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Gruevski actually supports Zaev in the publication of recordings!
"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 of snitch which he...
Mission Impossible: Foreigners and Zvrlevski in Public Prosecution
"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 of the prosecutors in...
The prosecution asks to be left alone
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 the public that neither the...
Trajanov demands the Assembly to discuss the political situation in the country
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 credibility and integrity of some...
Zaev for Albanian “Top Channel”: DUI and DPA are servants of the Government
The two major parties of the Albanians in Macedonia are servants of the Government and act in the interests of the ruling VMRO-DPMNE, said yesterday Zoran Zaev, SDSM president, in an interview with the Albanian TV "Top Channel", reports portal "MKD.mk".
In the show "Shqip" of Ridina Xhunga, Zaev said that DUI and DPA are servants of the current Government,...
MOI appeals new videos not to be posted on “YouTube”
"MOI stands behind the appeal to the Prosecution not to post videos on "YouTube" that can be used in further proceedings. But only these videos are concerned. Why aren’t recordings published by Zaev concerned? See Article 151 of the Criminal Code, he published private conversations," said MOI spokesman Ivo Kotevski.
To the question of META whether MOI takes some measures...
Zvrlevski: I don’t see a reason for mistrust in the public prosecutor’s work
Public prosecutor Marko Zvrlevski said he sees no reason for mistrust and suspicion in his work, reports "Deutsche Welle", after the party DOM, which is part of the ruling coalition, asked through a statement Zvrlevski to resign.
- I see no reason about mistrust and suspicion in the work of the public prosecutor. So far, in my professional acting within...
New video from the office of Gruevski posted
New video of the office of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski was posted on the internet service "YouTube". The video shows how Gruevski and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev discuss elections and Zaev said polls showed that VMRO-DPMNE would win.
The reaction of SDSM released after posting the video in the media reads that Gruevski performed a new crime by posting video...
Gruevski about Juratovik: The man is probably not fully informed
At today's launch of the new edition of the issue "Macedonian temptations", Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, when asked about the statement of reports of the Western Balkans correspondent, MP Josip Juratovik, which in the German Bundestag assessed that the reference to foreign services as responsible for wiretapping in Macedonia are cheap excuses, said the MP was not fully informed,...
There is no one left to trust
If Zoran Zaev , leader of the opposition, cannot be trusted, who, if we apply the same principle of facing statements, can we trust?
It is noted that Zaev cannot be trusted because on the meetings he had with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, he told him that he received the recordings of wiretapped conversations from foreign services, then to...
Who’s who in the conversation between Stavreski and Jankulovska
Vladimir Taleski
Taleski is in his third term as head of the Municipality of Bitola. He is well known Macedonian actor, remembered as "dvojche" of the children show "Hello geniuses" in which he starred alongside the current mayor of the Municipality of Kisela Voda, Biljana Belichanec.
In the conversations, Minister Stavreski tells Jankulovska for corruption scandal initiated by Bitola mayor for...
Vajgl: The situation in Macedonia is very serious, we should help
The situation in Macedonia is very serious, said European Parliament rapporteur for Macedonia Ivo Vajgl.
- I would not like to predict catastrophic scenarios, but must take into account that there are many open questions, harsh words, and even hate speech - said Vajgl for London "Guardian".
EU representative warns of growing tensions in the country candidate for EU membership due...
SDSM filed criminal charges against Gruevski for disclosing official secret
SDSM today filed criminal charges against Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski for disclosing official secret. Oliver Spasovski, general secretary of the party, and Philip Medarski, lawyer of the party, were present in the Public Prosecutor’s office.
- On yesterday's press conference, Gruevski presented data which, according to him, originate from the content of applied special investigative measures. Also, the criminal charges...
Whose was the ear and who ordered it to listen?
Addressing the public, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski had extensive, fierce and controversial explanation of events in the scandal "Puch" and its, perhaps, main attribute - wiretapping phone calls.
Priem Minister’s allegations that foreign service is behind the recorded conversations, the ways in which it is done and intrusion in the security system, also caused a backlash.
Regarding these allegations, but the...
MOI: Zaev’s document are a lie, UBK never monitored journalists illegally
Ministry of Interior released a statement responding to today's press conference of the SDSM leader, saying that the documents presented today by Zaev concerning tapped and monitored journalists are just a lie, not documents of the Security and Intelligence Service (UBK).
"During the current leadership, Ministry of Interior and UBK never illegally monitored nor analyzed journalists. We fully respected the...
One of the defendants in “Puch” sentenced to three years in prison
Basic Court Skopje 1 today passed a final judgment against Z.K., one of the defendants in the case "Puch", after the draft agreement submitted by the Public Prosecutor for prosecution of organized crime.
"After submitting draft agreement by the Public Prosecutor for prosecution of organized crime and corruption to the criminal court, judge of prior procedure verify the agreement with...
Zaev testified before the prosecution for his criminal charges, he is not yet summoned for “Puch”
The statement of SDSM leader Zoran Zaev in front of the competent public prosecutor in connection with the criminal charges that SDSM filed against the director of the Security and Intelligence Service Sasho Mijalkov, Head of Fifth Administration Goran Gruevski and unknown persons for unauthorized eavesdropping took just over an hour.
- I was summoned as a witness, i.e. damaged...
“Bomb” confirmed public secret. Verified!
Phone calls that opposition leader Zoran Zaev announced in two turns, although didn’t cause tectonic shifts, still showed that almost everything we suspected they were doing in the country - was true! It seems as Zaev’s "bombs" are trying to confirm the title of the last program with which VMRO-DPMNE went out to elections - "Verified".
So, if there were...
MANU: Tapping is a heavy blow on the freedom and rights of citizens
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU) came out with a response to the tapping scandal. The statement reads that although source information are lacking, MANU assesses the act of tapping as a serious blow to the rights and freedom of citizens, especially on their right to privacy and inviolability of the freedom of communication.
- The fact that civil...
Stanishev with sharp criticism of the Macedonian political situation
With growing concern, Party of European Socialists (PES) follows the latest developments in Macedonia, said a member of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament and Vice-President of the Joint Parliamentary Committee EU-Macedonia, MEP from Bulgaria, Sergei Stanishev, who is also president of the Party of European Socialists.
- Increasing confrontation threatens democratic processes and trust in the institutions. Several...
