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VMRO-DPMNE: SPO doesn’t have a legitimacy to start new investigations
The Mandate of the Special Public Prosecutor's Office (SPO) for starting and carrying out investigations is over and it doesn't have any legitimacy to start new procedures, reacts VMRO-DPMNE to businessman Ljupco Palevski's Palcho being taken into custody by a warrant issued by SPO.
This opposition party says that if Palevski has broken the law, he has to be...
Vangelovski in his first 100 days: He released Kochan from custody and he put everything else on stand-by
Today marks the first 100 days since Jovo Vangelovski was appointed as the President of the Supreme Court. This period will be remembered for the decision to release from custody the prime suspect in SPO’s case of “Trust,” Sead Kochan, including several commenced but unfinished initiatives on part of Vangelovski, among which is the procedure that will help determine...
SPO is demanding from the Supreme Court to make a decision regarding freezing VMRO-DPMNE’s assets
The Special Public Prosecution is trying to dispute the decision of the Criminal Court, which refused the freeze the property of VMRO-DPMNE, by sending a protection of the lawfulness that was sent to the Supreme Court. According to SPO, there are suspicions that the property was earned in a criminal manner.
Unofficially, it’s about the building where VMRO-DPMNE’s headquarters is...
Six years after the murder of Neskovski, the effort to cover it up is still relevant
Today marks the sixth year anniversary since protests erupted against police brutality after the murder of Martin Neskovski on June the 5th, 2011, during the celebrations of VMRO-DPMNE’s electoral victory.
At the beginning of last year, the Special Prosecutor's Office took over jurisdiction of the Neskovski murder case. The SPO reports that the case is still in a pre-trial procedure.
The police...
30 days until its mandate expires, SPO expects from the Parliament an extension of its deadline
The Special Public Prosecution expects a support from the Parliament for extending the deadline for filing charges, as was confirmed by SPO for Meta.
“This Public Prosecution has already appealed several times about the need of a change of the deadline for filing charges. Following this, we expect all subjects to see the necessity and to provide a concrete...
The Supreme Court postponed the session for the use of the “bombs” as evidence
The Supreme Court postponed the today’s session at which the judges were supposed to discuss the use of the bombs as evidence at trials and procedures and who will be able to submit requests for the protection of the legality.
According to the information provided by the Supreme Court, the session was delayed because some of the judges were...
The Supreme Court officially rejected everything, but gave no explanations as to why
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 by the Judge of the...
For Judge Vangelovski to be excluded, the Supreme Court will decide at a general session
Yesterday, the Special Public Prosecutor's Office requested that the president of the Supreme Court, Jovo Vangelovski be excluded because he is part of the wiretapped conversations that were released by SDSM which occurred when he was the president of the Court.
As this concerns the president of the highest court in the country i.e. there is no higher judicial authority, the law...
Janeva withdrew Zvrlevski’s request for the termination of Kočan’s detention
Today the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva, withdrew the request for protection of the legality from the Supreme Court that was submitted by the Public Prosecutor Marko Zvrlevski on Monday, regarding the custody for businessman Sead Kočan, the prime suspect in the “Trust” case.
In the letter to the court, marked “Very Urgent”, Janeva refers to Article 5 from the Law...
The Court of Appeals confirmed the detention for Kočan due to him being a flight risk
The Court of Appeals in Skopje announced that the decision made by the Criminal Council of Basic Court Skopje 1, which was a measure of detention for businessman Sead Kočan, the prime suspect in the "Trust" case which was launched by the Special Prosecutor's Office (SPO), was confirmed “due to the suspect being a flight risk".
The court reported that...
Janeva: We discovered and retrieved 66.909 erased conversations
The Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva, today published her third six-monthly report regarding SPO’s operations for the period starting from the 15th of September 2016 until 15th of March 2017. In Janeva’s report, it states that even in this period there were obstructions to the SPO’s work and problems in the cooperation with the judiciary and other institutions.
The Special...
The Court of Appeals will hold a public hearing tomorrow and will discuss the appeal for Kočan’s detainment
Tomorrow at noon, the Court of Appeals will hold a public hearing to consider the applicant's defense’s appeal for the detainment of businessman Sead Kočan, who is the prime suspect in the “Trust” case, launched by the Special Prosecutor's Office.
The public hearing is on request from the Special Prosecutor's Office, they confirmed for Meta.
Yesterday, the Criminal Court reported that the...
The court decides to detain Sead Kočan and has issued a warrant for his arrest
The Criminal Council at the Basic Court Skopje accepted the appeal from the Special Public Prosecution and has decided to detain the businessman Sead Kočan, who is one of the three suspects in the SPO’s “Trust” case, confirmed the court for Meta.
The court said that a warrant has been issued for Kočan.
The Criminal Council has accepted the explanation in SPO’s...
SPO launches “Trust” case, for ELEM’s tender worth millions
Today, the Special Prosecutor’s Office has launched a new investigation, code-named “Trust”. At the press conference, prosecutor Fatime Fetai said you could really see “how far the competition went to win the tender”.
It is regarding a tender from 2011 from the state company “Macedonian Power Plants” (ELEM) for mining coal and waste from the Suvodol mine in Bitola.
Forged documents...
VMRO-DPMNE to Sir Duncan: There will be tension, our voters and members are upset
“We are under great pressure from our voters and our members to fight and not to let the principle “winner joins the winner” be violated because basically, we act righteously the whole time and now someone else is not acting righteously with us. We will do everything in our power to keep the peace and stability but we don’t...
“Amnesty International”: SPO continues to face pressure
The Special Public Prosecutor, who was appointed by Parliament in 2015 to investigate officials involved in the wiretapping scandal and crimes by political figures, continues to face pressure in carrying out her work, says the report by "Amnesty International" about the situation on human rights for 2016/2017.
“In October (last year), the transitional Parliament rejected a proposal to extend the...
The court denies that the new court schedule is a purge because of the SPO
Basic Court Skopje 1 i.e. the acting president Tatjana Mihajlova, has issued a new yearly court schedule according to which, a certain number of judges, who worked on criminal offenses were transferred to the misdemeanor department.
Otherwise, the court in Skopje is authorized for processing the cases of the Special Public Prosecution.
Among the judges who were moved is Vesna Dimishkova,...
Janeva: SPO is not pursuing ordinary criminals, but a criminal group at the top of the government
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 was a guest at...
SPO launches new “Tank” case for Gruevski’s 600,000 euro “Mercedes”
The Special Prosecutor's Office has launched two new investigations under the operational names "Tariff" and "Tank". Although today's announcement of the "Tank" investigation was not explained specifically, it is clear that it is regarding the purchase of the "Mercedes" worth approximately 600,000 euros, while the "Tariff" investigation is regarding the procurement of software for the needs and purposes of...
SPO: More and more citizens are checking to see if they were wiretapped
Up until today, a total of 81 requests arrived at the Special Prosecutor’s Office by concerned citizens who were interested whether their phone numbers were being illegally monitored, announced the SPO today, adding that the requests regarded 245 telephone numbers.
The SPO say that all individuals interested may send them a written application, and in the application to state the...
