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Gruevski remains without a passport, concludes the Court of Appeals

The Skopje Court of Appeals rejected VMRO-DPMNE leader, Nikola Gruevski’s appeal, after he requested that his passport be returned to him, confirmed judge Liljana Ivanovska-Sopova for "Television 24", who conducted the three-member Council of Judges that ruled on the appeal of the public session. Otherwise, Gruevski, who is the prime suspect in the SPO's "Titanic" case, does not have a...

Gruevski is requesting his passport be returned so he can visit Orbán

With the confiscated passport of the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, not only the rights of one person are being violated, but the rights of hundreds of thousands of people - members, voters and supporters of the main opposition party in the country are being obstructed as well. This was part of the arguments from Gruevski's lawyers at today's...

Xhaferi announces an opening for a new member of the Council of Public Prosecutors

Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi, announced an advertisment for the election of a member of the Council of Public Prosecutors. Xhaferi announced the advertisment yesterday, and today it was published in some of the daily newspapers, and it should be published in the "Official Gazette". In the announcement, it says that the election of a member of the Council is needed...

Kočan’s custody hearing will be held again tomorrow upon the request from the SPO

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...

SPO: We aren’t conducting a pre-trial procedure against prosecutor Vladimir Miloshevski

The Special Persecutor’s Office has issued a denial that it is conducting a pre-trial procedure against the public prosecutor at the prosecution for prevention of organized crime and corruption, Vladimir Miloshevski. SPO has confirmed that the political party SDSM has lodged a lawsuit against Miloshevski and other people and that the lawsuit is still investigated. “This public prosecutor has...

Taleski sends his Case to the Court of Appeals to Overturn the Measure of House Arrest

The Criminal Court today has sent the Mayor of Bitola, Vladimir Taleski’s case to Court of Appeals to appeal his house arrest restriction, the Basic Court Skopje 1 confirmed for “Meta”. Mayor Taleski is the prime suspect in the “Transporter” case which was opened by the Special Prosecutor’s Office. “The case has been completed and submitted to the Court of...

The Court lifts house arrest restrictions on Saveski and Kunovski

The Criminal Court had lifted house arrest restrictions on Levica party members, Zdravko Saveski and Vladimir Kunovski, who were accused of participating in the destruction of the National Office of President Gjorge Ivanov during the protests against the presidential pardons on April 13. Kunovski leaving court today, clearly excited, on behalf of the Levica party thanked, what he called "the party...

SPO on amendments to the Law on Pardons: Any law which helps us is crucial

Any law that allows us to conduct investigations without obstructions is crucial for us. This was the answer from the Office of the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva, when we asked for a comment on the amendments made to the Law on Pardons which were passed in Parliament yesterday and signed today by President Gjorge Ivanov. "One of the primary...

“Colourful Revolution” say there is no independent judiciary and no justice

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,...

Court hearing “Bribery” postponed, Zaev says he was framed

Today's hearing in the "Bribery" case, where SDSM leader Zoran Zaev is being charged, was postponed because two of the defence attorneys did not turn up at court. As Judge Dijana Gruevska- Ilievska informs us ,defence lawyer Filip Medarski informed the court that for these few days he was taking a trip to Barcelona, and submitted a copy of a plane ticket,...

Operation “Titanic” adrift in a labyrinth of requests, decisions, appeals and rulings

As witnessed recently the Criminal Court Skopje 1 proceedings will be conducted to the very last detail and will delay appeals made by the Special Prosecutor at the preliminary hearings, and the decisions made by the judges involved. They dismissed pre-trial detention requests for suspects in Operation “Titanic”. Practically, since Friday, following the SPP's press conference, the countdown to deadlines has...

Today the court hearing “Divo Naselje” continues

At the Basic Court Skopje 1 the trial of the 29 defendants in the Divo Naselje case from May last year should continue today. At today's hearing opening statements should be heard by defence lawyers of 11 defendants in the case. Previously, at first session, which took place two days ago (February 9th) defence lawyers gave their opening statements for...

Apart from ‘Putsch’, Janeva is expected to answer whether she will take on cases ‘Rover’, ‘Divo Naselje’, ‘Spjun’, ‘Monstrum’, and ‘Telekom’

The requests in the past three months which have been sent to the Special Prosecutor, Katica Janeva, have now amounted to all cases which have been controversial to the public, and are now arriving on her desk through official channels. Defence attorneys in the cases of "Rover", "Divo Naselje" and "Spjun" demand for these cases to be over taken by...

Ongoing debate at the Court of Appeals over “Monster” convicts

In the Court of Appeal in Skopje during a public session was considering the  appeals of the five convicted men in the "Monster" case, the murder of four boys and a middle-aged man, which occurred on Holy Thursday in April 2012, at Lake Smiljkovsko. The session began this morning, about 10 hours after they met all the requirements, the prisoners...