29 June 2017
Apart from filing 17 charges, the Special Prosecution will send requests for taking into custody 18 persons among which is the party leader of VMRO-DPMNE and a former Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, the former director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence, Sasho Mijalkov, the former ministers of Interior, Culture and Transportation and Communications, Gordana […]
4 June 2017
The government and the institutions must check the basis of these inspections on NGOs and investigate misconduct of political pressure and discrimination of all concerned officers who are part of this persecution. Today the 22 civil organizations and foundations asked again, who in the past six months have had inspections from the Public Revenue Office […]
11 April 2017
This afternoon, the Supreme Court released an official statement that they had rejected all requests and objections which were on the agenda for today’s general meeting. At the meeting, the request made by the Special Prosecutor’s Office(SPO) for the exclusion of the President of the Supreme Court, Jovo Vangelovski was rejected, as was the objection […]
4 April 2017
The Special Public Prosecution is making detail inspections of the properties of a large number of persons and companies for the needs of the financial investigations it leads, SPO announced today. “Before this, the Public Prosecution has led several investigations which are aim at the implementation of financial investigations against a large number of physical […]
20 March 2017
The European Commission does not want to comment on the demands made by VMRO-DPMNE to the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, who is visiting the country tomorrow. “We will not speculate or comment on any party programme. We expect a swift formation of a new government committed to implement overdue […]
19 March 2017
“For a United Macedonia” are asking for a meeting with European Commissioner of Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn who arrives in Macedonia on Tuesday. This was announced today by a member of the initiative and Director of the Macedonian Opera and Ballet, Igor Durlovski, who said that no one “is allowed, or can […]
15 February 2017
The court has to understand that SPO is not pursuing ordinary crime, but a criminal group that is at the top of the government and therefore the court has to perform its duties conscientiously, honestly and professionally when it comes to SPO’s cases. This was announced today by the Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva, who […]
22 November 2016
The telecommunications operator ”Macedonian Telecom” has announced today that it has timely replied to all of the demands made by the Special Public Persecutor and that the operator remains open to further cooperation with the authorities. “We responsibly claim that we provided answers to all of the SPP’s demands and we remain open to a […]
14 October 2016
Civil society organizations at the meeting with European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, explained their views on how to resolve the political crisis. Representatives from various NGOs said it was necessary to establish an independent judicial department to process the cases of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office (SPO), but for this to […]
17 September 2016
At a closed session, the Government decided to act on the requests made by Turkey which were delivered after the failed attempted coup, stated Nikola Poposki, Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs to radio “Slobodna Evropa”. Poposki said that he could not comment on the decisions made at the closed Government session, therefore he could not […]
13 July 2016
The Union representing staff in the judiciary and civil associations and administration throughout Macedonia, known as UPOZ, today issued an open letter to Prime Minister Emil Dimitiriev, in which it was pointed out that the current situation with court administration staff being on strike, illegal activities against the strikers have been carried out. UPOZ wants […]
15 June 2016
The Judge from the preliminary hearing rejected the requests from the Special Public Prosecution for pre-trial detention for Goran Grujovski, and other precautionary measures for four of the other suspects in the “Fortress” case, including former Interior Minister, Gordana Januloska. The Judge, Aleksandra Pop-Stefanova acting upon the requests from the SPO, based her decision, as […]
1 June 2016
President Gjorgi Ivanov from Sofia today called all the pardoned people who did not have their pardons revoked, and do not fall into the category of politicians, and want their pardons to be annulled, to submit a request to him or his cabinet. Ivanov while speaking to “Telma” TV said that so far, not one […]
20 May 2016
Any law that allows us to conduct investigations without obstructions is crucial for us. This was the answer from the Office of the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva, when we asked for a comment on the amendments made to the Law on Pardons which were passed in Parliament yesterday and signed today by President Gjorge […]
4 May 2016
Kosta Krpač was not the reason why the Special Prosecutor’s Office requested amendments to the Law on Witness protection, they needed it so they could propose and request protection for various witnesses said the SPO to “Meta”. “The person in question, was not the reason for our requests to change legislation”, replied the SPO briefly […]
16 December 2015
The requests in the past three months which have been sent to the Special Prosecutor, Katica Janeva, have now amounted to all cases which have been controversial to the public, and are now arriving on her desk through official channels. Defence attorneys in the cases of “Rover”, “Divo Naselje” and “Spjun” demand for these cases […]
2 December 2015
In the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has issued certificates for expressed intention to seek asylum for a total of 2.695 migrants, of which 1,190 are Syrian citizens, 979 from Afghanistan and 536 come from Iraq. According to the Interior Ministry, since June 19, when issuing the certificates began, the last number […]
26 November 2015
The cases against the former Director of the Security and Counter-intelligence (SCI) Saso Mijalkov, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, and former Ministers of Interior and Transport and Communications, Gordana Jankulovska and Mile Janakieski, in the “Putsch” case are first in line for Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, as she has already asked the Prosecutor’s Office for all […]
17 November 2015
Le Bureau Central Nation’ (BCN) an organ of French Security has served notice on all member states of Interpol, including the Macedonian Republic, of a request for all members too agree to comply with specific requests for various checks from Databases that can be used in the French investigation relating to more possible perpetrators, organizers […]
14 October 2015
Prosecutors who yesterday attended a meeting with the Attorney General, Marko Zvrlevski, among other things, expressed dissatisfaction with the adoption of the Law on Special Prosecution, who saw it as unconstitutional and called for an evaluation of its constitutionality and legality, announced the Public Prosecutor’s Office today. “The participants also asked to submit a request […]
