“Bribery” case against Zoran Zaev postponed again after his lawyers did not show up

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Today’s hearing in the trial of the “Bribery” case against the SDSM leader and the current Mayor of Strumica, Zoran Zaev, has been postponed yet again.

Zaev appeared at today’s hearing, however, three of his lawyers did not. Two of the lawyers, Filip Medarski and Jakim Naumov, through their representatives reported that due to their poor health, could not be present at today’s hearing. The third lawyer, Vane Andreev’s vehicle had a defect near Radovis while traveling to Skopje for the court case.

Judge Dijana Gruevska Ilievska set two dates, December 2 and December 10. The judge originally postponed the next hearing for December 2, however, due to the election campaign, Zaev requested that it be postponed, so another date was scheduled for December 10.

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