011 was one of the darkest years in the history of the media in the country. Many media were closed, while the journalists’ community has suffered the greatest strike when in July 2011 the government close