7 September 2015
Today’s hearing in the “Putsch” affair was adjourned to October the 5th, as defendant Zoran Zaev, President of the opposition SDSM failed to show at court in a case arising from alleged corruption and organised crime. At the hearing, the prosecution requested that Mr Zaev submit his passport as a precaution, due to the serious […]
4 September 2015
The President of SDSM Zoran Zaev expressed optimism that at the beginning of next week negotiating teams of the political parties will state their positions on the law regarding the public prosecutor, who should be voted in by the 15th of September, the deadline set by the Przhino Agreement. According to Zaev, conceptual differences exist […]
1 September 2015
“On May the 28th last year, from this place I put forward that Nikola Gruevski must take responsibility for the criminal conduct during elections.” stated SDSM Leader Zoran Zaev at a press conference at the doors of Parliament. He went on to say that back then, he communicated the views of the opposition, separation of party […]
31 August 2015
The leader of the Social Democrats (SDSM) Zoran Zaev is not going to appear in front of the Criminal court in Skopje on September 7 when the start of the proceedings of the “Putsch” case was scheduled, said for Meta the spokesperson of SDSM Petre Shilegov. There is no backing down from the position which […]
29 August 2015
At the moment we are negotiating the special public prosecutor, who is going to have authority and will be able to initiatie legal proceedings regarding everything that arises from the recorded telephone conversations. We owe that to the citizens through an independent special public prosecutor. These proceedings will reveal what is true, what isn’t and […]
24 August 2015
The large political parties will lose if Macedonia becomes a single electoral unit, but in that case the citizens will benefit most, along with the system of parliamentary democracy. Realistically, the single unit model will prevent all-powerful figures like Gruevski from ruling Macedonia. This was said by Zoran Zaev, President of SDSM at his visit […]
30 June 2015
Council for reviewing the indictment of the criminal court in Skopje fully approved the charges for case “Puch” and also rejected the objections of the defense of the accused, including the opposition leader Zoran Zaev, as unfounded, announced today Basic Court Skopje 1. “The Council finds that cases which are the subject of the indictment […]
30 June 2015
It is likely that the political crisis is to be resolved very soon, because the positions of the two major political parties – VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM – are getting closer, learns META from sources in the negotiating teams. According to our information the major differences are ironed out, except whether the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski […]
17 June 2015
Council of Criminal Court has no legally defined deadline for the review of the indictment in the case “Puch” when to enter plea and decide whether to put it in further procedure and schedule a trial or will return it to the prosecution, as requested by the defense. Although some media on 1st of June, […]
26 May 2015
There are solutions that can be fast and may surprise the public, but they do not depend only from the opposition, said SDSM leader Zoran Zaev after the third leaders meeting in the Parliamentary Club. The next meeting is scheduled for early next week. Zaev said that today’s meeting was spent in informing of DUI […]
2 May 2015
“The decision to submit an indictment in the case “Puch”, as in all other cases, has been adopted and is based only on the evidence collected during the investigative procedure, and the Public Prosecution perceives the statement of SDSM as pressure on the court” reads the written response of the Public Prosecution to the claims […]
1 May 2015
SDSM leader Zoran Zaev sent a message on the occasion of 1st of May, International Workers’ Day. – 1st of May 2015 in Macedonia will be remembered as the day we started restoring determination of citizens to defend workers’ human rights and dignity, which a small governing group unacceptable represses and hurts for nine consecutive […]
17 April 2015
Lawyer Angele Ilievski, defender of the first suspect in the case “Puch” Zoran Verushevski, in his statement for META denies the information conveyed by part of the media that the indictment against the suspects will be ready in a week. – The indictment cannot be ready in a week because we have a deadline of […]
9 April 2015
Fourth defendant in the case “Puch”, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev today will give a statement in the Public Prosecution. In the same case, the prime suspect Zoran Verushevski gave statement in the prosecution two days. On Tuesday, Zaev gave statement on the case “Bribery”.
9 March 2015
“MOI stands behind the appeal to the Prosecution not to post videos on “YouTube” that can be used in further proceedings. But only these videos are concerned. Why aren’t recordings published by Zaev concerned? See Article 151 of the Criminal Code, he published private conversations,” said MOI spokesman Ivo Kotevski. To the question of META […]
5 February 2015
Footages of the meeting between Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and opposition leader Zoran Zaev, on which they discuss about the evidence of the case “Bomb” and their origin, is still available on the internet service “YouTube”. Through a statement, the prosecution on Tuesday informed that it requested the Ministry of Interior (MOI) to get in […]
