4 May 2017
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 […]
18 April 2017
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 […]
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 […]
31 March 2017
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 […]
29 March 2017
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 […]
16 March 2017
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 […]
15 March 2017
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 […]
14 March 2017
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, […]
10 March 2017
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 […]
28 February 2017
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 […]
24 February 2017
“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 […]
22 February 2017
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 […]
21 February 2017
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 […]
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 […]
24 January 2017
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 […]
9 December 2016
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 […]
3 December 2016
Tomorrow marks exactly one year after the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) has taken over the cases related to the illegal wiretapping from the Public Prosecution. According to the Law on the SPO, the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva and her team have six months left to investigate and file charges relating to cases arising from […]
25 November 2016
Members of the European Parliament, Ivo Vajgl, Knut Fleckenstein and Eduard Kukan, after today’s meetings in Skopje with political parties, NGOs and the Special Prosecutor’s Office, expressed satisfaction regarding preparations for the organization of the elections which are scheduled for the 11th of December, as well as the atmosphere. “The meetings with the parties have […]
22 November 2016
Today the Criminal Council of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the Basic Court Skopje 1, dismissed the appeal from the Special Prosecutor’s Office and upheld the ruling brought by Judge Elena Josifovic, not to confiscate the passports of former Director of the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) Saso Mijalkov, the former head […]
19 November 2016
What will happen to the indictment in the “Putsch” case with the opening of the new investigation by the Special Prosecutor’s Office? Will it be withdrawn, extended with new suspects, or will the people sitting in the dock as suspects, be replaced with the suspects in the “Target” case? This will become clear when the […]
