Tag: Court

Today, the hearing for the case "Putsch" was again postponed, this time it was extended until March 2, 2016. The extension in the case was requested by prosecutors from the Special Prosecutor's Office, Katica Janeva and Lence Ristovska. They asked for more time and opportunity to get information concerning the evidence. Also, the prosecutors requested that if the court is unable to...

The Mayor of Bitola Vladimir Taleski will not appeal the verdict of the Basic Court Skopje, where he lost his case against journalist Aneta Blazevska from Bitola. Major Taleski sued Ms Blazevska over a text she had written called ,"How rich is Vladimir Taleski" published in "Utrinski" newspaper in November 2013. Mt Taleski sued the journalist, however the the court rejected...

Today's hearing in the "Putsch" case has been postponed again because the SDSM leader Zoran Zaev was absent from the courtroom, again. Filip Medarski, Zoran Zaev's defence lawyer said that the SDSM leader was due to travel abroad for international activity, and as evidence he brought to the courtroom a copy of the airline ticket. Judge Ljubinka Basheska responded to...

The trial 'Putsch' which was officially meant to start today was postponed again, because the fourth accused defendant, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, was not present. Defence attorney Filip Medarski told the court today that the reason for Zoran Zaev's absence was despite the summons received, the Special Prosecutor's Office should have the present case under their jurisdiction, and the responsibility...

The Criminal Chambers of the Skopje District Court declined the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office to strip the SDSM's leader Zoran Zaev of his passport. who is fourth in the accused in the "Putsch" affair. It was decided to abolish the measure under which Zaev was obliged to appear in court in Strumica each week. New the hearing of...

Musa Xhaferi Deputy Prime Minister for implementation of the Ohrid Framewrok Agreement, said he was preparing criminal charges against the former head of the secret police, Slobodan Bogoevski. Mr Bogoevski allegations stated that he and party leader Ali Ahmeti, are implicated in the scandal of "Magyar Telekom", reported "Portalb" . "The charges against me relating to the organization of even...

According to the current reforms of the DPA (Democratic Party for Albanians) the situation has become difficult for the Albanians in Macedonia after affair "Telekom", and the evidence the court in New York has announced. People in DUI, such as Ali Ahmeti and Musa Xhaferi, the highest ranking within the Party have been mentioned. According to the movement of reforms,...

SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, accompanied by his party delegation celebrated Independence Day at Three Pears. In his speech he told citizens that he had visited Kiro Gligorov, at the first Macedonian President's grave and quoted from his speech he had given when Macedonia became Independent in 1991. Independence Day was celebrated with the citizens in the area of ​​Three Pears. Zaev...

Allegations stemming from wiretapped conversations are serious and merit a full and transparent investigation, So said, a statement from the United Kingdom's Embassy concerning a Macedonian Court's decision from preliminary hearings which ruled the wiretapped conversations as inadmissible evidence. The British Ambassador, while not commenting on specifics of the preliminary hearings but did say that any investigation should be...

The German Embassy in Macedonia today announced that it has high expectations regarding the appointment of a special prosecutor on the 15th of September, established by the Agreements of June the 2nd and July 15th. "This appointment is an important obligation of the aforementioned agreements, the special prosecutor should ensure an independent, transparent and comprehensive legal redress charges for serious...

General Secretary from SDSM Oliver Spasovski calls the court's ruling 'Illegal' in his statement today. VMRO-DPMNE react to Oliver Spasovski's statement today by saying that panic stalks the offices of SDSM as their made-up material was thrown out of court as evidence, and was done so in full accordance of the law. "Based on decisions made legally, the court found that...

Today, during the break at the talks between the various political parties, Oliver Spasovski (the General Secretary at SDSM) claimed that the Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski proved his guilt when he asked for the audio recordings of his party's members to be removed as evidence. "For nine months, Nikola Gruevski lied to the Macedonian public saying that the audio recordings which...

The start of the process of the “Putsch” affair that was supposed to start today, was cancelled because the fourth defendant Zoran Zaev, the leader of SDSM, did not show up in the courtroom. The other defendants did appear. The first defendant Zoran Verushevski and Gjorgji Lazarevski were brought in from the prison in Skopje where they are in...

Several supporters of the leader of the opposition, Zoran Zaev, set up a board with his face on it in front of the Primary court Skopje 1, where in 10 o’clock starts the process of the case Putsch. Besides Zaev the court is expecting to see the former intelligence (DBK) director Zoran Verushevski, his wife Sonja, municipal employee from Strumica...

In the second quarter of 2015 (April to June), the Center for Media Development (CMD) followed 28 court cases through 52 hearings. Since the adoption of the Law on civil liability for insult and defamation, in November 2012 until now, 54 cases of insult and defamation against journalists were completed, but the majority of verdicts are not yet final, i.e....

At today’s press conference, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev stated that he won’t respect the decision of the court on case "Putsch". He said he would not appear every Monday in court at 9 am, and that he would not attend the scheduled hearings. According to him, because of that, the court must issue a warrant for his arrest. - I...

Basic Court in Veles reached verdict in the case "Oreshe" this afternoon. Gjore Petrovski, who was accused of ordering the murder of Lazo Miloshevski in 2005, received a prison sentence of 13 years, while brothers Ordan and Ljupcho Georgievski got 10 years each. The court accepted the charge that Petrovski ordered and paid for the murder of Lazo Miloshevski, with...

Council for Ethics in Media of Macedonia (SEMM) today condemned the verdict of the Court of Appeal for the journalist Tomislav Kezharovski and his express transfer from house arrest to prison “Skopje”. “We believe that this decision sends a message of self-censorship to all journalists in the country. The ethical principles of journalism can be defended and maintained only when...