29 November 2017
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 […]
21 September 2017
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 […]
25 July 2017
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 […]
21 July 2017
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 […]
19 July 2017
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 […]
17 July 2017
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 […]
14 July 2017
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 […]
7 July 2017
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 […]
4 July 2017
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 […]
3 July 2017
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 […]
2 July 2017
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. […]
1 July 2017
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 […]
1 July 2017
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 […]
29 June 2017
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 […]
20 June 2017
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 […]
2 June 2017
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 […]
20 May 2017
The Criminal Court of the Basic Court Skopje 1, within the next 48 hours will decide whether Sead Kočan will be granted bail or remanded into custody. Prosecutors from the SPO, Gavril Bubevski and Artan Ajro at today’s hearing put forward their arguments and stated that there have been incidents when Kočan had reoffended and […]
15 May 2017
Businessman Sead Kočan, who has been on the run for two months, was yesterday admitted to the Cardiology Clinic in Skopje due to poor health, reported the media today. The portal “Prizma”, referring to sources from with in the Cardiology Clinic, wrote that Kočan was admitted in with a pre-heart attack condition and today was […]
14 May 2017
Yesterday, the Appeal court has submitted the decision by the Supreme Court that it has revoked the custody for the businessman, Sead Kočan, the owner of “Transmet” company and TV Nova, after which the Criminal Council of the Basic Court Skopje 1 has made a decision to withdraw the warrants, said Stojance Ribarev, the acting […]
13 May 2017
The custody for the businessman Sead Kočan, a prime suspect in the “Trust” case that is led by the Special Public Prosecution has been canceled, reports Alsat-M. According to the information provided by this TV station, this decision was made yesterday. With it, apparently, the domestic and the international arrest warrant for Kočan which has […]
