25 July 2017
Today, the appeals submitted by Goran Grujovski, Toni Jakimovski and Nikola Boskovski will be decided in a closed session at the Supreme Court, after the Appellate Court of Skopje ruled that the three suspects be remanded into custody. The Appellate Court approved the appeal made by the Special Prosecutor’s Office, which was against the Criminal […]
19 July 2017
There is no example in the world where the implementation of a court ruling where custody has been determined, is postponed, except in Macedonia. This was the opinion of Gavril Bubevski, a prosecutor from the Special Prosecutor’s Office, regarding the situation in which Goran Grujovski (former head of the fifth administration), Toni Jakimovski (former head […]
20 May 2017
The Criminal Court of the Basic Court Skopje 1, within the next 48 hours will decide whether Sead Kočan will be granted bail or remanded into custody. Prosecutors from the SPO, Gavril Bubevski and Artan Ajro at today’s hearing put forward their arguments and stated that there have been incidents when Kočan had reoffended and […]
15 May 2017
Businessman Sead Kočan, who has been on the run for two months, was yesterday admitted to the Cardiology Clinic in Skopje due to poor health, reported the media today. The portal “Prizma”, referring to sources from with in the Cardiology Clinic, wrote that Kočan was admitted in with a pre-heart attack condition and today was […]
9 February 2017
The European Court of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms decided in favor of journalists Naser Selmani, Natasa Stojanovska, Frosina Fakova, Snezana Lupevska, Biljana Bogdanovska and Toni Angelovski, who were physically removed from a parliamentary session during the adoption of the budget on the 24th of December, 2012. The Journalists demanded damages of 5,000 euros each, […]
27 June 2016
The Basic Court Skopje 1 has rejected the request by the Special Public Prosecutor (SPO) to exclude Judge Aleksandra Pop-Stefanija from the “Fortress” case, stated the court this afternoon. The court says the decision was brought by the deputy presiding Judge Ivica Stefanovski as President Vladimir Panchevski is on holiday. “In the absence of the […]
18 June 2016
Today the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia sharply condemned the thuggish break in at “TV21” by Nikola Gruevski’s security detail, and demands that those responsible be held accountable, and those who gave the orders for such an act. “This is an act of vandalism, and it is more confirmation of the extent freedom of information […]
18 June 2016
The court have found the Mayor of Bitola Vladimir Taleseki, and officially served him with papers on the rules and regulation on house arrest for the “Transporter” case. This exclusive news has been confirmed for “Meta” by the Criminal Court, Skopje. The court have said that Taleski’s defense attorney appealed the ruling. No-one knew the whereabouts […]
31 May 2016
Zahir Beqiri, known to the public as Chaush, received a two and a half year sentence for forging documents, while his brother Imer Beqiri received a sentence a one year sentence in prison, was today’s ruling by the Basic Court Skopje 1. For the criminal charges of manufacturing and supplying arms, the two men were […]
25 February 2016
A group of citizens have gathered again in front of the Constitutional Court hitting pots and pans to show their anger at the courts ruling to amend the Amnesty Law, which would allow the President to pardon people convicted of various types of electoral crime. Citizens chanted “Hard time for the Mafia”, “Resign”, “Where is […]
18 February 2016
The Criminal Council of the Basic Court Skopje 1, which is made up of three judges, dismissed the Special Prosecutor’s appeals as on the grounds they were unfounded in regard to the Judge’s decision at the Preliminary proceedings that former Minister of Transport & Communications Mile Janakieski, and the Mayor of Pustec in Albania Edmond […]
4 September 2015
In a statement released by the Basic Court Skopje 1 defending the court’s decision made at the preliminary hearing stage, Judges have complained that they felt pressurized into commenting on the decision reached in the preliminary hearing, by repeated and aggressive media coverage which questioned the Court’s findings. The Judges are dismayed that the same […]
