Tag: investigation

More than 5 months have passed since the tragic bus accident in Bulgaria when 45 Macedonian nationals lost their lives. The Bulgarian prosecution finished the investigation about the causes behind the accident, but North Macedonia's Prosecution is still continuing its investigation, by controlling Besa Trans-Skopje company's complete operations, but also controlling the institutions which should control company's operations, informs...

The second month since the tragic blaze in the modular COVID-19 hospital in Tetovo has passed, but there are still no results from the investigation into the causes. The general public is still held hostage by the mystery and the questions that the authorities are not giving answers to, Portalb.mk writes. Regardless of the fact that it has been almost...

Three prosecutors from Tetovo and two from Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, have started investigation about the fire that raged in the COVID-19 modular hospital in Tetovo and burned to the ground last night, with at least 10 people losing their lives in the blaze. Apart from the Prosecution, the Government of North Macedonia also issued a statement, noting...

The Basic Public Prosecutor's Office for Prosecuting Organised Crime and Corruption (OJO-GOKK) of North Macedonia started an investigation yesterday about the tender for MOI's software for traffic violations, and the police on prosecutor order have detained the former Prime Minister Office's Secretary and former Secretary of the Government of North Macedonia, Dragi Rashkovski and the owner and manager of...

Soil examinations in Tetovo have revealed that the earth is contaminated with arsenic two and a half times above the permitted estimates, according to a survey conducted by environmental organizations "Vila Zora" from Veles and "Eko Guerilla" from Tetovo. This was presented at today's presentation at the South East European University in Tetovo (SEEU), by Arijanit Xhaferi from the Tetovo...

The Basic Public Prosecutor's Office Skopje (PPO Skopje) said that the preliminary criminal investigation into the tragic bus crash yesterday, when 14 people, mostly young people, lost their lives concluded at 13:15 hours. Reporting on all the actions taken during the inspection, the Prosecutor's Office said that the bus driver had not provided relevant information about the moments leading to...

The Basic Public Prosecutor's Office for Prosecuting Organized Crime and Corruption has released to the public the actions so far undertaken in the case of fugitive, Nikola Gruevski. The PPO adds that the total recorded video material of about 10 terabytes has been submitted for analysis to the Ministry of Interior and is still ongoing. "Interpol, through the Ministry of Interior, has passed on...

The government has strongly condemned the case regarding the recorded telephone conversations in the Public Prosecutor's Office. We believe that such phenomena are a relapse of the past and the practice of past ruling non-democratic structures, government spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski said, reacting to today's information from the Public Prosecutor's Office, that in the building where the main prosecutor's office...

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov ordered the Ministry of Interior and the state agency "National Security" to check all of the Bulgarian personal documents that were issued to foreigners in the last 5 years. According to Bulgarian media, in the last 15 years, almost 90.000 people were granted Bulgarian passports. As Bulgarian media report, Borisov has asked for the...

The Special Prosecutor's Office has launched a new investigation under the code name "Empire", against Jordan Kamchev, Sasho Mijalkov, Nenad Josifovic, Cvetan Pandeseski, Ratka Kunoska Kamcheva, Hristina Kamcheva Stojceska, Zorica Arsovska, Liljana Gajdoska, Vladislav Stajkovic, Todor Mircevski, Dejan Janev, Vance Mijalchev and Jovanche Taskovski. They are suspected of criminal offenses such as criminal association, damage or privilege of creditors,...

The Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Skopje today announced that it has opened an investigation into the case on the mountain peak Kajmakčalan, where Macedonian mountain climbers, Kalina Velevska and Aleksandar Minovski lost their lives. "The relevant Public Prosecutor has issued an order to the Sector for Internal Affairs Skopje - Violent Crime Unit, in order to perform checks in...

In the “360-degree” show that was broadcast on Alsat-M television, the president of Transparency International Macedonia, Slagjana Taseva, regarding the statement by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev about the two members of government who are under investigation, said yesterday that his statement was irresponsible and hasty. “My first reaction concerning the statement was that perhaps it was irresponsible, unnecessary, hasty and...

For all cases where there are certain doubts of irregularities, that is, cases which are not fully clarified, the Government will bring in international experts from certain areas for their elaboration, said Minister of Justice, Bilen Saliji, while answering a journalist's question on the requests for an international expert group to investigate the "Divo Naselje" case. “The Ministry of Justice,...

With the statement that the prosecution allegedly conducted a criminal investigation into two members of government, Zoran Zaev confirmed that there is a direct link between SDSM and the Public Prosecutor's Office, which is used as a mechanism for disciplining, threatening and blackmailing, says VMRO-DPMNE. The opposition party says that the proceedings in the prosecution offices are conducted in secret...

Two members of the current government are under investigation for corruption, announceds Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in his speech at the "Macedonia 2025" Summit, which is being held in Skopje. Zaev added that the investigations were opened after reports from concerned citizens, but stressed that he could not release more details. “We are actively fighting corruption and it is not by...

Five people have been arrested on the orders of the Public Prosecutor's Office in connection with the attempted murder of MP and the leader of the Alliance for Albanians, Zijadin Sela, during the violence that occurred in Parliament on April 27th, this year.   The Prosecutor's Office informs that, an order was issued to extend the investigation into the case against...

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...

The Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), has never conducted any sort of activities against any country or against any embassy in Macedonia. This was announced today, by the Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, while answering a reporter's questions about the recent withdrawal of staff from the Serbian embassy in Skopje and accusations from Belgrade about “very offensive intelligence...

"Roadmap on good governance for state institutions in the Republic of Macedonia is the latest publication based on the research on the level of openness of institutions in six countries in the region, conducted within the Accountability, Technology and Institutional Openness Network in Southeastern Europe – ACTION SEE project, implemented by Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society." In order to...

The assassination attempt on Nikola Todorov wasn’t random act of violence but an act that has been instigated for years said VMRO-DPMNE. The VMRO-DPMNE’s MP, Krsto Jovanovski said today at a press conference held at the party’s headquarters that SDSM and the NGOs under the control of Soros have been inventing hundreds of lies against Todorov only to prepare...