DUI: Illegal construction on state land on Kemal Sejfula street is being rebuilt, Skopje and Čair silent

DUI says construction work has resumed at a site on Kemal Sejfula street in Skopje that was publicly reported last year as an illegal build on state land, and that both the City of Skopje and Čair Municipality have remained silent.

In May 2025 the former mayor of the City of Skopje, Danela Arsovska, visited the location and publicly announced that the structure was being erected without plans and without a building permit, at the distance of just one metre from an existing residential block, immediately in front of residents' windows and balconies.

After that public report, the Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation against the investor. According to the Prosecutor's Office statement at the time, "it concerns a six-storey residential-business building, started without a building permit and on state land." A prohibition on carrying out construction works was also proposed within the probe.

Work stopped following the probe. A year later, however, workers and construction machinery have returned to the site.

BDI (DUI) says neighbouring families are again confronted with a structure that blocks their windows and balconies, while Čair Municipality has offered no explanation, no inspection report and no public decision to halt works.

The party demands that Čair Municipality immediately send inspectors to the site and publicly state:

• on what documentation the works were allowed to continue;
• whether there is a valid building permit;
• what steps the municipal inspectorate has taken;
• whether the ban on construction works proposed within the investigation is still in force.

BDI also calls on the Public Prosecutor's Office to inform the public about the status of the investigation and to explain how continuation of works was possible on a building that the Prosecutor's Office had treated as an illegal construction on state land.

Photo: press material from the event