26 February 2021
Sasho Mijalkov, the former Director of the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), was sentenced in Skopje, North Macedonia, to 12 years in prison in the “Target – Tvrdina” court case, on charges for criminal association, abuse of office and receiving reward for illegal influence. The “Target – Tvrdina” case refers to the illegal wiretapping […]
23 February 2021
While the entire Interior Ministry in North Macedonia was engaged in finding Sasho Mijalkov, the former director of the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence – UBK, accused of illegal wiretapping, and an international arrest warrant was issued for him, Mijalkov appeared in person in front of the Organized Crime Prosecution Office in Skopje. Mijalkov apologized […]
22 February 2021
The Interior Ministry (MOI) of North Macedonia informs that a national arrest warrant was issued for Sasho Mijalkov. The reason for that is because: “with all undertaken measures and activities, this person still hasn’t been located,” said MOI, who have been looking for Mijalkov since yesterday in order to hand him over the decision for […]
10 July 2019
The recorded phone conversation of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev with Russian comics Vovan (Vladimir Kuznetsov) and Lexus (Alexei Stolyarov) who pranked the Macedonian Prime Minister introducing themselves as the former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg, from yesterday (9 July 2019) is the top topic among the public in Macedonia, but […]
31 December 2018
As of its establishing until today, there are numerous false news, manipulations and disinformation related to the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office, especially about the three public prosecutors, who led the press conferences where investigations and indictments were announced and reviewed and elaborated by the SPO, who were always the targets of attempts for personal discredit […]
5 December 2018
The Criminal Council of the Basic Court I Skopje has rejected the appeal of UBK’s former Director, Sasho Mijalkov regarding the detention over the case of “Empire.” The judges have assessed that there is a danger that Mijalkov might try to escape and to harass witnesses, and have confirmed the decision of the preliminary proceedings […]
9 November 2018
The Special Prosecutor’s Office has launched a new investigation under the code name “Empire”, against Jordan Kamchev, Sasho Mijalkov, Nenad Josifovic, Cvetan Pandeseski, Ratka Kunoska Kamcheva, Hristina Kamcheva Stojceska, Zorica Arsovska, Liljana Gajdoska, Vladislav Stajkovic, Todor Mircevski, Dejan Janev, Vance Mijalchev and Jovanche Taskovski. They are suspected of criminal offenses such as criminal association, damage […]
22 December 2017
The Criminal Court in Skopje decided that the former Head of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence will not go to a trial for the Torture case, but only the 6 members of the Alpha unit that arrested the party leader of United for Macedonia, Ljube Boshkovski for the case in the Campaign case in […]
7 December 2017
The Council for indictment evaluation at the Basic Court Skopje 1 accepted the SPO’s indictment for the Titanic 2 case regarding election rigging. The following people were charged in this case: the former UBK’s Head, Sasho Mijalkov, DPA’s party leader Menduh Tacci, VMRO-DPMNE’s member at SEC, Sasho Srcev, including former members of SEC, Bedredin Ibraimi […]
7 December 2017
The Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption has initiated a pre-trial procedure due to the existence of indictments for money laundering by senior Macedonian officials, according to a statement given by former Serbian Foreign Minister, Vuk Jeremić, informs the prosecution. Last week, Jeremić stated that the Czech company “Czechoslovak Group” last year […]
23 November 2017
The trial of the SPO’s case titled “Fortress-Target” regarding the UBK’s illegal massive wiretapping of citizens during the period of 2009 and 2015 is scheduled on the 22nd of December at the Basic Court Skopje 1. This case will be led by judge Lenka Davitkova, and the hearing will start at 10 am. In the […]
27 October 2017
The Criminal court in Skopje has accepted the indictments for the Target and Fortress cases filed by the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO), confirmed the Court. By their own words, the Council has given a green light for the case to go to trial. The case was already designated to a certain judge, and next Monday, […]
28 September 2017
The former Head of the Administration for Security and Counter-Intelligence, Sasho Mijalkov who is a prime suspect in the “Target” case, will remain without his passport as the Court has decided to overrule his request for his passport to be returned as unfounded. His passport was taken away as a measure for securing his presence. […]
26 September 2017
The defense team of Sasho Mijalkov, who stands accused in the “Target” case, are still waiting for an answer from the Criminal Court regarding their request to have Mr Mijalkov’s passport returned to him, after it was confiscated some time ago. Mijalkov’s lawyer, Ljupco Shrgovski, stated that returning passports was normal practice in the judicial […]
20 September 2017
VMRO-DPMNE leader, Nikola Gruevski and his cousin Sasho Mijalkov, former Head of the Security and Counterintelligence Service (UBK) have requested from the Criminal Court to return their passports, which were taken away as a guarantee that they would not leave the country due to the charges against them by the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office, “Television […]
29 July 2017
The former director of the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) Saso Mijalkov, today via a statement from the VMRO-DPMNE communication centre, said that he will be withdrawing from his political activities. “In order to complete the ongoing court proceedings, in which I personally believe the truth will be proved, I have made a personal […]
18 July 2017
The Skopje Appellate Court upheld the appeal of the Special Prosecutor’s Office for some of the defendants in the “Target” and the “Fortress” cases and ordered the former Head of the Administration of Security and Counter-Intelligence (UBK), Goran Grujovski, the former Chief of Staff of Sasho Mijalkov’s cabinet at UBK, Toni Jakimovski and Nikola Boshkovski, […]
17 July 2017
Today, former Director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), Sasho Mijalkov, before a three member council of Skopje’s Appellate Court, stated that he has no reason to flee the country as he is convinced of his innocence and he believes that in further hearings, the court will see this, reported “Nova TV”. “Until […]
13 July 2017
Invoices of lunches and dinners, which amount to 500 euros, some of which are dated during times of worsened security situation, were presented by MoI today. The invoices are part of the expenditures for a representation by former high ranking MoI officials and their deputies and assistants, including the directors of the Administration for Security […]
2 July 2017
The Criminal Councils of Basic Court Skopje I rejected the request by the Special Prosecutor’s Office to remand the former Director of the Administration for Security and Counter Intelligence (UBK), Saso Mijalkov into custody, as unfounded. He is the prime suspect in the cases “Target” and “Fortress”, which the SPO have merged into one case. […]
