22 May 2019
The Blueprint Group for Judicial Reform, as the informal network of prominent civil society organizations, today submitted a document to the Minister of Justice with proposed amendments to Articles 32, 34 and 105 of the Draft Law for the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The group informs that their proposals and comments on the law were agreed […]
28 December 2018
The Criminal Court has published the letter sent by the US Ambassador Jess Baily to the President of the Court, Ivan Džolev regarding the “constant, false rumors with indications that the US EMbassy has a goal to influence the judges.” He said that any suggestion that the USA want to manage with some trial is […]
19 December 2018
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, accompanied by Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, started their working visit to Brussels with a meeting with the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. At the meeting, it was concluded that the country’s determination to resolve the major political issues with neighbours and bringing reforms in the key areas of the […]
7 December 2018
Reinhard Priebe and a group of high ranking experts on the rule of law who were evaluating the situation with the rule of law in 2015 and 2017, in the period between 5th and the 7th of December were visiting Skopje in order to asses the implementation of the recommendations that the group gave regarding […]
4 September 2018
The former Prime Minister and VMRO-DPMNE’s party leader, Nikola Gruevski announced at today’s press conference that he will not appear at the Appeal court tomorrow and during the trial at the “Tank” case neither his attorneys will attend, because, the decision was already decided politically. Gruevski accused the government that it leads a political prosecution […]
10 May 2018
State Minister of European Affairs at the German Foreign Ministry, Michael Roth, said that investigations related to wiretapping conversations must continue, and the Special Prosecutor’s Office should be integrated into the regular structures of the prosecution. At the meeting with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in Government, he was informed that the opposition was against continuing […]
5 April 2018
The Council for Monitoring the Implementation of Strategy for Reform of the Judicial Sector, led by prime minister Zoran Zaev reviewed the draft laws for the courts and the Court Council, with “reservations”. However, according to the statement made by the Government, the draft laws are t be used next week in Parliament. Namely, the […]
9 February 2018
The Republic of Macedonia is threatened with the first Resolution with an indictment by the Council of Europe if until March this year it doesn’t issue an apology to the German citizen of Lebanese origin, Kalid el-Masri. This was said at today’s press conference about the second monitoring report regarding the reforms in the judiciary, […]
10 January 2018
At the 48th session, the Government decided to adopt the proposal to amend the Law on Protection of Whistle-blowers and submitted it to Parliament for further adoption, informed the Government Press Office today. With the amendments, the law will be synchronized with the international standards prescribed in this area and will provide greater protection for […]
29 November 2017
Today, the leader of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, after the court hearing in the case regarding the violence in front of the Municipality of Centar in June, 2013, known to the public as “Shamari” (Slaps), in a statement to the media, accused the judiciary of ‘protectionism’. “The hearing for court cases where members of […]
28 November 2017
Despite what the government has said that part “3” from the “3-6-9” plan has been completely accomplished, the activities that were planned for the first three months from the reformatory plan are just partially accomplished. Also, the plan has an inadequate sequence of priorities, so some of the more important ones are placed lower in […]
27 November 2017
The indefinite postponement of the hearing for the “Ransom” case is another evidence that the judiciary, under the pressure of SDS, has reached the bottom, reacts the opposition party VMRO-DPMNE. The justice and the laws of this state are valid for everyone except for Zoran Zaev and the criminal heads around him, states the party. […]
20 November 2017
The goal of the “3-6-9” plan is not to implement a new section “12” after, but with a decision to start negotiations, said Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani at a joint meeting with the ministers Oliver Spasovski, Biljan Salji and Damjan Manchevski with EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn. Osmani’s cabinet announced that the Deputy Prime Minister […]
15 September 2017
It has been almost two years since SPO began its work and no one has actually been successfully convicted, creating a perception of impunity, says the report of Reinhard Priebe’s expert group, that visited Macedonia in July. The report states that all important areas, such as the judiciary, security or media, require systemic reforms based […]
28 July 2017
The getaway of Goran Grujovski and Nikola Boshkovski is not a failure of the Macedonian police but it showcases how rotten the judiciary is, said the Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, who also said that the responsibility for the getaway of the former Head of the Administration of Security and Counter-Intelligence (UBK) and his associate, […]
5 July 2017
Macedonia is making a breakthrough in its Euro-Atlantic aspirations through open transparent inclusiveness from all interested sides, stated Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, while presenting his reform plan called “3-6-9”. He pointed out that the numbers in the name represent points in time when reforms should be implemented. In the first three months, until the local […]
8 May 2017
The leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev, in an interview with “Radio Free Europe”, said that by the end of the month, he expects to be Prime Minister and the first measures the new government will take will be in the interest of the citizens. In the interview, he talks about reforms which are will be […]
7 May 2017
SDS once has ruined and completely politicized the judiciary with its party members by re-electing 600 judges that have passed through its party filters” said at a press conference VMRO-DPMNE’s Darko Kostovski as a reaction to the interview by SDSM’s party leader Zoran Zaev for “Radio Free Europe.” According to him, “the judiciary reached rock […]
25 April 2017
Today, EU Ambassador Samuel Žbogar met with the President of the Supreme Court, Jovo Vangelovski where they discussed the situation in the Macedonian judiciary. There still aren’t any details regarding the meeting, but Žbogar made a brief announcement on his Twitter account: “With President of Supreme Court, we discussed much needs to be done to […]
23 March 2017
Today the SPO continued with its political persecution against the media and journalists who are not under Zaev’s control, who he declared were the biggest political enemies, spies, liars and were publicly insulted, said VMRO-DPMNE’s statement regarding the SPO’s press conference, where they presented four new investigations for tax evasion and abuse of public office […]
