16 July 2016
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated they are closely following the situation in Turkey and are in constant contact with the Macedonian Embassy in Ankara and the General Consulate in Istanbul. The MFA have urged all Macedonian nationals currently in Turkey to remain in safe locations, not to leave their hotels or accommodation and […]
15 January 2016
Despite the evidence from the “Putsch” case, Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva has requested from the court the cases on the murder of Martin Neskovski, and the case “Election Campaign” where Ljube Boskovski was sentenced, announced the Special Public Prosecutor (SPO) today. Janeva’s office indicated that court did not appear to be cooperating, they did not want […]
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 […]
17 June 2015
Council of Criminal Court has no legally defined deadline for the review of the indictment in the case “Puch” when to enter plea and decide whether to put it in further procedure and schedule a trial or will return it to the prosecution, as requested by the defense. Although some media on 1st of June, […]
2 May 2015
“The decision to submit an indictment in the case “Puch”, as in all other cases, has been adopted and is based only on the evidence collected during the investigative procedure, and the Public Prosecution perceives the statement of SDSM as pressure on the court” reads the written response of the Public Prosecution to the claims […]
1 May 2015
Basic Public Prosecution for Organized Crime and Corruption today submitted an indictment against Zoran Zaev, the opposition leader, who is charged with violence against representatives of the highest state authorities, to the Basic Court Skopje 1. Prosecutors also filed an indictment against four other suspects in the case. The first accused, former intelligence officer Zoran […]
30 April 2015
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Hoyt Yee reiterated the appeal to the Macedonian authorities to deal with the wiretapping case, as well as the appeal to the opposition to return to the Assembly, reports “24 News”. “We support Macedonia’s aspirations for membership in NATO and the EU. We appeal to the government to deal […]
17 April 2015
Lawyer Angele Ilievski, defender of the first suspect in the case “Puch” Zoran Verushevski, in his statement for META denies the information conveyed by part of the media that the indictment against the suspects will be ready in a week. – The indictment cannot be ready in a week because we have a deadline of […]
10 April 2015
The process of investigation of the case “Puch” is over with the last interrogation of suspects yesterday, including opposition leader Zoran Zaev as fourth suspect and former counter-intelligence agent Zoran Verushevski. According to the legislation, Public Prosecutor now has 15 days to file an indictment.
9 April 2015
Fourth defendant in the case “Puch”, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev today will give a statement in the Public Prosecution. In the same case, the prime suspect Zoran Verushevski gave statement in the prosecution two days. On Tuesday, Zaev gave statement on the case “Bribery”.
1 April 2015
After the press conference of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, which took place on 31st of January 2015, when he announced scandal “Puch”, the whole attention of the government, as well as its of leader, turned to the intrastate developments. On account of this, in turn, foreign policy agenda began to lag behind. Gruevski’s travels became […]
19 March 2015
“Snitch is if a beautiful thing is turned into a bad one. He is not a snitch if a group is doing bad things and he is quiet. So, that is not a snitch. He should tell. It is the principle, to be told “. This, according to Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, is a definition […]
16 March 2015
“First resignation of Marko Zvrlevski, and then international experts”, is the general attitude and a condition of the opposition parties, led by the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM), in connection with the invitation that the Public Prosecution submitted to the bodies of the European Union (EU) to send international experts to facilitate the work […]
10 March 2015
Via statement, Public Prosecution today responded to, as they say, pressures and emphasized calls for definitive answers about the scandal “Wiretapping” and case “Puch”, as well as calls for personal and collective responsibility. “Considering that such attacks violate the independent operation of public prosecutors as responsible for the prosecution of perpetrators of crimes, we inform […]
9 March 2015
“MOI stands behind the appeal to the Prosecution not to post videos on “YouTube” that can be used in further proceedings. But only these videos are concerned. Why aren’t recordings published by Zaev concerned? See Article 151 of the Criminal Code, he published private conversations,” said MOI spokesman Ivo Kotevski. To the question of META […]
3 March 2015
Vladimir Taleski Taleski is in his third term as head of the Municipality of Bitola. He is well known Macedonian actor, remembered as “dvojche” of the children show “Hello geniuses” in which he starred alongside the current mayor of the Municipality of Kisela Voda, Biljana Belichanec. In the conversations, Minister Stavreski tells Jankulovska for corruption […]
27 February 2015
The situation in Macedonia is very serious, said European Parliament rapporteur for Macedonia Ivo Vajgl. – I would not like to predict catastrophic scenarios, but must take into account that there are many open questions, harsh words, and even hate speech – said Vajgl for London “Guardian“. EU representative warns of growing tensions in the […]
26 February 2015
Addressing the public, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski had extensive, fierce and controversial explanation of events in the scandal “Puch” and its, perhaps, main attribute – wiretapping phone calls. Priem Minister’s allegations that foreign service is behind the recorded conversations, the ways in which it is done and intrusion in the security system, also caused a […]
16 February 2015
Phone calls that opposition leader Zoran Zaev announced in two turns, although didn’t cause tectonic shifts, still showed that almost everything we suspected they were doing in the country – was true! It seems as Zaev’s “bombs” are trying to confirm the title of the last program with which VMRO-DPMNE went out to elections – […]
11 February 2015
With growing concern, Party of European Socialists (PES) follows the latest developments in Macedonia, said a member of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament and Vice-President of the Joint Parliamentary Committee EU-Macedonia, MEP from Bulgaria, Sergei Stanishev, who is also president of the Party of European Socialists. – Increasing confrontation threatens democratic processes and […]
