Tag: Bribery

The Greek government has decided to expel two Russian diplomats and ban the entry of two others, accusing them of attempting to interfere in Greece's internal affairs, as well as undermining the Agreement regarding the name with Macedonia, reports the Greek daily “Kathimerini”. Diplomats have been charged with attempts to obtain and distribute information, as well as the bribing of...

At today's hearing of the "Bribery" case, prime minister Zoran Zaev said that he does not feel guilty because he is convinced that the indictment against him, fabricated in the period when he was the leader of the opposition, would come into question during the upcoming court proceedings. "In conjunction with the Prosecution, they have drafted an indictment with malicious...

There were more irregularities in the second round than the first round, said the VMRO-DPMNE leader, Nikola Gruevski after he voted today at primary school “Kuzman Josifovski-Pitu” in the municipality of Kisela Voda. “Unfortunately, during this period we didn’t get to see a democratic atmosphere. There was mass bribery among the public as never before in Macedonia, as well as,...

The "Civil" organization's teams who are monitoring the elections, have noticed increased activities on part of party activists among the municipalities where there will be a second round of the local elections, says the organization's press release. "The election silence is violated during the evening. Civil has received several reports from election observers and an audio - evidence for...

"Civil" observers did not discover any cases that would confirm VMRO-DPMNE's allegations of bribing voters which allegedly occurred before the first round of local elections on October 15th. "Civil Media" writes, such allegations made by VMRO-DPMNE, such as bribery of voters, were part of a document that the leader of the party, Nikola Gruevski, submitted to representatives of the international...

The trial of the "Bribery" case has still not begun as Zoran Zaev’s legal team have requested the recusal of public prosecutor Vladimir Miloševski. Their reason, is the fact that prosecutor Vladimir Miloševski is under investigation by the SPO regarding several criminal cases. One of Zaev’s lawyers, Jakim Naumov stated that public prosecutor Miloševski is part of a criminal association...

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...

Today the Criminal Court in Skopje should continue the hearing of the trial on the case "Bribery", in which the leader of the opposition, the SDSM and the Mayor of Strumica, Zoran Zaev stand accused. Zaev, according to the prosecution, is being charged for bribery. Allegedly, the Mayor of Strumica demanded a bribe of 163,924 euros from Strumica businessman Ivan Nikolov...

"Once again, I want to strongly dissociate myself and the party from the Presidents decision. It is not consistent with our efforts and it helps the SDSM. The VMRO-DPMNE position on the Presidents decision, is that it is criminal, and he will have to take responsibility. No one in the VMRO-DPMNE feels guilty and no-one wants the proceedings to be...

Today's hearing in the "Bribery" case, where SDSM leader Zoran Zaev is being charged, was postponed because two of the defence attorneys did not turn up at court. As Judge Dijana Gruevska- Ilievska informs us ,defence lawyer Filip Medarski informed the court that for these few days he was taking a trip to Barcelona, and submitted a copy of a plane ticket,...