3 July 2017
Today, the Criminal Court, Skopje, should announce the latest decisions regarding the request for custody for the officials from VMRO-DPMNE and also for the former ministers accused in the “Titanic” case, led by the Special Prosecutor’s Office. It is regarding the requests for custody for Nikola Gruevski, Martin Protuger, Gordana Jankulovska, Mile Janakieski and Kiril […]
27 June 2017
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, accompanied by his legal team, Vane Andreev and Filip Medarski arrived at Basic Court Skopje I this morning, where the hearing for the “Bribe” case began, in which he is being charged for asking for a bribe of approximately 200,000 euros from a Strumica businessman for the privatization of construction land. […]
16 December 2016
Judge Tatjana Mihajlova, who is also the acting president of the Criminal Court, has dismissed part of the intercepted calls, known as “bombs” and the testimony of a protected witness to be used as evidence in the SPO’s trial against Nikola Gruevski, Mile Janakieski, Daniela Rangelova and 11 other accused of violence outside the municipality […]
28 November 2016
Instead of the beginning of the trial of the former head of the Fifth Administration, Goran Grujovski and six of his fellow defendants in the case “Fortress 2”, today’s hearing turned out to be a procedural dispute between prosecutors from the SPO, the court and the defense, on whether classified evidence should be used in […]
10 November 2016
At today’s hearing, journalist and owner of the portal “Burevesnik”, Zoran Bozinovski, in the case against him, where he is being charged for espionage, blackmail and extortion, was fined € 2,000 for contempt of court and inappropriate behavior. “What I have to say, doesn’t suit you. You are hungry for money. This is a madhouse, […]
27 September 2016
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia warns that the trial against journalist Zoran Bozinovski is being postponed unnecessarily, and by doing so, the court is violating his civil rights for a fair trial. “Journalist Zoran Bozinovski has been on a hunger strike for two weeks and demands for his detention to be terminated, and today […]
10 June 2016
The Criminal Court had lifted house arrest restrictions on Levica party members, Zdravko Saveski and Vladimir Kunovski, who were accused of participating in the destruction of the National Office of President Gjorge Ivanov during the protests against the presidential pardons on April 13. Kunovski leaving court today, clearly excited, on behalf of the Levica party thanked, […]
27 May 2016
The VMRO-DPMNE party has welcomed President Gjorgi Ivanov’s decision to use the opportunity provided by the Law on Amending Laws on the Law on Pardons. “The VMRO-DPMNE was the first party who publicly stated that the pardons do not adhere to our policies. The VMRO-DPMNE party was the first to propose that the four main […]
26 May 2016
Three members from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) attempted to film the “Affair Factory” case in court today where they caused quite a scandal, as they had no authorization to do so. They had to stop filming after Judge Gordana Spirevska intervened angrily, and ordered them to delete everything they had filmed. This high profile […]
23 February 2016
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, […]
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 […]
9 February 2016
We are convinced that the attack on the checkpoint watchtower in Gosince and the events which took place Divo Naselje, happened because someone wanted to defocus the public from the intercepted audio communications, said lawyer of the accused Naser Raufi, after today’s debate on the main events in Kumanovo and May 9-10th last year. In […]
21 December 2015
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 […]
7 December 2015
Today, the Supreme Court began its public session on assessing the indictment for the events surrounding Divo Naselje. Behind the courthouse, several armored police personnel carriers, the “Hermelin” surrounded the area for safety reasons. Police officers with assault rifles were as far as the Goce Delchev Bridge, and on every entry and exit point at the […]
13 November 2015
If the Special Prosecutor takes over the case “Putsch” until the next scheduled hearing on December the 2nd , then SDSM leader Zoran Zaev will appear for trial , however if this does not happen, he will not appear in court again at the scheduled hearing, said SDSM. “The SDSM leader Zoran Zaev’s attitude has […]
22 October 2015
A court hearing on the “Putsch” case has been postponed again until November the 13th at 10:00 am. The leader of the SDSM Zoran Zaev, did not make an appearance at the hearing, but his lawyer Filip Medarski provided proof that Mr Zaev had an arranged meeting with the International Investment Development Fund. After the […]
