20 December 2018
Whistle-blowers Gorgi Lazarevski and Zvonko Kostovski, who revealed the wiretapping affair by the previous regime, are returning to their positions in the Ministry of Interior today. Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski announced it on his Facebook profile, where he also published a photo of the meeting. Lazarevski is a witness in the SPO’s case “Target […]
22 November 2018
Gjorgji Lazarevski and Dzvonko Kostvoski, whose disclosure of the secret wiretappings led to the resignation of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in 2016, should immediately be reinstated to the public sector positions they lost in retaliation, demand three NGOs. Transparency International-Macedonia, the Southeast European Coalition on Whistle-blower Protection, and the European Center for Whistle-blower Rights have […]
20 August 2018
After the recess in the Criminal Court, the release of the wiretaps in the Titanic case continued. Out of a total 1,063 “bombs”, 219 have been released so far. In a conversation that took place on May 31, 2011 between Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska and Martin Protuger, head of the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevki’s office, […]
7 March 2018
The sale of the bulletproof Mercedes, which was mentioned in some of the “bombs” as the “one beginning with M” has been stopped, in order to avoid any danger of hindering the court process that is taking place regarding the manner it was bought in, said government spokesman, Mile Bosnjakovski, at today’s regular press conference. […]
5 December 2017
More than 1,000 wiretapped conversations will be used as evidence in the trial for the “Titanic” case led by the Special Prosecutor’s Office, ruled the Appellate Court in Skopje. The decision of the Appellate Court followed yesterday’s public session in court, where the appeal was discussed, after the the Criminal Court on October 20th, dismissed […]
4 November 2017
The Skopje Court of Appeals accepted the Special Prosecutor’s Office appeal against the Criminal Court’s decision prohibiting the use of the “bombs” as evidence in the “TNT” and “Toplik” cases. The prime suspect in the “Toplik” case for the “Sunny City” case is former Minister of Transport and Communications Mile Janakieski, and the “TNT” case […]
27 September 2017
The Criminal Council of the Basic Court Skopje 1’s Department for Fighting Organized Crime and Corruption has rejected the request by Nikola Gruevski to have his passport returned, announced the court on its website. At the same time, the wiretapped conversations were removed as evidence in three cases with an explanation that they were illegally […]
4 August 2017
The Appellate Court Skopje upheld the appeal made by the Special Prosecutor’s Office regarding the ruling made by Basic Court Skopje 1 for the “Slaps” case, which is related to the violence outside the Municipality of Centar in June, 2013, and ruled that the evidence obtained from the wiretapped material can be used as evidence in […]
10 June 2017
The Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, today has shown the “Mercedes” worth 600.000 euros that was bought by the former Minister of Interior, Gordana Jankuloska, through MoI, for the needs of the former Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, and for which the general public found out through the 31st “bomb” that was published by Prime Minister […]
26 January 2017
The “bombs” which were on SDSM’s official Youtube channel are available again since this afternoon. The party told “Meta” that “OMD Network” was the user who previously blocked videos from SDSM, however, it did not last long. “This is not the first time OMD have blocked our videos, they have done it before, it’s only now, for […]
25 January 2017
The seventeen “bombs” that were erased from SDSM’s Youtube channel were removed after a report made by “OMD Network,” which is the user who has done the same so far (requesting to remove) “Nova TV’s” videos of the Colorful revolution and the student protests that were published on Youtube, writes “Nova TV.” Still, as it […]
25 January 2017
Seventeen “bombs” from SDSM’s official Youtube channel have been removed, and in most of them, according to SDSM, the voice of the former Prime Minister and VMRO-DPMNE’s party leader, Nikola Gruevski, can be heard, reported “A1 on“. On the deleted “bombs”, it says in writing that a company “UMD Network” asked for copyrights, and therefore the […]
24 November 2016
The wiretapped conversations, or what are widely known as the “Bombs”, released by the opposition, despite bringing changes to the political scene, they have also influenced the rhetoric of politicians at campaign rallies, causing an increase during this election period of nationalistic terms and insults, analysts believe. Terms such as “federalisation”, “canonization” and “bilingualism” are […]
24 November 2016
On the 4th of November, the Special Public prosecutor had requested from the Basic public prosecutor for organized crime and corruption to be submitted the documentation for the case titled “Sopot,” as was announced today by SPP. “The case was requested in order to decide whether it can be taken under the jurisdiction of the […]
21 November 2016
SDSM will not say whether they will use material from the illegal wiretapping, or what is widely known as “Bombs” in their election campaign, but the party has said categorically that there is no ban on their use. The dilemma, however, is, can and should they be used which is being discussed by all sides. […]
17 November 2016
The materials from the wiretapped conversations i.e. the “bombs” that were revealed last year by SDSM were subject to linguistic research conducted by one of the most highly regarded linguists, Viktor Friedman. “The research had a linguistic character, regardless whether the materials I was researching were true or false. This was a rare opportunity to […]
20 May 2016
President Gjorgi Ivanov has already received and signed off on the laws which MPs approved in yesterday’s session in Parliament. The laws will be enforced as soon as they are published in the Official Gazette. MPs at yesterday’s session voted on the Law on Pardons (“partial pardons”), the Law on Privacy (“Bombs” can not be […]
11 May 2016
The topic of today’s protests of the “Colourful Revolution” was the President’s decision to grant pardons, and citizens began their protest at their starting point, the Special Prosecutor’s Office and continued to the residence of President Gjorge Ivanov. Tonight demonstrators sent a message that they do not recognize “mass-pardons”. They were met by a police […]
9 April 2016
If the Special Public Prosecution stops working and they return the intercepted calls to the SDSM, Zoran Zaev will continue to publish “bombs” said Zaev , while responding to reporters today after signing the platform for a ‘Democratic Macedonia’. “If the SPP is shut down or abolished, and they return the intercepted materials to the […]
11 February 2016
At the Basic Court Skopje 1 the trial of the 29 defendants in the Divo Naselje case from May last year should continue today. At today’s hearing opening statements should be heard by defence lawyers of 11 defendants in the case. Previously, at first session, which took place two days ago (February 9th) defence lawyers […]
