7 July 2017
Today, the suspects from the “Titanic” case, including the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, asked for one of the three judges to be excluded from the Criminal Council who were deciding on the request of the Special Prosecutor’s Office for custody, confirmed Basic Court I, Skopje. When the accused and their defense realized which judges […]
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 […]
4 November 2016
Last night in the centre of Ohrid, around the building of the Sector of Internal Affairs, there was a heavy police guard presence, which sparked anxiety and talk among the city’s citizens. For two days, the street and the parking in front of the Ohrid Sector of Internal Affairs, the prison and infront of Ohrid’s […]
21 October 2016
The Criminal Court in Skopje has received the proposal the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) submitted, and requests that two of the suspects in the “Tenders” case have their passports confiscated and report to the court every Tuesday, the court told “Meta”. The SPO application has already been distributed to the judge for the preliminary […]
30 September 2016
The measure for detention for one of the suspects in the “Vault” case which was submitted by the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office was denied, announced the Basic Court Skopje 1. The statement indicated that the judge for the preliminary hearing denied the SPO’s request. This afternoon, however, the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office then filed a motion […]
15 September 2016
Today, the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office submitted two proposals for indictments to the Basic Court Skopje 1, says the latest progress report by the SPO, which prosecutors will present to the media today after the progress report generated great interest. The same report by the SPO has to be submitted to Parliament and the Council of […]
25 August 2016
The Special Prosecutor’s office expects the relevant institutions, or to be more precise, Parliament, to take notice of the need for amending the Law regarding the SPO, and to extend the deadline of 18 months in which to complete investigations as well as file charges against all suspects, the SPO has told “Meta”. According to […]
8 August 2016
As reported yesterday by “Meta” (part 1 of the journalistic investigation into the “Transporter” case, which you can read here). The Special Public Prosecution has new evidence in the “Transporter” case regarding the transportation facilities in which the prime suspect is the Mayor of Bitola Vladimir Taleski, stated the Special Prosecution for “Meta”. According to the […]
8 August 2016
The Special Public Prosecution has new evidence in the “Transporter” case regarding the transportation facilities in which the prime suspect is the Mayor of Bitola Vladimir Taleski, stated the Special Prosecution for “Meta”. According to the information we came across, the SPO has submitted thirty new requests for the inspection of documentation in schools in […]
18 July 2016
Skopje’s Public Prosecutor’s Office has summoned Bitola farmer Dusko Ilievski and tobacco grower Kire Nedelkovski for questioning regarding their participation in the protests held in Skopje in April, after President Gjorge Ivanov’s decision to pardon 56 politicians and their close associates. According to the summons, both Ilievski and Nedelovski were part of a mob that […]
6 June 2016
University Professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Economics at UKIM ( the University of St Cyril and Methodius), Bobek Shuklev was arrested today during a police operation which was carried out at the university, say the media, citing sources from within the investigation. According to information which for now, has yet to be […]
20 May 2016
Any law that allows us to conduct investigations without obstructions is crucial for us. This was the answer from the Office of the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva, when we asked for a comment on the amendments made to the Law on Pardons which were passed in Parliament yesterday and signed today by President Gjorge […]
6 May 2016
The Special Public Prosecutor has requested that the Criminal Court in Skopje freeze the assets of several suspects in the Transporter case, including Mayor of Bitola Vladimir Taleski, the SPO has confirmed for “Meta”. The SPO have said that it is an ongoing investigation which the they announced at a press conference on April 14, […]
31 March 2016
The Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) will not vote on amendments to the Law on Criminal Procedure (LCP) if a political consensus between the major political parties is not reached. This was announced by the Vice-President of Parliament Rafiz Aliti, therefore reducing the chances of these amendments being voted in Parliament before its dissolution. The […]
30 March 2016
The Special Public Prosecution have filed criminal charges for a new investigation code-named “Fortress” (Tvrdina). Prosecutor Lence Ristovska stated that in this investigation , five officials, and Directors from the Interior Ministry are among the suspected, who abused their official positions of office, when in the first half of 2015, they destroyed all the equipment for […]
2 March 2016
The Special Public Prosecutor has asked for a postponement in of the main court hearing in the “Putsch” case, as the court, even though the SPP had asked for copies of all evidence, it was not given to them, said a statement released by the SPP. From the SPP, they say that not only in […]
16 February 2016
As witnessed recently the Criminal Court Skopje 1 proceedings will be conducted to the very last detail and will delay appeals made by the Special Prosecutor at the preliminary hearings, and the decisions made by the judges involved. They dismissed pre-trial detention requests for suspects in Operation “Titanic”. Practically, since Friday, following the SPP’s press conference, […]
13 February 2016
With the Court rejecting the requests from Katica Janeva and her team to take into custody the suspects in Operation “Titanic”, time is of the essence and there is a short statutory time limits (24 or 48 hours) for all sides – SPP, suspects and the court. Janeva has 24 hours from the adjudication of […]
8 February 2016
More people are suspected of wrongdoing in the death of the little Tamara Dimovska from Veles, the Public Prosecutor’s Office – Skopje announced. “From the actions taken, it has showed that their appears to be more suspects and people involved in committing the criminal offence of negligence and recklessness behaviour in the service of duty. […]
15 October 2015
The Judge from the prior procedure ordered that five out of the seven suspects that were arrested yesterday in the police operation “Molnja” were to be detained on remand for 30 days and the other two – house arrest, said the Basic Court Skopje 1 yesterday afternoon. The suspects are accused of aiding terrorist organizations […]
