The official database of buildings, new facades, sculptures, monuments, fountains and other structures which are components of Skopje’s makeover financed by public funds
As the government-sponsored revamp of the Macedonian capital continues, BIRN’s ongoing investigation shows that the price tag for Skopje 2014 now exceeds €633 million.
While the Macedonian state has stumped up the cash for most of the city’s grand makeover, some monuments, floating galleons and kiosks are investments of private entrepreneurs.
The authorities' drive to erect giant monuments in Skopje continues as construction starts of a complex dedicated to Skopje-born nun Mother Teresa, not far from a similar one built earlier.
As the huge government-sponsored revamp of the Macedonian capital dubbed Skopje 2014 continues, BIRN’s ongoing investigation shows that its price tag has surpassed 600 million euro.
The contracts signed with artists, published in the database for Skopje 2014 uncovered, shows that their calculations often contain rounded sums, not listing details or the meaning of the item “other minor costs” - which in some cases reached up to 5,000 euros.
From the initially announced price tag of €80 million, the cost of giving the Macedonian capital a new/old look has risen to €560 million, a BIRN investigation shows.