Tag: custody

The Italian newspaper “La Veritá” (The Truth) in its online issue published parts of video footage and audio recordings related to the case “Racket” in North Macedonia, in which Bojan Jovanovski – “Boki 13” and Zoran Milevski – “Kičeec” are suspected of money extortion in order to influence the Special Prosecutor’s Office’s case “Empire”. For a certain amount of...

There was no meeting, nor was there a request for one with a mediator for Mile Janakieski, as stated in an official document from the UBK (Administration for Security and Counterintelligence), classified as "strictly confidential", which was the basis for determining the measure for detainment, said the Office of President Gjorge Ivanov after the announcement of the ruling from the Basic...

Krsto Mukoski, a VMRO-DPMNE MP, while arriving at the Criminal Court today for his testimony before a pre-trial judge, said that the court has no grounds to detain him. “There is no basis for custody, but we will have to allow the court to rule and have the last word”, said Mukoski briefly, adding that he regularly appeared in court...

On Thursday, at a plenary session, Parliament decided to approve the request from the Skopje Basic Court to revoke the immunity and to detain MPs Krsto Mukovski, Ljuben Arnaudov, Johan Tarculovski, Sašo Vasilevski, Ljupco Dimovski and Žaklina Peshevska, due to their participation in the violence that occurred on April 27th, this year, in Parliament. Every MP was voted for separately, and...

This evening, Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi submitted to the Committee on Procedural, Mandate and Immunity Related Issues, requests for the approval of the custody of MPs Krsto Mukuski, Ljuben Araundov, Sašo Vasilevski, Ljupco Dimovski and Žaklina Peshevska, reported the Parliamentary services today. Basic Court Skopje 1, who handle organized crime and corruption, filed the requests yesterday. Xhaferi submitted the requests to...

Igor Jug, one of the participants in the violence that outbursted in the Parliament on the 27th of April this year, was arrested this morning in his apartment in Kumanovo, confirms the Ministry of Interior. MoI informs that the 47-year-old Jug was arrested on a previous order issued by the Basic Public Prosecution dated from the 16th of May. "On...

Today, the appeals submitted by Goran Grujovski, Toni Jakimovski and Nikola Boskovski will be decided in a closed session at the Supreme Court, after the Appellate Court of Skopje ruled that the three suspects be remanded into custody. The Appellate Court approved the appeal made by the Special Prosecutor’s Office, which was against the Criminal Court’s ruling and their decision...

Today, VMRO-DPMNE’s leader and former Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, said in the Appellate Court that he was preparing to win elections, not to leave the country. In the Appellate Court, where the appeals of some of the defendants and the appeals of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office for the “Titanic” case are being reviewed at a public session, Gruevski arrived...

There is no example in the world where the implementation of a court ruling where custody has been determined, is postponed, except in Macedonia. This was the opinion of Gavril Bubevski, a prosecutor from the Special Prosecutor's Office,  regarding the situation in which Goran Grujovski (former head of the fifth administration), Toni Jakimovski (former head of Sasho Mijalkov’s Office)...

Today, former Director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), Sasho Mijalkov, before a three member council of Skopje's Appellate Court, stated that he has no reason to flee the country as he is convinced of his innocence and he believes that in further hearings, the court will see this, reported “Nova TV”. “Until now, I have only missed...

On the request of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Criminal Court Skopje terminated the custody of journalist Zoran Bozinovski who was charged with criminal association, espionage and blackmail. Basic Court Skopje I, announced today, that the ruling judge who is currently handling Bozinovski’s case, Lenka Davitkovska, at the main hearing today, accepted the Public Prosecutor’s proposal to terminate his custody. The...

Today, the suspects from the “Titanic” case, including the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, asked for one of the three judges to be excluded from the Criminal Council who were deciding on the request of the Special Prosecutor's Office for custody, confirmed Basic Court I, Skopje. When the accused and their defense realized which judges are on the council, they...

The Special Prosecutor’s Office is expected to file their first appeals to the Appellate Court Skopje regarding their dismissed custody requests for 18 individuals, after the charges were filed last week, confirmed the SPO for “Meta”. The appeals are from rulings made by the Basic Court Skopje I, and the SPO will be submitting them in the following next few...

VMRO-DPMNE’s leader Nikola Gruevski, and MP of the Parliament of Republic of Macedonia, who is accused in the “Titanic” case, the Special Prosecutor Office is seeking custody. Last Friday, he informed the Parliamentary Commission that he would give up his right to immunity, confirmed Parliament today. Further more, the Commission is not competent to act upon this information, however, Gruevski...

The Criminal Councils of Basic Court Skopje I rejected the request by the Special Prosecutor's Office to remand the former Director of the Administration for Security and Counter Intelligence (UBK), Saso Mijalkov into custody, as unfounded. He is the prime suspect in the cases "Target" and "Fortress”, which the SPO have merged into one case. The request for custody, as...

The Criminal Council of the Basic Court-Skopje refused the request from the Special Prosecutor’s Office for custody for former Minister of Culture, Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska and former Vice Prime Minister for Economic Аffairs, Vladimir Pesevski. Kancevska-Milevska and Pesevski, who are suspects in the “Tenders” case and the “Trajectory” case led by the SPO, were given precautionary measures – confiscation of passport...

The opposition party VMRO-DPMNE has issued an appeal to the court not to succumb to threats and pressure that are made regarding the charges that were filed by the Special Public Prosecution against high-ranking party officials and former ministers, among which is VMRO-DPMNE’s party leader and former Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski. The party stresses that with the work of the...

Today, the Special Prosecutor's Office filed 17 indictments for 18 cases, against 94 individuals and 7 legal entities, stated the chief Special Prosecutor, Katica Janeva, adding that solid evidence has been provided for all the cases. She noted that the time-frame for investigations and enquiries was not long enough for all the material to be investigated, especially considering that the...

Today marks the first 100 days since Jovo Vangelovski was appointed as the President of the Supreme Court. This period will be remembered for the decision to release from custody the prime suspect in SPO’s case of “Trust,” Sead Kochan, including several commenced but unfinished initiatives on part of Vangelovski, among which is the procedure that will help determine...

The Public Prosecutor’s Office have launched a preliminary investigation and have requested that Ljupco Stojanovski be remanded into custody, who yesterday fired a gun at the former Minister of Health, Nikola Todorov. “The suspect is being charged for two crimes, murder under Article 123 in relation to Article 19 and the illegal manufacture, possession and sale of weapons or explosive...