Tag: lawsuit

Serbian website Krik.rs, known for the large number of investigative stories and investigative journalism awards, but also as a critic of the government, was sentenced by the High Court in Belgrade for publishing an article listing the lawsuits against its newsroom. These lawsuits, as described by the Council of Europe, are known as Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP), with...

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), and its member, the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), challenge the interpretation of the Macedonian court and call on it to review its decision, after the lawsuit before the Civil Court in Skopje by the journalist Goran Trpenoski was overthrown yesterday, as the court did not recognize his status as a journalist. Goran...

The Basic Civil Skopje rejected the slander charges that Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska filed against Igor Janushev and Hristijan Mickoski i.e. against the opposition party VMRO-DPMNE. The request was rejected and the parties will receive a written verdict in a period of eight days,in which the decision will be detailed. Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska filed slander charges against the opposition party because...

At today’s hearing, at the trial of DUI’s leader, Ali Ahmeti, and his party co-worker, Musa Dzaferi, against the former Head of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), Slobodan Bogoevski, Bogoevski’s attorneys have called into question the jurisdiction of Basic Court Skopje 2 to act upon the case of “Magyar Telekom.” Bogoveski’s attorneys have emphasized that Basic Court Skopje 2 cannot claim jurisdiction...

Macedonians residing in the USA have been the target of a scam that apparently promises cheap flights to Skopje. The scam was originally noticed by the Macedonian Diaspora during the New Year celebration. Ljupco Stanchevski, a resident of Columbus, Ohio for 25 years, told "Meta" it was while celebrating a New Year in the city, at a party, that...

The Mayor of Bitola Vladimir Taleski,  the prime suspect in the "Transporter" case, who is under house arrest, is threatening to sue journalist Sime Alushevski from Bitola, who is the publisher of the newspaper "Ego". The Secretary of the Municipality of Bitola, Slobodan Bonchanovski, who is also a suspect in the same case and served a month under house...

According to Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska, whether she would file a private lawsuit against the opposition leader Zoran Zaev for the recorded conversations is a personal choice and not a matter of public interest. - Who will sue whom and whether is a matter of personal choice and not a matter of public concern. It is not related to the...