Vice Prime Minister Artan Grubi boasted on his Facebook profile that the American philanthropist, Alexander Soros, also played football in his office. He published a photo of the meeting with Soros, which he described as a "friendly conversation" about the current political situation, the European perspective of the country and the entire region. Last week, the most commented topic in the Macedonian media were the photos of the ministers...
The Minister of Economy, Fatmir Besimi, in a guest appearance on TV21 tonight, was asked about the photos and the video, which shows how, together with other ministers from DUI, they are playing football and basketball in the office of Vice Prime Minister Artan Grubi. He said that "in the past he played football and that after the working day, like every person, he finds himself...
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"If that video had been made abroad, we would have received applause," says Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi in an interview for RFE/RL that will be broadcast on Sunday, after he, along with other DUI ministers, filmed and photographed themselves playing football and basketball in the offices of Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi. "I think that video is...
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"Everyone can choose what props they will have in their office," said Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski today, when asked to comment on the photos published yesterday from the office of Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi, which show him and the ministers from DUI playing football and basketball in the office. "As far as I know, these are not the first photos of...
"I don't see anything immoral, the comments are inappropriate. We just shot, played football for five minutes and basketball, that's it, nothing special. We have become a society of hysterical reactions to anything and everything", says Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi in connection with this afternoon's announcement, in which he shared photos of him and the ministers from DUI, playing football and...
