Tag: arrest

The State Secretary at the Ministry of Information Society and Administration (MISA), Jahi Jahija from Kumanovo was arrested today because he is suspected of abusing his position and authority. Unofficially, he is charged with taking a bribe for approving a tender and for the misuse of European IPA funds. At the moment, the MOI's sector for fighting organized crime and corruption...

The week began with arrests for the tragic bus accident and embezzlement in the intelligence services and ended with a terrorism verdict in court. From the 18 defendants without amnesty in the organized terrorist attack on the Parliament of the Republic of North Macedonia on April 27, 2017, 16 were sentenced to a total of 211 years in prison on...

The British Embassy in Macedonia stated that the violent attacks at the Parliament on the 27th of April must be investigated and that there has to be a legal outcome. "The events in Parliament on 27 April involved serious violence and deserve thorough investigation with consequent action through the courts if appropriate. It is important that institutional procedures...

Today, the leader of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, after the court hearing in the case regarding the violence in front of the Municipality of Centar in June, 2013, known to the public as "Shamari" (Slaps), in a statement to the media, accused the judiciary of 'protectionism'. “The hearing for court cases where members of VMRO-DPMNE are accused, are scheduled...

Basic Court Skopje 1 issued a press release which informs that on request of Basic Public Prosecution for Organized Crime and Corruption (OJO), the judge has ordered a 30-day detention for 13 persons, while 6 people were placed under a house arrest. The Preliminary Proceedings Judge has accepted the motion and has ordered a 30-day detention to Mitko Chavkov,...

The former mayor of Gjorce Petrov municipality, Sokol Mitrevski, was taken into custody this morning, confirmed for Meta agency sources from the ongoing investigation. According to unofficial information, Mitrevski was arrested for misuse of his position and authorizations, regarding the illegal re-allocation of land on the territory of the municipality and the illegal approval of giving a property under...

The activities for locating and arresting the former heads of UBK, Goran Grujovski and Nikola Boshkovski was a "regional effort" and several services took part in, said the Minister of Interior, Oliver SPasovski in an interview for the "30" TV show on "Alsat-M" TV. -This is an action that was worked on regionally i.e. several more services were included...

Igor Jug, one of the participants in the violence that outbursted in the Parliament on the 27th of April this year, was arrested this morning in his apartment in Kumanovo, confirms the Ministry of Interior. MoI informs that the 47-year-old Jug was arrested on a previous order issued by the Basic Public Prosecution dated from the 16th of May. "On...

Today marks the sixth year anniversary since protests erupted against police brutality after the murder of Martin Neskovski on June the 5th, 2011, during the celebrations of VMRO-DPMNE’s electoral victory. At the beginning of last year, the Special Prosecutor's Office took over jurisdiction of the Neskovski murder case. The SPO reports that the case is still in a pre-trial procedure. The police...

Stojance Velickovic, the Chief of Police in Kumanovo, who the police tried to arrest tonight, was released after the police, on the orders from the Public Prosecutor's Office searched his home. Velickovic claims that police entered his home at 16:40 pm, executed a search of his property and were specifically looking for documents and records from the elections. “They came at 16:40pm,...

Police and special ops units are in front of the home of Kumanovo's Chief of Police, Stojance Velickovic, who was recently promoted to that position by the MOI, and SDSM's Oliver Spasovski. In front of the home, there is a group of citizens that will not allow Velickovic to be taken away. "We are gathered in front of Velickovic's house. There...

Coordinated anti-terrorist operations have recently been conducted in Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo, designed to arrest people suspected of recruiting fighters for the Islamic State in the Balkans. According to information published yesterday by the Albanian and Kosovo press, suspects had been detained for allegedly planning terrorist operations in the Balkans. The Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed for "Meta" the participation of...

The judge has rejected the request from the Special Prosecutor's Office and did not determine precautionary measures to the commander of the "Alfa" police unit, Ivica Antevski - Puki, and five of his fellow colleagues who are also suspects in the "Torture" case, announced the Criminal Court on Thursday. It took nearly 24 hours for the court to announce the...

Today, Mariglen Demiri, a member of the Presidium of the Levica party has been called for questioning at the Public Prosecution Office (PPO) Skopje because of his participation in the protests and the damage inflicted on the people's office of President Gjorge Ivanov. The Levica party has released a statement saying that due to this recent event, they will hold...

Video and text articles from reports of the arrest of Ljube Boskoski on June 6, 2011, have mysteriously disappeared from the websites of the TV stations that at the time, had reported on the sensational story of the events outside restaurant "Vodenica". Yesterday, Katica Janeva's team of prosecutors announced that they have opened an official investigation dubbed "Tortura" and have filed charges against...

The former Director of the Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) Saso Mijalkov is the first suspect in the case "Tortura", it is said he and another 6 suspects, members of the police unit “Alfa” arrested Ljube Boskovski the leader of the party United for Macedonia in an inhumane and brutal way, one day after the 2011 election. Prosecutor Fatime Fetai explained...

Katica Janeva, the Special Public Prosecutor at today’s press conference announced a new investigation her office has opened under the code-name "Tortura." As explained by prosecutor Fatime Fetai, the case "Tortura" is in connection with the arrest of the President of a United Macedonia, Ljube Boskovski. The proposed case is an investigation against 7 persons for the use of excessive violence...

The Special Prosecution did not request for Zoran Verushevski's detention to be replaced with house arrest as some of the media has reported. Zoran Verushevski, charged in the case “Putsch”, at the request of his defence team, who argued that his detention in jail should be replaced with some sort of guarantee, and the court gave a positive opinion to their argument...

The Ministry of Interior have arrested 2a 1-year-old man from Skopje, his initials S.R., is suspected to have travelled twice to Syria as a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), announced today the Ministry of Interior. The Skopje resident, according to the Ministry, a few weeks returned from Syria to the country through an illegal route....

The first Prime Minister of an independent Macedonia, Ljudmil Kljusev's son, Nikola Kljusev was arrested in the US on charges for "illegally distributing narcotics", reported the "Fairfield Daily Voice." Kljusev lived in the United States working as a psychiatrist, was arrested, on November the 12th, accused for distributing narcotics outside of the scope of professional practice, such as large quantities...