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Former Macedonian PM Gruevski’s media financed from Hungary?
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When Nikola Gruevski, Hungarian PM Orbán’s friend, fell from power at home, Hungarian companies started to advertise in media connected to the former Macedonian PM’s VMRO-DPMNE party. Meanwhile, it came to light that the companies advertising there did not sell anything in the country, so there is no reasonable explanation why they did so.
In 2017, VMRO-DPMNE lost the general elections, so Kurir, Denesen, Lider, Republika, and other pro-government media lost their main advertisers, the pro-government and state-owned companies. Therefore, some of them had to close, but shortly after, they received help from Hungary, hvg reported.
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Balkaninsight named those companies like the Olivery selling Croatian olive oil, the Skin Delight or the Bonyart web store that started to advertise in Macedonia. Meanwhile, two Hungarian citizens, Péter Schatz and Ágnes Adamik, both known from the pro-Fidesz media, appeared on the Macedonian market. Soon, the
Adamik Media Company became the majority owner of pro-VMRO-DPMNE media companies.
The 100 pc owner of the Adamik Media Company is Ágnes Adamik, while Péter Schatz has the Alfa TV supporting Mr Gruevski.
Balkaninsight and BIRN tried to understand why Olivery, Skin Delight, Bonyart, and other companies started to advertise in Gruevski-supporting media, but they were told only that some “friends” of the owners suggested them doing so. Of course, it is not surprising that Hungarian companies advertise in the Macedonian media. However, Olivery was founded only in 2017, and it realised moderate profits only (less than 10 thousand EUR) in the following years. Therefore,
