28 September 2016
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, […]
28 September 2016
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. […]
25 August 2016
The Special Prosecutor’s Office are conducting a “political and media circus”, said Silvana Boneva on Monday, a VMRO-DPMNE representative, who sits on the State Election Commission (SEC) while she was leaving the SPO building. Boneva alluded to news crews who were waiting outside the SPO building, that this was her interpretation of why there so […]
9 June 2016
Surveys conducted by several agencies for research on the public opinion show diametrically opposed differences with citizens opinions in terms of ratings, trust and confidence in the Special Prosecutor’s Office and prosecutor Katica Janeva. The newest survey by the International Republican Institute (IRI) who are based in Washington says that 63 percent of the respondents […]
30 April 2016
Prestigious London newspaper for business and economics “The Financial Times” under the title “Small-town graft warrior rattles Macedonia’s elite”, describes the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva as a “whip to Macedonia’s corruption-riddled elite and an unlikely icon of protest in the country’s political crisis”. According to FT “Ms Janeva’s job is to pursue senior political […]
18 February 2016
The Criminal Council of the Basic Court Skopje 1, which is made up of three judges, dismissed the Special Prosecutor’s appeals as on the grounds they were unfounded in regard to the Judge’s decision at the Preliminary proceedings that former Minister of Transport & Communications Mile Janakieski, and the Mayor of Pustec in Albania Edmond […]
13 February 2016
With the Court rejecting the requests from Katica Janeva and her team to take into custody the suspects in Operation “Titanic”, time is of the essence and there is a short statutory time limits (24 or 48 hours) for all sides – SPP, suspects and the court. Janeva has 24 hours from the adjudication of […]
12 February 2016
The US Embassy in Macedonia today again expressed its support for the work of the Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva and her team and asked the authorities to fully implement the highest standards of the rule of law. “The United States fully supports the Special Prosecutor’s Office and its role in investigating and prosecuting criminal conduct […]
9 February 2016
Today at the EU Info Centre, EU Ambassadors and Ambassador Aivo Orav came together and met with the Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, which just happened to be on her birthday, and expressed their support for her work. “All of the Ambassadors from the European Union in Skopje express their strong support for the independence of […]
6 February 2016
The Special Prosecutor was established with the support of all four parties and the Government. They gave support and still give support, answered today the VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski about the concerns of the representative of the United States in the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, Kate Byrnes who asked the ruling party not to attack […]
29 January 2016
The Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) in a statement to the public expressed concern about the way certain media have been reporting, connected with their work and that of the Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva. Despite the denial by certain media the SPP announced the initiation of civil proceedings for defamation and insult, as well as criminal […]
25 January 2016
The European Union is disappointed by yesterday’s statement by former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski “Meta” has learnt from official sources within the EU. “We have already expressed our concern and disappointment with the statement from the former Prime Minister and his lack of the respect of the political agreement”, a senior official told “Meta” who […]
11 January 2016
MEPs Richard Howitt, Ivo Vajgl and Eduard Kukan today declined to give any statements or comments after their meeting with SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, saying that they will make a statement tomorrow once they have finished all meetings, with all leaders. The Brussels trio had a meeting at the SDSM headquarters and then headed to the […]
11 January 2016
MEPs Richard Howitt, Ivo Vajgl and Eduard Kukan today at noon will start meetings with representatives of the political parties who are signatories of the Przhino Agreement, announced the EU delegation in Skopje. During the visit, the MEP threesome, along with the EU Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn, who brokered the Agreement, will also meet with the […]
30 December 2015
With 75 votes “for” MPs of Parliament this afternoon adopted the Law on Amending and Supplementing the Law on the Public Prosecution service, which the Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva had requested. The amendments were discussed in an urgent procedure. Two hours were spent two hours in the plenary dispute, and after that a second reading […]
28 December 2015
When the Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva gave her consent to the proposal brought by the defence attorneys of Zoran Veruvshevski and Gorgi Lazarevski in the “Putsch” case for them to to be released from remand, it caused quite a heated reaction from the ruling party VMRO-DPMNE. They responded that the ‘people could turn on her’, […]
17 December 2015
The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) will not hand over the illegal material from the interception of communications to the Special Prosecutor, Katica Janeva until they provide adequate conditions for storage with maximum protection and security, announced tonight at a press conference SDSM spokesman, Petre Shilegov. “The material from the illegal interception of communications is extremely […]
14 December 2015
The Special Public Prosecutor’s Office are meant to announce today which cases they’re are going to investigate today which have arisen from the content of the illegal wire-tapping.. Today is the last day of the deadline, from the eight days in which Katica Janeva and her team needed to decide which cases are relevant to […]
12 December 2015
The brother of murdered Martin Neshkoski, Alexander Neshkoski sent a letter to the Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, urging her to “open criminal proceedings regarding the concealment of his brother’s murder and to determine the possible involvement of others who concealed facts in the investigation and judicial proceedings, other than those specified in the application. ” “On […]
6 December 2015
In the weekly interview show on “Radio Slobodna Evropa” the Dutch Ambassador W. Wouter Plomp was this weeks guest. He said during the interview that the clock is now ticking until elections, and it is extremely important for an agreement to be made for the media. Ambassador W. Plomp says that in connection with the […]
