16 July 2016
Macedonian citizens who are currently in Turkey are safe, and there have been no reports of casualties or deaths of Macedonian nationals, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Poposki has been in contact via telephone with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who has assured him that the Turkish authorities […]
16 July 2016
The Republic of Macedonia supports the democratically elected government of the Republic of Turkey, and we are currently holding a meeting which assesses the security issues of this situation, reported President Gjorgi Ivanov’s Cabinet. “After receiving information about the attempted military coup in Turkey, the Army of the Republic of Macedonia undertook a series of […]
16 July 2016
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated they are closely following the situation in Turkey and are in constant contact with the Macedonian Embassy in Ankara and the General Consulate in Istanbul. The MFA have urged all Macedonian nationals currently in Turkey to remain in safe locations, not to leave their hotels or accommodation and […]
22 April 2016
The government has created the idea conditions for executing a coup d’etat within the Interior Ministry, said Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski at a news conference. He said he was denied by the Government to head the ministry “in these extremely difficult times for the country” and to be held accountable for the “consequences of this deliberately […]
6 July 2015
Court in Strumica gave SDSM leader Zoran Zaev to report to a competent judge until noon, and if he does not, then a notification to the Basic Court Skopje 1 will be sent, which would then have to determine a new measure, reports “Plusinfo“. – Defendant Zaev should report until 9:30 am, but the judge […]
30 June 2015
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 […]
17 June 2015
Council of Criminal Court has no legally defined deadline for the review of the indictment in the case “Puch” when to enter plea and decide whether to put it in further procedure and schedule a trial or will return it to the prosecution, as requested by the defense. Although some media on 1st of June, […]
2 May 2015
“The decision to submit an indictment in the case “Puch”, as in all other cases, has been adopted and is based only on the evidence collected during the investigative procedure, and the Public Prosecution perceives the statement of SDSM as pressure on the court” reads the written response of the Public Prosecution to the claims […]
1 May 2015
Basic Public Prosecution for Organized Crime and Corruption today submitted an indictment against Zoran Zaev, the opposition leader, who is charged with violence against representatives of the highest state authorities, to the Basic Court Skopje 1. Prosecutors also filed an indictment against four other suspects in the case. The first accused, former intelligence officer Zoran […]
30 April 2015
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Hoyt Yee reiterated the appeal to the Macedonian authorities to deal with the wiretapping case, as well as the appeal to the opposition to return to the Assembly, reports “24 News”. “We support Macedonia’s aspirations for membership in NATO and the EU. We appeal to the government to deal […]
17 April 2015
Lawyer Angele Ilievski, defender of the first suspect in the case “Puch” Zoran Verushevski, in his statement for META denies the information conveyed by part of the media that the indictment against the suspects will be ready in a week. – The indictment cannot be ready in a week because we have a deadline of […]
14 April 2015
By the end of next week, it is expected prosecutors to file charges against five of the six accused in the case “Puch”, reports “Sitel”. A valid verdict was already reached for the sixth suspect.
10 April 2015
The process of investigation of the case “Puch” is over with the last interrogation of suspects yesterday, including opposition leader Zoran Zaev as fourth suspect and former counter-intelligence agent Zoran Verushevski. According to the legislation, Public Prosecutor now has 15 days to file an indictment.
9 April 2015
Fourth defendant in the case “Puch”, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev today will give a statement in the Public Prosecution. In the same case, the prime suspect Zoran Verushevski gave statement in the prosecution two days. On Tuesday, Zaev gave statement on the case “Bribery”.
7 April 2015
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski was called to the Public Prosecution for organized crime to testify as impaired in the scandal “Puch”, reports TV “Alfa”. Zoran Zaev, who is suspected to have blackmailed Gruevski by compromising materials, which he got from Verushevski, should have testified on Thursday before the prosecutor for organized crime. MOI criminally prosecutes […]
1 April 2015
After the press conference of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, which took place on 31st of January 2015, when he announced scandal “Puch”, the whole attention of the government, as well as its of leader, turned to the intrastate developments. On account of this, in turn, foreign policy agenda began to lag behind. Gruevski’s travels became […]
19 March 2015
“Snitch is if a beautiful thing is turned into a bad one. He is not a snitch if a group is doing bad things and he is quiet. So, that is not a snitch. He should tell. It is the principle, to be told “. This, according to Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, is a definition […]
16 March 2015
“First resignation of Marko Zvrlevski, and then international experts”, is the general attitude and a condition of the opposition parties, led by the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM), in connection with the invitation that the Public Prosecution submitted to the bodies of the European Union (EU) to send international experts to facilitate the work […]
10 March 2015
Via statement, Public Prosecution today responded to, as they say, pressures and emphasized calls for definitive answers about the scandal “Wiretapping” and case “Puch”, as well as calls for personal and collective responsibility. “Considering that such attacks violate the independent operation of public prosecutors as responsible for the prosecution of perpetrators of crimes, we inform […]
10 March 2015
President of the Democratic Alliance and MP Pavle Trajanov submitted request to Speaker of the Assembly Trajko Veljanoski, to convene a plenary session to discuss the current political situation in the country, after the action “Puch” and after recordings of wiretapped conversations released by opposition leader Zoran Zaev. “Through public presentation of audio recordings, the […]
