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Another 6 defendants receive conditional sentences for the July incidents in front of the Parliament of NMacedonia
During yesterday's hearing at the Basic Criminal Court in Skopje, 6 more defendants accused for the incidents that happened in front of the Parliament of North Macedonia on the 5th of July, during the protests against the French proposal, received conditional sentences. They pleaded guilty and received court sentences for "participating in mob violence."
"All of the 6 defendants, pleaded...
Total of 25-year prison sentences for organizers of violent storming of Parliament of Macedonia
The Criminal Court – Skopje today announced the verdict in the case “Organizers of the 27th of April” and proclaimed the defendants guilty, giving them a total of 25 years of prison sentences.
On 27th of April 2017, a mob stormed the Parliament of Macedonia building in Skopje and had severely beaten dozens of MPs, parliament clerks and journalists and...
The verdict in the “Target – Tvrdina”: Sasho Mijalkov sentenced to 12 years in prison
Sasho Mijalkov, the former Director of the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), was sentenced in Skopje, North Macedonia, to 12 years in prison in the "Target - Tvrdina" court case, on charges for criminal association, abuse of office and receiving reward for illegal influence.
The "Target - Tvrdina" case refers to the illegal wiretapping of 20.000 citizens in the...
The Court in Strasbourg decided against North Macedonia for violation of freedom of expression
In September 2020, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) reached a verdict, with which it ordered the Republic of North Macedonia to pay compensation in the amount of 3.000 EUR to Nikola Gelevski for the violation of his freedom of expression, announced the portal Okno.mk.
The Court in Strasbourg's verdict is related to the case where the former editor-in-chief...
Toni Jakimovski, former office chief of Sasho Mijalkov, the former Head of Security and Counterintelligence Administration, was sentenced to 6 years in prison
"The Basic Criminal Court Skopje announced the verdict in the case No 101/19 that among the general public is known as "Special Cash Box" according to which the accused T.J. and S.M. were found guilty for the criminal offence "Abuse of official position and authority", according to article 353 paragraph 5 v.v with paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code...
Court rejects Public Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska’s lawsuit against VMRO-DPMNE
The Basic Civil Skopje rejected the slander charges that Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska filed against Igor Janushev and Hristijan Mickoski i.e. against the opposition party VMRO-DPMNE. The request was rejected and the parties will receive a written verdict in a period of eight days,in which the decision will be detailed.
Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska filed slander charges against the opposition party because...
Fugitive Gruevski sentenced to additional 1.5 years in prison – he will have to serve 3.5 years sentence in North Macedonia
Four years after the indictment, the former Macedonian prime minister and fugitive from justice, Nikola Gruevski was sentenced to one and a half years in prison in the "Violence at Centar Town Hall" case. With the first judgement, when he was sentenced to two years in prison, VMRO-DPMNE's former president Gruevski will have to serve a total sentence of...
Serbia’s first #MeToo trial ends with three-month prison sentence for high-profile predator
A local strongman notorious for harassment of female employees in a remote Serbian municipality received a three-month prison sentence in a trial billed as the first high-profile #MeToo case in the country, Global Voices reported.
The trial of the 58-year-old former mayor of the town of Brus, Milutin Jeličić, nicknamed Jutka, ended on July 10, 2020, N1 TV reported.
The lawyer...
Former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva sentenced to seven years in prison, Bojan Jovanovski to nine
After 6 months of sessions, the ruling in the Racket trial was announced this morning. The former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, accused of abuse of office was sentenced to seven years in prison, while Bojan Jovanovski - Boki 13, who was accused of taking bribes and money laundering, got to nine years in prison.
This is a first-degree sentence i.e....
Appellate Court upholds Gruevski’s 2 year prison sentence for the “Mercedes”
The Skopje Appellate Court announced on Monday its decision to reject Nikola Gruevski's appeal regarding his two-year prison sentence in the "Tank" case, where he was charged for the purchase of an expensive luxurious "Mercedes" worth nearly 600,000 euros.
"Appeals made by the accused N.G. which were put forward by S. himself and his defense attorneys were declined on the...
7 defendants received sentences totaling over 80 years prison for the attempted murder of Zijadin Sela
The seven defendants were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 10 years and 6 months to 13 years and 6 months, in total 81 years and 6 months, for crimes such as attempted murder of MP Zijadin Sela which took place on 27th of April, last year, inciting bloody violence in Parliament, the Skopje Basic Court has announced the...
Gruevski wrote on Facebook: Head’s up, better times are coming
Former prime minister and former leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, after today's verdict to two years imprisonment, sentenced by the Criminal Court in the "Tank" case, wrote on Facebook, "better times are coming".
"Heads up, my proud citizens of Macedonia. This is your country, we will not let you down and we will be side by side with you, in...
Gruevski’s defense team to appeal the verdict in “Tank” case
Today, after Nikola Gruevski was sentenced for a term of two years imprisonment in the SPO's case "Tank", defense lawyer, Dimitar Dangov said that the defense will appeal the verdict. Former assistant at the Ministry of Interior, Gjoko Popovski, was sentenced to a six years and six months term of imprisonment.
Dangov said that the court had no basis for...
Gruevski sentenced to two years imprisonment for the luxury “Mercedes”
The Criminal Court sentenced the former prime minister and former leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, in the court case “Tank”, to two years in imprisonment, for the procurement of the luxury bulletproof "Mercedes" which costs 35 million and 266 thousand denars, i.e. 575.000 euros.
Gruevski, who did not appear in the courtroom to hear the verdict, was charged for "receiving...
Zaev: No constitutional change can be expected for any name
I am happy I was acquitted and finally I proved my innocence and I waited for justice, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev after the verdict regarding the "Bribe” case was announced.
He asked the institutions to release in public the entire record of the PI measures and said, if they submitted it, he would publish it himself in order to...
Zoran Zaev acquitted in “Bribe” case
Today, the Criminal Court acquitted Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for the crime regarding bribery. Judge Darko Todorovski from the Basic Court Skopje released Zaev from the charges.
Reading the verdict, Judge Todorovski stated that the prosecution failed to prove that Zaev while acting as mayor of Strumica committed a criminal act to receive a bribe of 160,000 euros from businessman...
Ivona Talevska received a two year suspended sentence in the Tifani case
The Criminal Court in Skopje gave a two year suspended sentence if in the next four years she doesn't repeat or commit another crime.
According to the verdict, Talevska will have to return the whole sum for which she was charged in the Tifani case by the Special Public Prosecutor, and additionally, she will have to pay 76.000 denars...
The extradition decision for Grujevski and Boshkovski is postponed for the 5th of January
On the 5th of January, it shall be finally revealed whether the former UBK heads, Goran Grujovski and Nikola Boshkovski shall be extradited to Macedonia. The verdict of the court in Thessaloniki has been postponed until then.
The verdict was supposed to be published today, but Grujevski and Boshkovski have appealed that they didn't understand the translator who was...
Ristoska is satisfied with Grujovski’s verdict – the first in favor of the SPO
Special Prosecutor Lence Ristoska expressed her satisfaction with the verdict for the former Head of the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence, Goran Grujovski, and six officers at UBK, who were convicted of destroying and unlawfully burning thousands of documents in the "Fortress 2" case, as well as for forging official documents.
“Today, the SPO got its first verdict. The defendants...
Announcements of a large protest in front of the Criminal court because of the verdicts for the “Divo Naselje” case
The Albanian language media in Skopje has announced that tomorrow at the Basic Court Skopje 1 (Criminal Court) there is going to be a protest where a revolt is going to be expressed regarding the verdicts for the "Divo Naselje" case.
"Certain non-government organizations of the civil initiative are organizing a protest against the prison sentences that the Court...
