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Analysis: Four years on and still no answer on who ordered “Divo Naselje”

Four years have passed since the armed conflict in "Divo Naselje", a neighbourhood in the city of Kumanovo. The shooting went on for two days, killing eight members of the security forces from the Interior Ministry and seriously injuring forty. At the same time, among the gun fire, along with eight members of the police force, 10 members of the...

Families of those convicted in “Divo Naselje” protest in Pec and ask how Albania allowed Gruevski to escape

In Pec, Kosovo, the family members of those convicted for the armed incident in the Kumanovo settlement of Divo Naselje in May, 2015, protested this morning, demanding the release of their loved ones and made accusations against former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski regarding the mentioned events, Portabl reports. The protest was held in front of the "Dukagjini" hotel, where...

“Divo Naselje” protest passed calmly, “UÇK” chants could be heard

Among the chants of mostly “UÇK”, under a strong police presence, the protest against the verdicts of the "Divo Naselje" case finished. No incidents were reorted. The crowd that started their protest from Skenderbeg Square and headed towards Basic Court Skopje 1, where the verdicts for the defendants were announced, chants could be heard, the loudest, “UÇK”. Although they originally...

Protests outside the Macedonian embassy in Priština, Haradinaj is calming the tensions

Several dozen people, including family members and friends of Kosovo citizens who were sentenced to life imprisonment for the events in Kumanovo’s Divo Naselje, today protested outside the Macedonian embassy in Priština demanding the release of their loved ones. As the Kosovo media report, the situation in front of the embassy is tense, but the police are keeping the situation...

The Ministry of Justice may hire international experts for the “Divo Naselje” case

For all cases where there are certain doubts of irregularities, that is, cases which are not fully clarified, the Government will bring in international experts from certain areas for their elaboration, said Minister of Justice, Bilen Saliji, while answering a journalist's question on the requests for an international expert group to investigate the "Divo Naselje" case. “The Ministry of Justice,...

The AJM condemns the detainment of two journalists and wants answers from the MOI and the PPO

The Association of Journalists in Macedonia claims that the attitude of the institutions is completely unacceptable and that their aim is to intimidate journalists and encourage self-censorship when covering certain court hearings. Yesterday, Mahmuti and Uka, as stated in the statement by the AJM, were detained for six hours at a police station, on the grounds that they had been...

Macedonian flags were burnt in Kosovo due to the prison sentences in the “Divo Naselje” case

In protest of the decision made by the Skopje Criminal Court for the sentences in the "Divo Naselje" case, Macedonian flags were burned publicly in the Kosovo towns of Gnjilane and Peć, according to Serbian media. "Due to the injustice done against our heroes from the Slavic puppet state, tonight we burned their flag, here in front of the monument...

Seven life sentences, 26 long-term prison sentences for the accused in the “Divo Naselje” case

Seven defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment for the events that occured in Divo Naselje on May 9th and 10th, 2015. 13 defendants were sentenced to 40 years in prison, six were sentenced 20, one defendant for 18 years, two for 14 years, two for 13 years and another two were sentenced for 12 years in prison. These were the...

The accused entered Kumanovo “to hold a press conference about the unimplemented Framework Agreement”

The political problems of the Albanians and the unimplemented Ohrid Framework Agreement was the reason Kumanovo armed group arrived in Macedonia and in Divo Naselje, said Sami Ukshini, the prime suspect for the events of the 9th and 10th of May, 2015 at today’s hearing. When the prosecution asked how the group planned to assist in the implementation of the...

City of Ohrid completely shut down as suspects in “Divo Naselje” case are transferred to Ohrid

Last night in the centre of Ohrid, around the building of the Sector of Internal Affairs, there was a heavy police guard presence, which sparked anxiety and talk among the city’s citizens. For two days, the street and the parking in front of the Ohrid Sector of Internal Affairs, the prison and infront of Ohrid’s fire station, have been blocked,...

November will be the ‘busiest’ of months for the Criminal Court

Next month, in the Criminal Court, several cases which have attracted public attention nation wide, are scheduled for hearings and trials, including the “Putsch” case, the events which took place in the Municipality of the Centre in 2013, “Divo Naselje” and many more. Almost all court cases have a direct or indirect connection with the wiretapped recordings, protests and the...

Defendants from “Divo Naselje”: There is an Architect behind the tragedy in Kumanovo

The tragedy which happened on May the 9th last year has an architect, and it was all done for money, stated at the lawyer for defendant Deme Shehu in his opening argument at today's hearing in the "Divo Naselje" trial. He added that the group had been in the neighbourhood for six days, and said that nor Albanians nor Macedonians complained...

“Divo Naselje” trial postponed, journalists and lawyers were not allowed to enter the court room

The “Divo Naselje” trial which stems from the events of the 9th and 10th of May last year, was postponed again today after court police from the Supreme Court did not allow journalists or lawyers to enter the courthouse where the hearing was meant to take place. The Supreme Court did not have a specific explanation as to why journalists...

May – An eventful month, full of difficult ordeals and troubled times

May of 2015 proved an eventful month, full of difficult ordeals and troubled times. In that month's 30 days, the armed conflict in Divo Naselje occurred, the resignations of three senior officials of the ruling party were submitted following the death of Martin Neshokovski, three leadership summits, a meeting in Strasbourg, a mass protest by the political opposition which was...

Journalists boycotted the court hearing for “Divo Naselje”

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, and there is only enough...

Raufi: Events at Divo Naselje were meant to defocus the public from the “Bombs”

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 any case, all of the...

February 9 is the date set for the trial of “Divo Naselje”

February 9 is the date set for the trial of  "Divo Naselje" to begin at the Basic Court Skopje 1. At today's public session to review the indictment on the events in Kumanovo on May 9 and 10 last year, all of the 29 accused of terrorism in the "Divo naselje" pleaded not guilty to the crimes they have been...

Basic Court Skopje approves the charges for “Divo Naselje”

The Basic Court Skopje 1 approved of the indictment for participating in a terrorist organization and terrorism for the 29 accused in the case "Divo Naselje." An exact date is yet to be determined for when they will sit in the dock. Today the court issued a statement, after it held a public session to review the indictment. "The Council's...

The Bitola prison, where detainees are being held from the Divo Naselje incident, now has a heavy police presence

The Director of the prison in Bitola "Crn Most", Slavko Gacovski, and the Chief of the Department for Public Relations and Protocol of the Ministry of Interior, Natalija Spirova-Kordic, confirmed for "Meta" that security has been tightened in the prison and they have increased security measures such as more police officers, but not special forces. Director Gacovski confirmed that "Crn...

One of the seven arrested in action ‘Molnja’ was planning attacks in Skopje

One of the seven arrested in the police operation today what is now known by its operational name "Molnja", according to information from the MOI, while being shot at in Divo Naselje on the 9th of May, had plans to mobilize the group and launched attacks in several locations in Skopje, said the Assistant Minister of Interior ,Ivo Kotevski...