27 September 2017
The Criminal Council of the Basic Court Skopje 1’s Department for Fighting Organized Crime and Corruption has rejected the request by Nikola Gruevski to have his passport returned, announced the court on its website. At the same time, the wiretapped conversations were removed as evidence in three cases with an explanation that they were illegally […]
11 April 2017
This afternoon, the Supreme Court released an official statement that they had rejected all requests and objections which were on the agenda for today’s general meeting. At the meeting, the request made by the Special Prosecutor’s Office(SPO) for the exclusion of the President of the Supreme Court, Jovo Vangelovski was rejected, as was the objection […]
5 April 2017
Seventeen judges from Basic Court Skopje 1 have appealed to the Supreme Court concerning the new annual schedule which was passed late last month by the President of the Court Stojanche Ribarev, confirmed the Supreme Court. New appeals are expected to arrive at the Supreme Court by post , after which a session should be […]
31 March 2017
The celebrations on March the 31st, which mark the Day of Macedonian Justice, passed today with a boycott by the court’s administration. The Association of the Court Administration of the Republic of Macedonia say they have been forced not to support the activities for this year’s celebrations of the holiday and they still demand an […]
13 March 2017
The Judicial Council elected Judge Jovo Vangelovski to be the president of the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court Judge Stojanče Ribarev to be the acting president of the Basic Court 1 – Skopje. For Vangelovski’s election voted 12 members of the Council one was against, and according to the Badinter rule, which is necessary […]
21 February 2017
Basic Court Skopje 1 i.e. the acting president Tatjana Mihajlova, has issued a new yearly court schedule according to which, a certain number of judges, who worked on criminal offenses were transferred to the misdemeanor department. Otherwise, the court in Skopje is authorized for processing the cases of the Special Public Prosecution. Among the judges […]
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 […]
15 February 2017
The court has to understand that SPO is not pursuing ordinary crime, but a criminal group that is at the top of the government and therefore the court has to perform its duties conscientiously, honestly and professionally when it comes to SPO’s cases. This was announced today by the Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva, who […]
27 January 2017
The US Embassy in Tirana issued a statement where it announced that all non-immigrant visas for several Albanian judges and prosecutors will be revoked. In the announcement, it was stated that they came to this decision after they determined that the officials did not qualify for a visa. “The U.S. Embassy took this action in advance […]
2 December 2016
The Criminal Council of the Basic Court Skopje I, comprised of judges Vladimir Panchevski, as a president of the court, and the judges Dijana Gruevska-Ilievska (deputy-president of the court) and Ljubinka Basheska (judge appointed in the case of “Puch”) for the second time have refused to give an order so that the Special Public Prosecution […]
28 November 2016
Nine out of the thirteen judges who submitted a complaint to the Basic Court Skopje 1 against the President of the Criminal Court Vladimir Panchevski, today responded to an invitation and appeared at the Judicial Council and met with members and the President of the Council, Zoran Karadzovski. Karadzovski stated after, that the meeting passed […]
23 November 2016
I hope that the decisions of the judges will be based on the law, and we will closely monitor developments concerning the judiciary, said Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva today at the debate “Judicial Sentencing and Practical Application of Alternative Measures in the National Legislation”. “We are following the developments concerning the judiciary, as an […]
16 November 2016
The most important court in the country – Basic Court Skopje 1, which, among others, handles the most important procedures for organized crime, in the past ten days has turned into a “circus”. In recent days, the Criminal Court has turned into a place where employees enforce justice with pushing and punching, judges are dealing […]
11 November 2016
SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, today announced a general re-election of judges in Macedonia after the elections on December 11 and a full breakup of the “the link between the judiciary and the criminal government led by Nikola Gruevski”. Zaev said that “after December 11, he will not allow a single judge to condemn anymore innocent […]
21 September 2016
The Special Public Prosecutor’s Office for now, will not request the exclusion of Judge Lidija Petrovska, said prosecutor Lence Ristovska to “Meta”. “At the moment, we will not take any action, we’ll wait for the trial to begin so everything will be official, and then we’ll decide what to do”, said Ristovska. Lidija Petrovska was […]
10 September 2016
Public Prosecutor Jovan Ilievski, Constitutional Judge Natasha Gaber-Damjanovska and the Macedonian Ambassador to the Vatican, Zvonimir Jankulovski are the three candidates from Macedonia, being considered for the position of becoming a Judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) based in Strasbourg, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced. The MFA stated that the […]
6 September 2016
On August 31st, the leaders of the political parties, signatories to the Pržino Agreement confirmed the date December 11 for early parliamentary elections. The day after, the ruling party began reshuffling the staff at the Ministry of Interior, employment within the ministry and a series of manoeuvres ahead of the early elections. Some experts and opposition […]
25 May 2016
Constitutional Judges at today’s meeting unanimously annulled the two decisions to dissolve Parliament adopted on 18 January and 23 February of this year, confirmed the Constitutional Court for “Meta”. “The decision to dissolve Parliament on the 18th of January and the decision amending the decision to dissolve Parliament on the 23rd of February 2016 have […]
18 May 2016
Constitutional judges unanimously voted for the decision to launch an initiative to assess the constitutionality of the dissolution of Parliament. The final decision on whether the dissolution of Parliament is constitutional will be announced by the Constitutional Court next week, and until then temporary measures have been applied to stop all actions arising from the disputed […]
25 March 2016
Constitutional Judges Natasha Gaber-Damjanovski, Ismail Darlishta, Gzime Starova and Sali Murati today came out with their own separate opinion on the amendments made to the Amnesty Law, which the Constitutional Court changed on the 16th of this month, which allows the President to pardon people who have been convicted of electoral fraud and crime, pedophilia […]
