4 January 2018
Through the Interpol office in the country, the Ministry of Interior issued international arrest warrants for five suspects wanted for the violence that broke out in Parliament last April, who at the moment are in hiding. The five people the warrants refer to, are: Nikola Mitrevski – Koljo, Aleksandar Vasilevski – Ninja, Mladen Dodevski, Dejan […]
27 December 2017
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that the resignation of deputy ministers from the Alliance for Albanians was an expected step after party leader, Zijadin Sela, failed to accept the government’s bid for a vice-presidential post for reforms in the government. He added that he would not rush to dismiss staff in institutions both from the […]
12 December 2017
VMRO-DPMNE will not participate in any work connected to Parliament or parliamentary bodies, due to the imprisonment of MPs Krsto Mukoski, Ljuben Arnaudov and Sašo Vasilevski who are in the pre-trial “Shutka” prison, as well as MPs Johan Tarculovski, and Žaklina Peshevska and Ljupco Dimovski who are under house arrest. “Currently, SDSM is the ruling […]
5 December 2017
After today’s testomonies, the Criminal Court ruled that MPs Krsto Mukoski, Ljuben Arnaudov and Saso Vasilevsk be taken into custody and detained. Those MPs are suspected of the violence in Parliament on April 27th. Their colleagues, Žaklina Peshevska, Johan Tarculovski and Ljupco Dimovski, received a measure of house arrest. Mukoski, Arnaudov and Vasilevski were accompanied […]
5 December 2017
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 […]
16 May 2017
Tomorrow, the Criminal Court in Skopje will come to a decision regarding the Special Prosecutor’s Office request to remand businessman Sead Kočan into custody, who is the prime suspect in the “Trust” case. The SPO confirmed that the hearing has been scheduled for tomorrow at 10:00 am, and like the previous hearing, prosecutors from the […]
15 February 2017
At today’s presentation of the study on “Legal and budgetary implications of unjustified detainment”, held at the EU Info Centre in Skopje, it was pointed out that Macedonian courts have a going rate or amount of how much it costs each day spent in custody, which ranges from 2,500 to 3,500 denars (40-50 euros). “Knowing […]
1 December 2016
Ljudmil Kljusev, the son of the first Prime Minister to an independent Macedonia, Nikola Kjlusev, stood before District Judge Alvin Thompson in Hartford, USA and pleaded guilty to distributing narcotics outside of the scope of professional practice, and health care fraud, said a statement to “Meta” by the United States Department of Justice. According to […]
27 November 2016
We should respect the presumption of innocence and leave legal institutions to decide whether someone is innocent or not, said the vice-prime minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Poposki, VMRO-DPMNE’s list carrier in the first electoral district, in the Radio Slobodna Evropa’s weekly interview when he replied to a question how will crime suspects […]
8 November 2016
The Directorate for the Execution of Sanctions, known in Macedonia by the acronym UIC, have purchased 400 electronic bracelets for offenders who will be serving their sentences under house arrest, because, as of November 1, under Government planning, the Law on Probation is expected to be implemented. The Directorate for the Execution of Sanctions told […]
18 July 2016
The Public Prosecution for Organized Crime and Corruption in the investigation procedure conducted today at the Basic Court Skopje 1, filed an indictment against journalist and owner of the internet portal “Burevesnik”, Zoran Bozinovski. Bozinovski, as reported by the Prosecution, is charged with criminal association, espionage, and extortion. The prosecution also requests the court extend […]
9 July 2016
In a police operation which was carried out early this morning in Skopje and Tetovo, four people have been arrested, and another three are still at large, while all of them are suspected of being former fighters of ISIS, reports the Public Prosecution. “The prosecutor in charge of the case from the Public Prosecutor’s Office […]
24 June 2016
Judge Aleksandra Pop-Stefanija denied the request by the Special Public Prosecutor (SPO) for the detention of the prime suspect in the “Fortress” case, Goran Grujovski, Head of the Security and Counter-Intelligence Agency and decided to confiscate his, said this afternoon the Basic Court Skopje 1. Judge Pop-Stefanija today halted the questioning of former Interior Minister […]
21 June 2016
The police in Bitola have checked several times so far to see if Mayor Vladimir Taleski is at home since yesterday at 12 am when the measure of house arrest was formally implemented after the Criminal Court came to their decision. The spokesperson for the police department in Bitola, Sanja Stamatova, said police found Taleski […]
15 June 2016
The Judge from the preliminary hearing rejected the requests from the Special Public Prosecution for pre-trial detention for Goran Grujovski, and other precautionary measures for four of the other suspects in the “Fortress” case, including former Interior Minister, Gordana Januloska. The Judge, Aleksandra Pop-Stefanova acting upon the requests from the SPO, based her decision, as […]
4 May 2016
Tonight, the Basic Court Skopje 1 tonight was painted in the colors of “Colourful Revolution.” Protesters at today’s demonstration, which traditionally start outside the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office, decided to start their protest in front of the corrupt judiciary. The demonstrators were met outside the courthouse by several lawyers, who stated they do not want […]
20 April 2016
A judge from the previous hearing, has ordered that one of the suspects in the “Transporter” case be detained for the pre-trial period of 30 days. The case, began by the Special Prosecutors Office (SPO) the suspect faces three charges which relate to paragraph 165 of the Criminal Procedure Code, while three other suspects received […]
2 April 2016
The Special Public Prosecution (SPP) this afternoon announced that they had submitted an appeal to the High Court of Appeals in Skopje against the decision made by the Criminal Panel of the Basic Court Skopje 1, to release Grujovski under house arrest. The head of the Security and Counter intelligence (UBK) otherwise known as the […]
31 March 2016
Yesterday’s events are the best proof that there were no foreign agencies involved, there were no yellow vans, there was no cut or edited conversations, said Vice President of the SDSM, Damjan Manchevski when he was asked to comment on yesterday’s press conference by the Special Public Prosecution on the case “Fortress”. “Yesterday’s events are […]
31 March 2016
The Criminal Court has bowed to the request of the Special Public Prosecution (SPP) and ordered that Goran Grujovski be detained for a period of 30 days. He is the first suspect in the case known as “Fortress”. It has been officially confirmed by the Basic Court Skopje 1, that a chief of the Fifth […]
