On 9 February 2015, Macedonian opposition leader Zoran Zaev called a press conference in Skopje. In a room packed with journalists he explained that prime minister Nikola Gruevski and his cousin, counter-intelligence chief Saso Mijalkov had orchestrated the illegal wire-tapping of more than 20,000 people, including journalists, politicians, foreign diplomats and even government ministers. These recordings also revealed numerous illegal acts by government officials, from fixing tenders to influencing judges and manipulating elections.
Houses of Cards – Post-truth politics from Skopje to Strasbourg
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On 9 February 2015, Macedonian opposition leader Zoran Zaev called a press conference in Skopje. In a room packed with journalists he explained that prime minister Nikola Gruevski and his cousin, counter-intelligence chief Saso Mijalkov had orchestrated the illegal wire-tapping of more than 20,000 people, including journalists, politicians, foreign diplomats and even government ministers. These recordings also revealed numerous illegal acts by government officials, from fixing tenders to influencing judges and manipulating elections.