Tag: Jail

After yesterday's sessions, the Criminal Council of the Skopje Court of Appeal, today decided to reject the appeals of the indicted Mile Janakieski and Kiril Bozinovski regarding the 30-day detention measure for the SPO's case "Titanic". "After the public sessions, the Criminal Council of the Skopje Court of Appeal have rejected the appeals of defendants Mile Janakieski from Skopje and...

Former Minister of Interior Gordana Jankuloska, before the beginning of the hearing of the "Titanic" case, said that she respects the precautionary measures imposed on her and that there is no need for tougher measures. "I respect the precautionary measures, there is no reason for them to be changed," said Jankuloska. Jankuloska, who was sentenced to 6 years in the "Tank" case,...

The SPO had requested that former officials from VMRO-DPMNE and the accused in the Titanic case, Mile Janakieski and Kiril Bozinovski be detained because they were deemed flight risks. The criminal court accepted the proposal from the SPO and ordered a 30-day detention of two people. "The Criminal Council of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption at the Basic...

A representative of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office, Jovan Cvetanovski, addressed the Council today at the Skopje Appellate Court regarding the appeal for the actor Vlado Jovanovski concerning the violence that took place in Parliament on April 27th, last year, demanding that the actor be released from custody and be given a lenient measure to ensure his presence. According...

Through the Interpol office in the country, the Ministry of Interior issued international arrest warrants for five suspects wanted for the violence that broke out in Parliament last April, who at the moment are in hiding. The five people the warrants refer to, are: Nikola Mitrevski - Koljo, Aleksandar Vasilevski - Ninja, Mladen Dodevski, Dejan Davidovski and Mitre Pitropovski. So...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that the resignation of deputy ministers from the Alliance for Albanians was an expected step after party leader, Zijadin Sela, failed to accept the government's bid for a vice-presidential post for reforms in the government. He added that he would not rush to dismiss staff in institutions both from the previous government and from the...

VMRO-DPMNE will not participate in any work connected to Parliament or parliamentary bodies, due to the imprisonment of MPs Krsto Mukoski, Ljuben Arnaudov and Sašo Vasilevski who are in the pre-trial "Shutka" prison, as well as MPs Johan Tarculovski, and Žaklina Peshevska and Ljupco Dimovski who are under house arrest. “Currently, SDSM is the ruling majority and they have a...

After today's testomonies, the Criminal Court ruled that MPs Krsto Mukoski, Ljuben Arnaudov and Saso Vasilevsk be taken into custody and detained. Those MPs are suspected of the violence in Parliament on April 27th. Their colleagues, Žaklina Peshevska, Johan Tarculovski and Ljupco Dimovski, received a measure of house arrest. Mukoski, Arnaudov and Vasilevski were accompanied by police escorts from the...

Krsto Mukoski, a VMRO-DPMNE MP, while arriving at the Criminal Court today for his testimony before a pre-trial judge, said that the court has no grounds to detain him. “There is no basis for custody, but we will have to allow the court to rule and have the last word”, said Mukoski briefly, adding that he regularly appeared in court...

Tomorrow, the Criminal Court in Skopje will come to a decision regarding the Special Prosecutor’s Office request to remand businessman Sead Kočan into custody, who is the prime suspect in the “Trust” case. The SPO confirmed that the hearing has been scheduled for tomorrow at 10:00 am, and like the previous hearing, prosecutors from the SPO will be present as...

At today's presentation of the study on “Legal and budgetary implications of unjustified detainment”, held at the EU Info Centre in Skopje, it was pointed out that Macedonian courts have a going rate or amount of how much it costs each day spent in custody, which ranges from 2,500 to 3,500 denars (40-50 euros). "Knowing that the 'price' to restrict...

Ljudmil Kljusev, the son of the first Prime Minister to an independent Macedonia, Nikola Kjlusev, stood before District Judge Alvin Thompson in Hartford, USA and pleaded guilty to distributing narcotics outside of the scope of professional practice, and health care fraud, said a statement to "Meta" by the United States Department of Justice. According to court documents and statements made...

We should respect the presumption of innocence and leave legal institutions to decide whether someone is innocent or not, said the vice-prime minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Poposki, VMRO-DPMNE’s list carrier in the first electoral district, in the Radio Slobodna Evropa’s weekly interview when he replied to a question how will crime suspects from his party can...

The Directorate for the Execution of Sanctions, known in Macedonia by the acronym UIC, have purchased 400 electronic bracelets for offenders who will be serving their sentences under house arrest, because, as of November 1, under Government planning, the Law on Probation is expected to be implemented. The Directorate for the Execution of Sanctions told “Meta” that they have already...

The Public Prosecution for Organized Crime and Corruption in the investigation procedure conducted today at the Basic Court Skopje 1, filed an indictment against journalist and owner of the internet portal "Burevesnik", Zoran Bozinovski. Bozinovski, as reported by the Prosecution, is charged with criminal association, espionage, and extortion. The prosecution also requests the court extend Bozinovski’s detainment. In 2013, Bozinovski was...

In a police operation which was carried out early this morning in Skopje and Tetovo, four people have been arrested, and another three are still at large, while all of them are suspected of being former fighters of ISIS, reports the Public Prosecution. “The prosecutor in charge of the case from the Public Prosecutor's Office for persecuting Organized Crime and...

Judge Aleksandra Pop-Stefanija denied the request by the Special Public Prosecutor (SPO) for the detention of the prime suspect in the "Fortress" case, Goran Grujovski, Head of the Security and Counter-Intelligence Agency and decided to confiscate his, said this afternoon the Basic Court Skopje 1. Judge Pop-Stefanija today halted the questioning of former Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska and three other...

The police in Bitola have checked several times so far to see if Mayor Vladimir Taleski is at home since yesterday at 12 am when the measure of house arrest was formally implemented after the Criminal Court came to their decision. The spokesperson for the police department in Bitola, Sanja Stamatova, said police found Taleski at home, in his apartment...

The Judge from the preliminary hearing rejected the requests from the Special Public Prosecution for pre-trial detention for Goran Grujovski, and other precautionary measures for four of the other suspects in the "Fortress" case, including former Interior Minister, Gordana Januloska. The Judge, Aleksandra Pop-Stefanova acting upon the requests from the SPO, based her decision, as can been seen by her...

Tonight, the Basic Court Skopje 1 tonight was painted in the colors of "Colourful Revolution." Protesters at today's demonstration, which traditionally start outside the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office, decided to start their protest in front of the corrupt judiciary. The demonstrators were met outside the courthouse by several lawyers, who stated they do not want to practice their profession anymore,...