Tag: Katica Janeva

Special Prosecutor Lence Ristoska has stated publicly that tonight, there will be no prosecutors or investigators present in the building of the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK). She also stated they had summoned the Interior Minister, Oliver Spasovski, and asked him to ensure a smooth operation. “We asked the minister to ensure the safety of employees from the SPO. He...

An investigator from the Special Public Prosecution was detained and taken to Beko police station. After visiting the police station, Chief Special Prosecutor, Katica Janeva stated that the they would not explain to the prosecutors why the investigator had been detained. “The investigator who was taken into police custody at Beko police station has returned to the premises of the...

The Special Public Prosecution has managed to confiscate from UBK all documentation with orders and regulations on special investigative measures for monitoring communications, as well as books with evidence and parts of the records from the computer data systems for wiretapping, announced the SPO this afternoon. The SPO said that more computer data remains to be seized, and that they...

Today, the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva with her whole team entered the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) and from there, she announced that she would not leave until she and her team have finished their job. “We have entered the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence to finally find out who actually conducted the wiretapping, whether it was the UBK or...

We discussed the problems we faced in the past, said Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva after meeting with European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, today at the EU Info-Centre in Skopje. Janeva said she was pleased with the conversation. “We talked about how we will function in the future and how we will continue with our activities”,...

The European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, assessed the meeting with Prime Minister, Emil Dimitriev as constructive and comprehensive. As Hahn wrote on his “Twitter” account, the pair discussed the fulfillment of the conditions for credible elections, the implementation of the urgent reform priorities and the support of the work of the Special Prosecutor’s Office. https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/786833293526372352 https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/786833990598746112 Earlier,...

This morning, the European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn will start his visit to Macedonia with a meeting with representatives from the civil sector. After the meeting with the representatives from the NGOs, Hahn is to meet with Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev. Meetings with Katica Janeva, the Special Public Prosecutor, the leader of the DPA party, Menduh...

The key witness Kosta Krpač  in the Special Public Prosecutor’s case "Vault" on April 27, 2016, around 13:20 pm, was found dead in an apartment on Naroden Front Street in the neighborhood of Kapishtec. The first clues, according to the Interior Ministry, was that his death was a suicide. However, five months since his death, the Public Prosecution, who...

The Special Public Prosecutor's Office has opened a new investigation code-named "Vault",  regarding  financial crimes. Prosecutor Fatime Fetai said that the case is about serious abuse of funds from the budget of the Republic of Macedonia.  “From the evidence obtained for this case, these funds were taken from the budget and were used for personal gain and greed. Currently, the investigation is being...

The ruling VMRO-DPMNE party will not support the requests from Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva which were submitted to Parliament on Thursday, where she requests an extension of the work of the Special Prosecutor's Office, an extention of the deadline for investigations, amendements on the laws on witness protection and for the recommendations of the Venice Commission to be respected....

The Committee began their review of the report on the work of the Special Public Prosecutor's Office, where MPs questioned the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva.  “You have kept me here for three days deliberately and will not let me work. For three days I have sat here and answered the same questions. You are deliberately keeping me here so...

The Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva, is feeling better today, however, it is still unknown whether she will attend the session at the Committee of Political Systems and Inter-Ethnic Relations, said the SPO to “Meta”. Yesterday evening, after two days of reviewing  the second report on the work of the SPO, and after answering MPs questions, Janeva fell ill and...

The Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva, through a press statement apologized to MPs for leaving the session of the Committee on Political System and Inter-Ethnic Relations due to health reasons. “I am really sorry that due to my health condition, I had to leave the session of the Committee on Political System and Inter-Ethnic Relations and I apologize to all...

This evening the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva fell ill after participating  all day in the session of the Parliamentary Committee of Political Systems, who are reviewing the SPO’s report for a second day in a row, reported “Telma” television. The President of the Committee, Vlatko Gjorcev allowed a break, however, the MP from the VMRO-DPMNE party, Krsto Mukoski, insisted...

Today, the leader of the VMRO-DPMNE party, and former Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski answered a reporter's question on his evaluation of the Special Public Prosecutor and said that he was unsatisfied with her work. “They are far from our expectations in terms of professionalism, impartiality and objectiveness”, Gruevski briefly stated. Gruevski made this statement after the promotion of 25 new texts from...

The session with the Committee of Political Systems and Inter-Ethnic Relations has begun, where MP's on their second day continue to discuss the report by the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva. First to speak was the independent MP Solza Grceva who said she was surprised at Janeva's ignorance and unawareness of the law, politics and democracy after yesterday's speech and...

I am not afraid to answer any questions by MPs today because I have the support of the former Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, said the Special Prosecutor, Katica Janeva while presenting her 6-month progress report of the SPO’s work before the Parliamentary Committee on Political System and Inter-Ethnic Relations. Janeva urged MPs to make changes to the Law on Witness...

The Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva in tonight's interview on MTV revealed that they had been on the receiving end of subtle threats. She also said that apart from the wite-tapped conversations, the SPO has sufficient other evidence on cases being processed. “For both indictments, there is enough evidence and we expect the court to act in accordance with the...

Today, the hearing of the "Putsch" case was postponed, due to the absence of one of the jurors, reported the Criminal Court. This was the official explanation of the court for the postponement of today's hearing, which was rescheduled for November 1. Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva, who represents the prosecution in this case, stated that the court unjustly postponed...

The Court over the next 8 eight days, may schedule a hearing for both proposed indictments submitted yesterday by the SPO, said Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva. “They are the subject of fast-track proceedings, and the deadline for the scheduling is eight days. The court may immediately schedule a hearing within eight days, whenever, we are ready for trial”, said...