Tag: Basic Court Skopje 1

Today in the Basic Court Skopje 1, suspects will appear before the judge for questioning in the “Fortress” case. Judge Aleksandra Pop-Stefanija in the presence of a prosecutor from the Special Prosecutor's Office today will hear from suspects Goran Grujovski, a Cheif at the Agency for Security and Counter-Intelligence (UBK), Gordana Jankuloska, the former Minister of Interior, who has already...

Today, the Public Prosecution-Skopje has requested all information and documents related to the investigation into Kosta Krpač death from the SPO, MOI and the Basic Court Skopje 1. The Prosecution’s Office told press-service “Telma” that they had requested all data and documentation to shed more light onto the matter of the death of Mr. Krpač. From there, they confirmed that are...

Today, journalists were not provided with adequate conditions for following or reporting on the case and trial “Divo Naselje” after the events which unfolded in Kumanovo's settlement of Divo Naselje on May the 9th and 10th of last year. The court announced, that due to national security, the case has been given limited capacity within the courtroom, and there is only enough...

The Basic Court in Skopje has rejected the Special Prosecutor's request for 8 suspects to be taken into custody, the request is linked to electoral irregularities in the ongoing operation 'Titanic'. The Court came to the decision to reject the SPP's request for the detention of Edmond Temelko, Mile Janakieski and two other suspects arising from Operation Titanic, the...

The trial against SDSM leader Zoran Zaev for the case which has been dubbed "Potkup" (meaning Bribery or Bribe), was supposed to start today in the Basic Court Skopje 1, however the case has been postponed. The hearing, reported by "Telma" was postponed because Zaev failed to make an appearance in the courtroom, because he was on an official...

SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, today appeared at the hearing of the case "Putsch" after several previous hearings were postponed because he kept not appearing for the case. At today's hearing a Prosecutor from the Special Prosecution is expected to appear, as Katica Janeva's team decided that this case is under their jurisdiction. At the last hearing, Judge Ljubinka Baseska threatened to...

The Basic Court Skopje 1 approved of the indictment for participating in a terrorist organization and terrorism for the 29 accused in the case "Divo Naselje." An exact date is yet to be determined for when they will sit in the dock. Today the court issued a statement, after it held a public session to review the indictment. "The Council's...

The Criminal Council of the Basic Court Skopje 1 at today's session made a decision to reject the appeal of the Public Prosecutor's Office for the "Bombs" being used as evidence. "The Criminal Council of the Basic Court Skopje 1 – Skopje, at today's session a decision was made from the complaints of the Public Prosecutor's Office – Skopje against...

The Judge from the prior procedure ordered that five out of the seven suspects that were arrested yesterday in the police operation "Molnja" were to be detained on remand for 30 days and the other two - house arrest, said the Basic Court Skopje 1 yesterday afternoon. The suspects are accused of aiding terrorist organizations and terrorism, and one of...

In a statement released by the Basic Court Skopje 1 defending the court's decision made at the preliminary hearing stage, Judges have complained that they felt pressurized into commenting on the decision reached in the preliminary hearing, by repeated and aggressive media coverage which questioned the Court's findings. The Judges are dismayed that the same media did not give...

The Public Prosecutor's Office,  despite the expiry of the deadline, have appealed the decision made by the judge from the previous court proceedings to declare the evidence recordings of intercepted conversations released by the opposition as invalid. Basic Court Skopje 1 today announced that the Public Prosecutor's Office appealed against "21 decisions from the preliminary procedure where the judge decided...

After the dilemma, which unfolded in the media and discussed by the experts over whether the judge of the previous procedure was permitted to intervene and declare the oppositions "bombs" invalid as evidence while the case is still in its early stages. The Basic Court Skopje 1 say that the judge's decision is legal at this stage...

In a Press Release from its Embassy in Skopje, the USA today "urged the government, all political parties and the peoples of Macedonia to refrain from any actions that could interfere with appointment of a Special Prosecutor, and the abilities of this office to act with complete autonomy, as decreed in the the Agreements of June 2nd and July...

The European Commission expects all court proceeding in the country to be  conducted with the utmost respect of the principles of national and international law and in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights, said for 'Meta' Maya Kocijancic, spokeswoman for Commissioner Johannes Hahn. Kocijanchich did not want to comment on yesterday's decision by the Basic Court of Skopje 1,...

Council for reviewing the indictment of the criminal court in Skopje fully approved the charges for case "Puch" and also rejected the objections of the defense of the accused, including the opposition leader Zoran Zaev, as unfounded, announced today Basic Court Skopje 1. "The Council finds that cases which are the subject of the indictment are crimes envisaged in the...

Eight out of the nine protesters who were accused of violence during the protests in front of the Government on 5th of May, were sentenced to parole of three months in Basic Court Skopje 1 today. The paroles will not be executed if convicted do not commit another crime within one year. One of the defendants is convicted to an effective...