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SPO suspects Pancevski of allocating court cases and releasing official secrets
Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva with investigators from the Ministry of Internal Affairs today searched the office of judge Vladimir Pancevski, against whom, according to Janeva, the SPO is conducting a pre-trial procedure due to abuses of the system for the allocation of court cases and for disclosing official secrets.
The SPO’s search in the Criminal Court started around noon and...
Preparations have begun on the Law on Witness Protection which the SPO have been asking for
Yesterday, the Ministry of Justice started the procedure for the preparation of the amendments to the Law on Witness Protection, which will give the Special Prosecutor’s Office the juridstiction to participate in the witness protection procedure, that is, to request and propose protection of certain witnesses when it is necessary for an investigation.
This is also the main purpose for...
The Court has decided not to give back Mijalkov his passport
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.
"The Criminal Council of...
Fetai wants to be President of Macedonia while Janeva a mayor or an MP
If I am alive and well, when I’m 50 years-old, I want to be a normal head of a state, in a normal country, says the prosecutor from the Special Prosecutor's Office, Fatime Fetai, on the “Trite” show on "A1" TV on the life and work of the three prosecutors Katica Janeva, Lence Ristoska and Fatime Fetai.
“With this, I...
Nikola Gruevski will not be given his passport and the “bombs” were rejected as evidence in three cases
The Criminal Council of the Basic Court Skopje 1's Department for Fighting Organized Crime and Corruption has rejected the request by Nikola Gruevski to have his passport returned, announced the court on its website. At the same time, the wiretapped conversations were removed as evidence in three cases with an explanation that they were illegally acquired.
Apart from Gruevski, the...
SPO wants to confiscate 2.2 million euros in assets and property from Gruevski, Protoger and Dimovski
The Special Prosecutor's Office in the indictment for the “Titanic” case are asking the leader of VMRO-DPMNE and former Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, the former chief of his cabinet, Martin Protoger, the current MP of VMRO-DPMNE in Parliament, Ilija Dimovski and the accused Leko Ristovski to confiscate assets worth 2.2 million euros.
This sum, according to the SPO, corresponds to...
Mijalkov is calling on the court’s decision for Zaev, he too wants his passport returned
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 system, such as the case...
Hot week with trials for Gruevski, Zaev and Talevski
On its schedule for this week for this week, the Criminal court in Skopje has a tough agenda of hearings for cases such as "Fortress 2," "Ransom," "Slaps" and "Transporter" that are causing great interest among the general public. Three of these cases based on charges filed by the Special Public Prosecution.
The following people will have to...
Gruevski and Mijalkov requested from the court to return their passports regarding business trips
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 24"reported.
The information from the...
Ristoska: Freezing the assets and property of VMRO-DPMNE, will protect the party from its leadership
By freezing the assets of VMRO-DPMNE's property (the party headquarters), a ban would be imposed on party leaders so they can not sell those property and therefore they cannot cause additional damage to the political party, stated SPO Prosecutor Lence Ristoska after the session in the Supreme Court.
The session was on the occasion of the SPO request, that Supreme...
Priebe: It is of vital importance that the criminal liability applies to all
It has been almost two years since SPO began its work and no one has actually been successfully convicted, creating a perception of impunity, says the report of Reinhard Priebe's expert group, that visited Macedonia in July.
The report states that all important areas, such as the judiciary, security or media, require systemic reforms based on an inclusive, transparent and...
SPO: First of July does not change anything, we continue with the investigations
Today, the Special Prosecutor's Office has announced the fourth six-month report regarding the SPO work for the period from 15th of March to 15th of September this year. According to the report, what is characteristic and what distinguishes it from the previous ones is that in this period charges have been submitted for most of the investigations opened by...
The verdicts against Risteski and Panov are a proof of VMRO-DPMNE’s corruptive rule
The verdicts against the mayors from the ranks of VMRO-DPMNE, Marjan Risteski and Aleksandar Panov, are the first institutionally confirmed evidence for the decade-long criminal, corruptive, and wasteful rule of VMRO-DPMNE on every level of governance said SDSM's morning press release.
The press release also said that "VMRO-DPMNE already has two mayors that are charged with irresponsible governance and...
The Appellate Court allows the “bombs” to be used as evidence in the “Slaps” case
The Appellate Court Skopje upheld the appeal made by the Special Prosecutor's Office regarding the ruling made by Basic Court Skopje 1 for the "Slaps" case, which is related to the violence outside the Municipality of Centar in June, 2013, and ruled that the evidence obtained from the wiretapped material can be used as evidence in the criminal proceedings.
"With this...
International arrest warrant was issued for Grujovski and Boshkovski
The Ministry of Interior announced that it has demanded from the court to issue an international arrest warrant for Goran Grujovski and Nikola Boshkovski after the Supreme Court has confirmed the detention of 30 days for both of them, but the police wasn't able to locate them.
Through a press release, MoI informed that upon orders by the Appeal...
Supreme Court has confirmed the detention for both Grujovski and Boshkovski while Jakimovski has his passport taken away
The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal filed by the defence attorneys of the former Head of the Administration of Security and Counter-Intelligence (UBK), Goran Grujovski and his associate, Nikola Boshkovski, and has confirmed the decisions made by the Appeal Court for a detention for both in a time period of 30 days, said the press release.
The Supreme Court's...
Today the Supreme Court is deciding on custody for Grujovski, Jakimovski and Boskovski
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 Court’s ruling and their decision...
SPO requests detention – Jankuloska, Protoger, Bozinovski and Janakievski promise they not run away
Today, the Special Public Prosecution, during its public sessions that took place one after the other at the Appeal court, have demanded once again for detention to be ruled to former ministers for internal affairs and transportation and communications, Gordana Jankulovska and Mile Janakievski, the former chief staff of the former Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, Martin Protoger, and the...
Custody for Grujovski, Jakimovski and Boshkovski – while Mijalkov’s passport has been confiscated
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, an employee at UBK,...
Mijalkov gives his word that he will regularly appear in court
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 now, I have only missed...
