Tag: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Macedonia, as the highest legal instance in the country, with the latest controversial legal opinion seems to have eradicated all hope that the regime of the fugitive Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski will face justice. After this decision, to all those thousands of citizens who chanted “No Justice – No Peace" while marching in the "Colorful...

At the Governments 97th session, they adopted a decision on the establishment of a Commission for the transfer of technical devices for monitoring communications and technical documentation from the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Security and Counterintelligence Directorate in the Operational-Technical Agency (OTA). "The commission will be composed of representatives from the Ministry of Interior, the OTA, the Supreme Court,...

The Supreme Court has abolished the verdicts for the "Monster" case and returned the case for a retrial. The court ruled that it accepts the appeals of the defendants for the multiple murders at Smiljkovsko Lake, which occurred on April 12th, 2012. With the verdict from the highest court in the country, rulings from the Criminal and Appellate Court of...

Today, the Public Prosecutor, Liljana Spasoska, at today’s public session of the “Monster” case in the Supreme Court asked for the annulment of the verdicts of the Criminal and Appellate Courts and the case be returned for a retrial. The Supreme Court in a public session today reviewed the appeals of the six convicts who were given life sentences imposed...

Yesterday, the Council for Determining the Facts and Initiation of Disciplinary filed criminal charges against the President of the Supreme Court, Jovo Vangelovski. The Council filed the criminal complaint because two weeks ago, Vangelovski did not allow members of the commission who are investigating the circumstances and events that led to the escape of Goran Grujovski and Nikola Boskovski,...

By freezing the assets of VMRO-DPMNE's property (the party headquarters), a ban would be imposed on party leaders so they can not sell those property and therefore they cannot cause additional damage to the political party, stated SPO Prosecutor Lence Ristoska after the session in the Supreme Court. The session was on the occasion of the SPO request, that Supreme...

Today, the appeals submitted by Goran Grujovski, Toni Jakimovski and Nikola Boskovski will be decided in a closed session at the Supreme Court, after the Appellate Court of Skopje ruled that the three suspects be remanded into custody. The Appellate Court approved the appeal made by the Special Prosecutor’s Office, which was against the Criminal Court’s ruling and their decision...

There is no example in the world where the implementation of a court ruling where custody has been determined, is postponed, except in Macedonia. This was the opinion of Gavril Bubevski, a prosecutor from the Special Prosecutor's Office,  regarding the situation in which Goran Grujovski (former head of the fifth administration), Toni Jakimovski (former head of Sasho Mijalkov’s Office)...

Next week, from beginning to end, will be extremely busy with a crowded agenda of events, which are of interest to the public, and the outcome will show how the processes are important for the country, and how they will unfold in the future. The last week of June, before the official start of the summer holidays, will be fateful...

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...

Seventeen judges from Basic Court Skopje 1 have appealed to the Supreme Court concerning the new annual schedule which was passed late last month by the President of the Court Stojanche Ribarev, confirmed the Supreme Court. New appeals are expected to arrive at the Supreme Court by post , after which a session should be scheduled to consider and resolve...

The new presidents of the Supreme Court and Basic Court Skopje 1 will be selected in the New Year, confirmed today the President of the Judicial Council, Zoran Karadzovski, as special evaluations for candidates are still ongoing for the position in both courts. The Judicial Council, said Karadzovski, must respect the deadline of eight days for appeals because the special...

The Acting President of the Criminal Court in Skopje will be Judge Tatjana Mikhailova, while Acting President in the Supreme Court will be Judge Snezana Bajlozova. This was decided at today's meeting by the Judicial Council, by a majority vote and the two female judges were selected at this functions. Otherwise Tatjana Mikhailova will be the judge in the case against...

The Judicial Council of the Republic of Macedonia at a session, scheduled for Monday at 11:00 am, to select the Acting Presidents of the Supreme Court and the Basic Court Skopje 1. The decision on determining the Acting Presidents of the Supreme and Criminal Court in Skopje is the second item on the agenda of the session, said a statement...

Today, in a closed session, the Criminal Council will be holding a special evaluation of candidates for the position of President at Basic Court Skopje 1 and the Supreme Court of the Republic of Macedonia. The session also will review the situation in Basic Court Skopje 1, following recent scandals, correspondence and criminal charges which have been filed between...

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Macedonia issued their ruling to the Basic Court Skopje 1 for convicted individuals, T.K. and V.B. in the case known to the public as "Tank parts" and stated that the request for an urgent review of the final lawful ruling, filed by their counsels, has been accepted, stated the Basic Court.  The statement...