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Gruevski: The Government is leading a political smear campaign and I will not show up at court
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 against him and while...
Kotzias: Gruevski pretended that he didn’t want a solution to the name
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said that "the former Macedonian Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, did not want to resolve the name dispute."
The reaction from Kotzias follows information published by Wikileaks, that Macedonian authorities had accepted a name change back in 2008.
"It is well known that Gruevski did not want any solution to the name dispute. He ridiculed international players,...
Gruevski wrote on Facebook: Head’s up, better times are coming
Former prime minister and former leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, after today's verdict to two years imprisonment, sentenced by the Criminal Court in the "Tank" case, wrote on Facebook, "better times are coming".
"Heads up, my proud citizens of Macedonia. This is your country, we will not let you down and we will be side by side with you, in...
Gruevski’s defense team to appeal the verdict in “Tank” case
Today, after Nikola Gruevski was sentenced for a term of two years imprisonment in the SPO's case "Tank", defense lawyer, Dimitar Dangov said that the defense will appeal the verdict. Former assistant at the Ministry of Interior, Gjoko Popovski, was sentenced to a six years and six months term of imprisonment.
Dangov said that the court had no basis for...
Gruevski sentenced to two years imprisonment for the luxury “Mercedes”
The Criminal Court sentenced the former prime minister and former leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, in the court case “Tank”, to two years in imprisonment, for the procurement of the luxury bulletproof "Mercedes" which costs 35 million and 266 thousand denars, i.e. 575.000 euros.
Gruevski, who did not appear in the courtroom to hear the verdict, was charged for "receiving...
Gruevski’s governments spent at least 1.73 million euros a year on advisers
After yesterday's allegations by VMRO-DPMNE regarding the annual costs of at least half a million euros for advisers to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, the Government disclosed their own calculations, saying that during the mandates of Nikola Gruevski as prime minister from 2010 to 2015, at least 1, 73 million euros were spent on his advisers.
The government published a list...
Gruevski: I had no intention of causing an incident, Xhaferi should apologize to the public
Former Prime Minister and VMRO-DPMNE MP, Nikola Gruevski said today that he had not intended to cause an incident in Parliament, when the Law on the Use of Languages was adopted, but only wanted to show that he disagreed with the manner in which it was passed.
During a brief adjournment in SPO's case known as "TNT", Gruevski stated that...
In a tense atmosphere the Law on the Use of Languages was passed
In a tense atmosphere at Parliament, with 64 votes "for" and with none "against", the Law on the Use of Languages was passed without a debate on the 36,000 amendments submitted by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE.
VMRO-DPMNE MPs protested again and were led by their former leader Nikola Gruevski who again approached the chair of the Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi and...
Tense atmosphere in Parliament: Physical altercation prevented between Gruevski and Xhaferi
While Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi began to read out that the Law on the Use of Languages would be on the voting agenda, MPs from VMRO-DPMNE, led by former leader Nikola Gruevski tried to prevent Xhaferi from calling a vote.
Coordinator of the VMRO-DPMNE parliamentary group, Dragan Danev, demanded a procedural objection, but Xhaferi would not grant him one, after...
Gruevski: The court should give me an office and salary, I am there so often
I am already coming to court so often, they should give me an office, and even a salary, said former Prime Minister and former president of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski to reporters after the end of today's hearing on the “Trajectory” case.
He again complained of political persecution against the former leadership of VMRO-DPMNE and said that the "judiciary" had been...
Gruevski asks the court not to bother him every day court cases
"Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday ... I’m at court every day. Zoran Zaev is scheduled to be at court every two months, me, every day. This is no longer a trial. This is a farce. This is ill-treatment”, said former prime minister, Nikola Gruevski, accusing Judge Ognen Stavrev at the Basic Court Skopje 1, who at today's hearing, changed the case...
Mickoski: The government wants to provoke VMRO-DPMNE to leave Parliament
The government wants to provoke VMRO-DPMNE to leave Parliament so that it can bring laws that go against the interests of the people, says VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski in an interview with the "Independent newspaper".
He says the party decided that MPs in its ranks should attend yesterday's session, which was when NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addressed Parliament, because...
VMRO-DPMNE has returned the “M” in SDSM
After VMRO-DPMNE’s 16th congress in Valandovo on December 22nd and 23rd, in 2017, and the election of the new president, in the daily communication of the main opposition party with the public, as well as in the statements of its head people, there is no "S-D-S”, as an insult to the ruling SDSM.
Addressing the party "without a M" was...
Gruevski: Authorities continue with political smear campaigns and pressure on the judiciary
Former prime minister and current honorary president of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, after the adjournment of today's hearing for the Trajectory case, which he was late to, again accused those in power of running a political smear campaign against VMRO-DPMNE and putting pressure on the judiciary over cases led by the SPO.
He alluded to the double standards of the court...
Miloshoski: We should not let the new leader become a puppet
We should not let the new leader of VMRO-DPMNE become a puppet, said the MP and a member of the Executive Committee, Antonio Miloshoski, this evening at before the start of the Executive Committee's session at the party's headquarters.
He also said that the demands of the party members have good intentions with the goal not to allow "...
Gruevski: The decision to hold an urgent Congress was made unanimously
The decision to hold an urgent Congress by the Executive Committee of VMRO-DPMNE, December 22nd and 23rd in Valandovo, as well as the number of delegates, was adopted at the EC meeting on December 3rd unanimously, with no votes against, said the outgoing leader of VMRO- DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski on his Facebook page.
Gruevski pointed out that no member of...
Gruevski has complained to Siyarto that in Macedonia the human rights and freedoms are violated
The outgoing president of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski has met today with the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter Siyarto with whom he spoke about the current situation on social and political levels, informs VMRO-DPMNE.
Gruevski has told Siyarto that in Macedonia the basic rights and freedoms are violated and that VMRO-DPMNE and most of its members, including renowned public...
Overcome your emotions, Gruevski tells candidates for new VMRO-DPMNE leader
According to accusations made by Filip Petrovski, that a dirty campaign is taking place inside VMRO-DPMNE before the congress for the election of a new party president, while leaving court today, Nikola Gruevski said that was why he made his last address through his official Facebook page.
“At the moment, there is an inter-party campaign and then there is everything else....
Gruevski-Voller: 150 persons are under the attack of a political prosecution on different basis
VMRO-DPMNE's party leader, Nikola Gruevski, along with the members of VMRO-DPMNE's Executive Committee, Vlatko Gjorchev and Aleksandar Nikolovski, had a meeting with the European People's Party's (EPP) Secretary of External Relations, Patrick Voller, with whom they spoke about the cooperation of the party with the EPP's family including the current happenings in the country.
The leader of the opposition...
Gruevski publishes instructions for party congress: No insults or blackmail, elect the next prime minister
I did not authorize any of the candidates for president of VMRO-DPMNE to invoke my alleged and exclusive support, for collecting signatures for support or voting, stated Nikola Gruevski who just recently resigned as VMRO-DPMNE leader.
On his official Facebook page, he sent eight messages to candidates and potential candidates of the party and delegates of the Congress which will...
