Tag: threats

Today, VMRO-DPMNE in a statement accused SDSM and "criminals" from the ranks of the party of ordering attacks on the media and threatening all journalists who are not under the control of SDSM and Soros. "Ivona Talevska a journalist from "Sitel" TV was attacked, journalist Janko Ilkovski was attacked, Dejan Nikolovski was attacked, Antonio Dimitrievski, Boban Nonkovic, the news crew...

The US Embassy in Skopje regularly informs the Macedonian authorities about the threats that are issued from different sources, but it has not requested that the perpetrators be legally prosecuted as that is left up to the state’s institutions in charge, said the U.S. Embassy when asked by “Meta” regarding the criminal charges filed by the Ministry of Internal...

The Department of Cybercrime and Digital Forensics have brought criminal charges against a 34-year-old man from Skopje TT, due to comments he made on "Facebook", indirectly threatening the US Ambassador to Macedonia, Jess Baily and his family. The Skopje resident, according to the Ministry of Interior, is suspected of the crime of damaging the reputation of a foreign country. "The Department...

Diplomats from the United States, staff in the embassies and their families in Moscow and in several other European countries in the past period have been targets of harassment and intimidation as part of an organized campaign orchestrated and systematically implemented by the Russian Intelligence and Security Services, reported in June the prestigious American newspaper the "Washington Post". Recently, in...

Today, the ruling VMRO-DPMNE asked the European Commission to be more precise and to clarify how and who threatened international representatives in Macedonia, and to give a specific example. "We share the concerns of the European Commission, VMRO-DPMNE is publicly asking how and who threatened international representatives in Macedonia and to give a specific example. The VMRO-DPMNE condemns hate speech...

The former DUI MP, Ermira Mehmeti, last night, through her Facebook profile, published that her car was damaged and that she had been receiving threats. “Threats, blackmail or a message so they can silence me? You can continue to smash the glass on my car, you can send me threatening messages, you can even continue with anonymous calls at midnight..but...

The Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva in tonight's interview on MTV revealed that they had been on the receiving end of subtle threats. She also said that apart from the wite-tapped conversations, the SPO has sufficient other evidence on cases being processed. “For both indictments, there is enough evidence and we expect the court to act in accordance with the...

The Mayor of Bitola Vladimir Taleski,  the prime suspect in the "Transporter" case, who is under house arrest, is threatening to sue journalist Sime Alushevski from Bitola, who is the publisher of the newspaper "Ego". The Secretary of the Municipality of Bitola, Slobodan Bonchanovski, who is also a suspect in the same case and served a month under house...

The Skopje Prosecution Office after three months still regards the case into Kosta Krpač’s death as “ongoing” after he was found dead in his apartment in Kapishtec with a gun wound to the chest. The Prosecution on June 2 stated that the investigation had shown that his death was a suicide, however, they are still looking into the circumstances regarding...

The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) today at a press conference reacted to the decision of the prosecutor of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office, who assessed that the TV host Milenko Nedelkovski did not incite hate speech and violence through his Facebook status with threats against several journalists, and "it is a matter of a person expressing their...

The Special Public Prosecution (SPO) have a statement from Kosta Krpač where he informs the SPO about threats he had received, said Lenche Ristovska, spokesperson and prosecutor for the SPO at today’s press conference. She added that the evidence is in their possession and that they will submit all the relevant information they have to the Public Prosecutor’s Office Skopje...

"Obviously, there is an ongoing drive to create a parallel organization, following the model of MAN,the counterpart should be an authentic media organization, in this case the SSNM and to take things into regard. It is a well proven method of criminal abuse of democratic forms, something we've watched happen for years, "said Tamara Chausidis, President of the Independent...

New charges have been filed against prosecutors from the Special Public Prosecutor's Office, the media has reported. The charges have been filed by people from Sveti Nikole who were called upon to be interviewed. Afterwards they complained that associates of Janeva were humiliating and intimidating them, even blackmailing them. The charges for abuse while performing his or her duty, are under Article...

The European Commission gave great importance to the freedom of expression and freedom of the media, said Maja Kocijancic, when asked by journalists yesterday about alleged threats from the opposition to journalists who are close to the Government. Ms Kocijancic reminded that the progress report on Macedonia, condemns threats and intimidation of journalists by anyone. “It clearly states in the recommendation...

More than 5,000 hectares of agricultural land in the Municipality of Mogila tonight is under two meters of water. Rain and melting snow increased the level of Crna Reka, which overflowed on the same places as a month and a half before. "Yards of villages Loznani and Novoselani are flooded, while flooding of houses in the lower parts threaten village...