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Sasho Mijalkov sentenced to 8 years in prison in “Trezor” case

The Basic Criminal Court in Skopje, North Macedonia, found guilty the former UBK (Home security and counter-intelligence agency) director Sasho Mijalkov in the "Trezor" (Vault) case and sentenced him to 8 years in prison. The others who were also accused in this case were also found guilty. Former Head of Mijalkov's office, Toni Jakimovski, was sentenced to 5 years for...

The verdict in the “Target – Tvrdina”: Sasho Mijalkov sentenced to 12 years in prison

Sasho Mijalkov, the former Director of the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), was sentenced in Skopje, North Macedonia, to 12 years in prison in the "Target - Tvrdina" court case, on charges for criminal association, abuse of office and receiving reward for illegal influence. The "Target - Tvrdina" case refers to the illegal wiretapping of 20.000 citizens in the...

Macedonian Interior Ministry issues a national arrest warrant for Sasho Mijalkov

The Interior Ministry (MOI) of North Macedonia informs that a national arrest warrant was issued for Sasho Mijalkov. The reason for that is because: "with all undertaken measures and activities, this person still hasn't been located," said MOI, who have been looking for Mijalkov since yesterday in order to hand him over the decision for house arrest. Since this...

Target-Tvrdina trial: Victims of illegal wiretapping demand millions of euros in compensation

The trial "Target-Tvrdina" about the illegal wiretapping in the period between 2008 and 2015 continued today at the Criminal Court in Skopje. The former UBK's Director Sasho Mijalkov and the former Minister of Interior Gordana Jankuloska, the fugitives Goran Grujevski and Nikola Boshkovski, Toni Jakimovski, but also several employees of the former UBK, have been accused of illegal wiretapping...

For Verushevski, the orderer of the illegal wiretapping is Nikola Gruevski and not Mijalkov

Zoran Verushevski, the former Head of the Agency for Security and Counter-Intelligence and a current Security advisor to Zoran Zaev, when asked by the prosecution regarding the illegal wiretapping at the UBK, he said today that Nikola Gruevski should be the prime suspect in this case. According to Verushevski, Gruevski has owned and still owns a lot of the...

Charges against four employees of the Secret Police for embezzlement of 824,000 euros for “special purposes”

The Basic Public Prosecutors Office for Prosecution of Organized Crime and Corruption announced that it ended its investigation that started in March this year and filed an indictment for four employees of the Directorate for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), i.e the Secret Police. According to the prosecutors, the four persons in the period of 25th of January to 30th of...

The new seals will be with the new name and in accordance with Law on Use of Languages

On the orders of the Government, starting a few days ago, all state institutions have started to use the new name of the country - the Republic of North Macedonia, in their work and in various documents. Now, from Ilindenska number 2 a new task - to create new seals in accordance with the Law on Use of Languages. Government...

Secret police to be reformed and renamed to National Security Agency

At yesterday's session, the government determined a new text of the Draft Law on the National Security Agency, which will enable the reform of the Administration for Security and Counter-Intelligence (ASC). Under the new law, ASC (in Macedonian: Управа за безбедност и контраразузнавање - УБК) will no longer be part of the Ministry of Interior, but will become totally...

Civil society organizations demand resignations of Spasovski and the directors of UBK and IA over Gruevski’s escape

Seven civil society organization have demanded resignations of the Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski, the Director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), Goran Nikolovski and the Director of the Intelligence Agency (IA) Zoran Ivanov. The NGOs stated that these officials have to bear political responsibility for Nikola Gruevski's escape. "We think that the second month since the escape...

With the announced reform, Spasovski will hand down a part of his authorizations to Nikolovski

With the announced reform of the security-intelligence system in Macedonia, a big part of the authorizations that the Minister of Interior (currently that is Oliver Spasovski) has had will be handed over to the Director of the newly formed Agency for internal intelligence which founding has contributed to the abolishing the Administration for Security and Counter-Intelligence (whose current director...

“Appalled and abused” Ivanov denies everything and demands answers from UBK over illegal wiretapping

President Gjorge Ivanov today denied more allegations and assertions from the official document released by the UBK (Administration for Security and Counter Intelligence) regarding the detention ruling for Kiril Bozinovski, and in the case of Mile Janakieski. The president's office says they are "appalled" and that there was no meeting, nor was there a request for one with Bozinovski and deny that a...

The wiretapping switch should be in the hands of an independent government agency

The system for monitoring communications should be dislocated from the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), in order to cancel the monopoly that the Administration has at the moment over this process, said the Head of UBK, Goran Nikolovski. -Current analysis and research show that it is necessary to remove the propitiatory switches from UBK and their transfer at...

Spasovski: The new regulation for monitoring communications will be over by New Year

The termination of article 175 of the Law for electronic communications on part of the Constitutional Court in this moment will lead to a vacuum situation where the possibility of any kind of legal monitoring of communications will be denied, a kind of monitoring that would be within the framework of protection of Macedonia's constitutional order and fight against...

Spasovski: The MOI is no longer illegally wiretapping, we are open to inspection

I can strongly confirm that there is no longer illegal wiretaping and we can have expert controls, parliamentary controls at any time. We are at our disposal and we are open to make such controls based on legal regulations, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, in Sunday's interview with Radio Free Europe. He also rejects allegations...

Spasovski: UBK has not conducted any kind of activity against any country or embassy

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...

Custody for Grujovski, Jakimovski and Boshkovski – while Mijalkov’s passport has been confiscated

The Skopje Appellate Court upheld the appeal of the Special Prosecutor's Office for some of the defendants in the "Target" and the "Fortress" cases and ordered the former Head of the Administration of Security and Counter-Intelligence (UBK), Goran Grujovski, the former Chief of Staff of Sasho Mijalkov's cabinet at UBK, Toni Jakimovski and Nikola Boshkovski, an employee at UBK,...

Goran Nikolovski to be Head of UBK, Lazo Velkovski to be Head of BJB, the government adopts a proposal to replace Zvrlevski

At the session held this afternoon, the Government came to the decision that Parliament must submit a proposal for the dismissal of the Attorney General of the Republic of Macedonia, Marko Zvrlevski, and they appointed new directors of the Public Security Bureau (BJB) and the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), or to be more specific, the parts of...

Today the Government should dismiss Chavkov and Atanasovski and appoint new directors of UBK and BJB

Today, the new Government should be holding a session, and according to recent announcements, the agenda will be the dismissal of the current Director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), Vladimir Atanasovski, and the current Director of the Public Security Bureau (BJB), Mitko Chavkov. After their dismissal, the Government is expected to appoint new directors for the two...

UBK refuses to declassify documents for “Fortress 2” case

The Administration of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) has refused to declassify classified information the Special Prosecutor’s Office proposed as evidence in the "Fortress 2" trial. The court told the SPO to request the declassification of information they had proposed to the court as evidence, but UBK have stated that any declassification of information would have consequences for the security of...

UBK replys to SPO regarding the use of classified information in “Fortress 2” case

The Special Prosecutor’s Office has received a reply from the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) upon its request for the use of classified information in the procedure for the “Fortress 2” case, confirmed for “Meta” Katica Janeva’s cabinet. The SPO hasn’t revealed what UBK said in their reply, but they said that they will inform the court at the...