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Public Prosecution has received 66 amnesty request

The Public Prosecution announced that it has received 66 amnesty requests that were lodged in accordance with the Law on amnesty on part of the Basic Court Skopje I. "The Basic Public Prosecution (OJO) for pursuing organized crime and corruption has received 29 requests out of which 12 received a positive outcome. The Basic Public Prosecution received 37 requests for...

Criminal Court receives 12 requests for amnesty

Up to this morning, 12 requests for amnesty were submitted to the Criminal Court Skopje by the defendants involved in the violent events that took place in the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia from 27 April 2017. Each of the defendants from "April 27" has the right to apply for amnesty if he or she considers meets the requirements prescribed by the Law. The...

“Privacy International” and “Metamorphosis” call for protection against illegal wiretapping

London-based charity, “Privacy International” and the Internet and Society Foundation “Metamorphosis” today sent a letter to the authorities in Macedonia requesting information regarding the monitoring of communications by the governing institutions and assurances for privacy protection from State institutions. “Metamorphosis” reminds that Macedonia has been in a prolonged deep political crisis for more than two years, which, among other things,...

Kanceska-Milevska and Pesevski were stripped of their passports, so far no-one is in custody

The Criminal Council of the Basic Court-Skopje refused the request from the Special Prosecutor’s Office for custody for former Minister of Culture, Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska and former Vice Prime Minister for Economic Аffairs, Vladimir Pesevski. Kancevska-Milevska and Pesevski, who are suspects in the “Tenders” case and the “Trajectory” case led by the SPO, were given precautionary measures – confiscation of passport...

SPO is demanding custody for Gruevski, Mijalkov, Jankuloska, Kancheska and Janakieski

Apart from filing 17 charges, the Special Prosecution will send requests for taking into custody 18 persons among which is the party leader of VMRO-DPMNE and a former Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, the former director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence, Sasho Mijalkov, the former ministers of Interior, Culture and Transportation and Communications, Gordana Jankuloska, Elizabeta Kancheska-Milevska and...

NGOs ask that the government and institutions review the work of Tanturovski and DKSK

The government and the institutions must check the basis of these inspections on NGOs and investigate misconduct of political pressure and discrimination of all concerned officers who are part of this persecution. Today the 22 civil organizations and foundations asked again, who in the past six months have had inspections from the Public Revenue Office (PRO) and the Financial...

The Supreme Court officially rejected everything, but gave no explanations as to why

This afternoon, the Supreme Court released an official statement that they had rejected all requests and objections which were on the agenda for today’s general meeting. At the meeting, the request made by the Special Prosecutor’s Office(SPO) for the exclusion of the President of the Supreme Court, Jovo Vangelovski was rejected, as was the objection by the Judge of the...

SPO is checking the properties of party officials and companies as part of its financial investigations

The Special Public Prosecution is making detail inspections of the properties of a large number of persons and companies for the needs of the financial investigations it leads, SPO announced today. “Before this, the Public Prosecution has led several investigations which are aim at the implementation of financial investigations against a large number of physical persons and legal entities. The...

Brussels will not comment on “Gruevski’s platform”: We haven’t seen it and we won’t speculate

The European Commission does not want to comment on the demands made by VMRO-DPMNE to the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, who is visiting the country tomorrow. "We will not speculate or comment on any party programme. We expect a swift formation of a new government committed to implement overdue reforms. We will continue to...

“For a United Macedonia” asks for a meeting with Commissioner Hahn

“For a United Macedonia” are asking for a meeting with European Commissioner of Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn who arrives in Macedonia on Tuesday. This was announced today by a member of the initiative and Director of the Macedonian Opera and Ballet, Igor Durlovski, who said that no one “is allowed, or can ignore 200.000 citizens who are...

Janeva: SPO is not pursuing ordinary criminals, but a criminal group at the top of the government

The court has to understand that SPO is not pursuing ordinary crime, but a criminal group that is at the top of the government and therefore the court has to perform its duties conscientiously, honestly and professionally when it comes to SPO’s cases. This was announced today by the Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva, who was a guest at...

We Responded Timely on SPP’s Demands, Claim Representatives of “Macedonian Telecom”

The telecommunications operator ”Macedonian Telecom” has announced today that it has timely replied to all of the demands made by the Special Public Persecutor  and that the operator remains open to further cooperation with the authorities. “We responsibly claim that we provided answers to all of the SPP’s demands and we remain open to a further cooperation with the authorities....

Civil Sociey Organizations to Hahn: We need to establish a new Court Council to ensure impartiality

Civil society organizations at the meeting with European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, explained their views on how to resolve the political crisis. Representatives from various NGOs said it was necessary to establish an independent judicial department to process the cases of the Special Public Prosecutor's Office (SPO), but for this to be feasible, they believe it...

Poposki: The Government Will Act on Part of Turkey’s Requests

At a closed session, the Government decided to act on the requests made by Turkey which were delivered after the failed attempted coup, stated Nikola Poposki, Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs to radio “Slobodna Evropa”. Poposki said that he could not comment on the decisions made at the closed Government session, therefore he could not disclose specific details on Turkeys...

Open Letter from UPOZ to PM Dimitiriev seeking the Resignation of the Minister of Justice

The Union representing staff in the judiciary and civil associations and administration throughout Macedonia, known as UPOZ, today issued an open letter to Prime Minister Emil Dimitiriev, in which it was pointed out that the current situation with court administration staff being on strike, illegal activities against the strikers have been carried out. UPOZ wants Prime Minister Dimitiriev to instruct...

The court wants to hear the “Bomb” if they are to determine pre-trial custody for Grujovski and Jankuloska

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...

Ivanov: I am still waiting for requests from non-politicians so their pardons can be withdrawn

President Gjorgi Ivanov from Sofia today called all the pardoned people who did not have their pardons revoked, and do not fall into the category of politicians, and want their pardons to be annulled, to submit a request to him or his cabinet. Ivanov while speaking to “Telma” TV said that so far, not one request for annulment has arrived...

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...

SPO: Kosta Krpač was not the reason why we requested amendments to the Law on Witness Protection

Kosta Krpač was not the reason why the Special Prosecutor’s Office requested amendments to the Law on Witness protection, they needed it so they could propose and request protection for various witnesses said the SPO to “Meta”. “The person in question, was not the reason for our requests to change legislation”, replied the SPO briefly to our question: What Kosta...

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...