Anyone trying to check the list of construction companies whose licenses were revoked by the Ministry of Transport after the deadly March 16 fire at a Kocani nightclub will find only a “404” error message, indicating that the page no longer exists. The document, which was one of the most widely circulated pieces of information when it was published eight months ago, has vanished from the ministry’s website.
The same goes for press releases and decisions related to the 70-million-euro loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD, which the government in 2021 planned to use to construct the Skopje Bus Rapid Transit system in the capital, a process led by the Ministry of Finance.
A large portion of the ministerial archives disappeared after the government launched a project aimed at giving all ministry websites a more unified look by early November. The process is running late.
In the meantime, official information from just a few months or years ago can now be accessed only through secondary sources, such as the media outlets that republished it – if they kept those articles at all.
Please login to your account below if you are already a Premium Subscriber.
Our Premium Service gives you full access to all content published on BalkanInsight.com, including analyses, investigations, comments, interviews and more. Choose your subscription today and get unparalleled in-depth coverage of the Southern and Eastern Europe.
If you have trouble logging in or any other questions regarding you account, please contact us