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Truthmeter.mk: Public Prosecutor’s Office operates with only a third of the planned staff

Budget cuts, lack of resources, and lack of staff ultimately result poorly in the fight against corruption. The Public Prosecutor’s Office should play a leading role in the fight against corruption, but, unfortunately, this is a major obstacle in North Macedonia, writes Truthmeter.mk. Meta.mk republishes the story in its entirety below:   Author: Goran Lefkov The insufficient number of professional associates and other...

SDSM: Mickoski has confirmed the link between VMRO-DPMNE and the attacks that occurred on the 27th of April

For SDSM, the request on part of Hristijan Mickoski is unacceptable that an independent body should be formed in order to go through the recordings between the judges and the prosecutors in the last two years. "Mickoski has confirmed the testimonies about a serious connectedness between the attackers with VMRO-DPMNE through organization and coordination of the violence that occurred...

GRECO: Macedonia has made no progress in preventing corruption among MPs and judges

In its Second Compliance report, published today, GRECO (Group of States against Corruption), an organization which operates within the Council of Europe said that "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has not made significant progress in implementing anti-corruption recommendations among members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. " The Compliance Report was made according to the Situation Report with additional information...

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...

Fetai wants to be President of Macedonia while Janeva a mayor or an MP

If I am alive and well, when I’m 50 years-old, I want to be a normal head of a state, in a normal country, says the prosecutor from the Special Prosecutor's Office, Fatime Fetai, on the “Trite” show on "A1" TV on the life and work of the three prosecutors Katica Janeva, Lence Ristoska and Fatime Fetai. “With this, I...

The US Embassy in Tirana revoked visas to judges and prosecutors because of corruption allegations

The US Embassy in Tirana issued a statement where it announced that all non-immigrant visas for several Albanian judges and prosecutors will be revoked. In the announcement, it was stated that they came to this decision after they determined that the officials did not qualify for a visa. “The U.S. Embassy took this action in advance of the upcoming vetting process...

The Council of Public Prosecutors have decided to wait for Janeva again

The Council of Public Prosecutors have again postponed the session for reviewing the report on the six-month work by the Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva. The reason for the delay this time was again, the absence of Janeva. "After an open discussion among members of the Council, we have come to the conclusion that it is necessary that the Special...

Janeva: The President, MPs and Constitutional Judges were all selected illegitimately

In the evidence from the Special Public Prosecution (SPP) in the case "Titanic," it appears that the choice of the countries President, Constitutional Judges and MPs is under a question mark and all these institutions are illegitimate, said Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva , when asked to comment on the decision by the Constitutional Court about the Amnesty Law. “In the case "Titanic"...

Janeva and Zvrlevski sat at the same table with Ambassador Baily at the “Holiday Inn”

All invited guests attended the conference on the "Effective fight against high-level corruption: A question of personality or the system?" The conference began at 10:00 am at the “Holiday Inn” hotel, and at the same table sat the Attorney General, Marko Zvrlevski, US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Baily, and the Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva. At the conference, there was a guest...

The Special Prosecution accused dozens of institutions of obstructing justice and being uncooperative

The Special Public Prosecutor has asked for a postponement in of the main court hearing in the “Putsch” case, as the court, even though the SPP had asked for copies of all evidence, it was not given to them, said a statement released by the SPP. From the SPP, they say that not only in the “Putsch” case but the...

A rain of criminal charges, and street like techniques of pressure pour on Janeva

Twelve new criminal charges have been brought against several people working at Katica Janeva's Special Prosecutor's Office (SPP). With this, the number of criminal charges filed against employees of the SPP now stands at 19, and three of the charges are against prosecutors who are in Janeva's personal and hand picked team. The first criminal charge is against three prosecutors from the...

New criminal charges have been filed against prosecutors from the Special Public Prosecution

New charges have been filed against prosecutors from the Special Public Prosecutor's Office, the media has reported. The charges have been filed by people from Sveti Nikole who were called upon to be interviewed. Afterwards they complained that associates of Janeva were humiliating and intimidating them, even blackmailing them. The charges for abuse while performing his or her duty, are under Article...

Gruevski: We do support Janeva, but she should be careful not to allow influence from certain parties

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 the work of the...

Janeva: I gave my statement, the rest I leave to the Council of the Public Prosecution

Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva's hearing took one hour and a half before the three-member committee of the Council of Public Prosecutors regarding the removal of two prosecutors from her team. Many questions remain unanswered for the public and it looks as if there are some new ones. After the questioning Katica Janeva stated that she gave her statement before the...

Janeva downsizes her team: For the workload, 10 Prosecutors are sufficient

To deal with the workload, the Special Prosecutor's Office currently needs only ten Prosecutors said the Office of Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, when asked to comment from "Meta" on today's statement by the President of the Council of Public Prosecutors, Peter Anevski, that Janeva had dismissed two Prosecutors from her own team. "To deal with the workload facing the Special Public...

Anevski: Janeva has dismissed two of Prosecutors from her team

Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva, has let go two of her Prosecutors from her  team said today the President of the Council of Public Prosecutors, Peter Anevski, after today's session. Mr Anevski said, that Janeva through her own initiative dismissed Prosecutors Leila Kadriu and Marija Gjorgjeva and told them to return their case loads and tokens, to clean their desks, and to...

The Council of Public Prosecutors selected five more of Janeva’s Assistant Prosecutors

The team of the Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva will now be 12 prosecutors. The Council of Public Prosecutors at today's emergency meeting chose five, stated the Council Chairman Peter Anevski, which apparently the Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, proposed today. “Today at 12:00 am the Special Prosecutor, Katica Janeva submitted a draft application for the selection of five prosecutors. Besides those...

The Council of Public Prosecutors have called for an urgent session about Janeva’s team

The Council of Public Prosecutors have scheduled a session today at 16:00, an item on the agenda will be the team of the Special Prosecutor, Katica Janeva “Meta” has learnt. According to our sources, Janeva's prosecutors will be the only item on the agenda of the session. Will the members of the Council discuss the selection of the other seven prosecutors...

The Council of Public Prosecutors did not select Janeva’s whole team today either

The debate on the selection of Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva's team was not on the agenda of today's session at the Council of Public Prosecutors, said Council's Chairman Peter Anevski. At the session, one of the members of the Council proposed to consider a request to Janevki, but President Anevski gave an explanation that in the letter the special prosecutor...

 Janeva makes a request for completing her team of Assistant Prosecutors

Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva, submitted a letter to the Council of Public Prosecutors for the selection of the remaining seven members of her team, “Meta” has learnt unofficially. This morning, however, at 10:00 am, the Council of Public Prosecutors began their session of which, as announced yesterday by the President of the Council, Peter Anevski will debate other matters...