Dutch Ambassador to North Macedonia Wouter Plomp is leaving the country because his four-year mandate has ended. In an interview with Nezavisen Vesnik/Independent Daily newspaper, he emphasizes that anyone who has violated the law – has to be held accountable, referring to recent developments involving the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO), but, as Ambassador Plomp says, […]
Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva is on sick leave as of July 16, confirms the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO). The sick leave was filed a day after Janeva handed her resignation, which she said would be activated once an agreement on the Law on the Public Prosecutors Office is reached. On Tuesday, Janeva’s cell phone was […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev was the first to inform me that businessmen had complained of being blackmailed, says Vilma Ruskoska, head of the prosecutor’s office for organized crime and corruption. “The PM informed me and the Chief Public Prosecutor and said he was prepared to come and press criminal charges on record. However, we advised […]
Only a day after DUI’s leader Ali Ahmeti expressed disgust over the events related to the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office and reiterated once again that the vetting for all holders of public office must be mandatory, the member of the Judicial Council, Miljazim Mustafa, who is considered close to DUI, postponed the voting for dismissal […]
New Democracy may have made the most of the nationalistic sentiments of a part of society regarding the Macedonian issue, in order to win the elections comfortably, but as a government it is preparing a pragmatic shift. Sources say that in his programme statements, the prime minister will be careful in his mention of the […]
Turkey would remain a key member of the alliance despite its decision to purchase the Russian S-400 missile-defense system, while acknowledging that the move created a “difficult situation”, Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, said on Wednesday. Stoltenberg also said that Turkey can still be included in NATO’s integrated air […]
On Wednesday at a ministerial council, France’s Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs presented a bill to approve the ratification of North Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol. “The entry into force of North Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol will allow the country to become the 30th member of the Alliance, once all 29 NATO member states have […]
The Ministry of Interior is working on the case, we have also turned to partners-allies, where these illegally wiretapped conversations are released from, and the public prosecutor’s office is carrying out its own investigation, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on the materials released on Facebook by the person known as El Cheka. Zaev is convinced […]
Belgian expert and former EU mediator during the Przhino negotiations, Peter Vanhoutte, commented on recent developments regarding the case “Racket” opened by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Whatever might have happened in the Office of the Special Prosecutor, it is important to stop all speculations and allow the regular prosecution to do its work, he said […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev yet again called VMRO-DPMNE’s leader Hristijan Mickoski to attend the leaders’ meeting on Friday, saying it would take place regardless of the opposition leader’s decision. “I am prepared to talk on what Mickoski insists. We might not agree on all issues, but we need to talk first. We are […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Wednesday he had not talked over the phone with Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva prior to the confiscation of her cell phone. Regarding the “Racket” extortion case, there have been media reports that Janeva spoke to a former senior diplomat and Government official before the seizure of her phone. […]
Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva yesterday did not show up at the institution that she still formally manages. The rest of the prosecutors held a meeting without her, surprised and disturbed by the news about their boss who had shocked them. One of her deputies, Lenche Ristoska, said that she hadn’t called nor had any […]
Following the resignation of Katica Janeva, the European Commission says efforts need to continue to establish legal accountability for the crimes arising and surrounding the illegal wiretaps. “The EU takes note of Ms Katica Janeva’s announcements of her intention to step down as Special Prosecutor,” reads the EU statement. The EC, it says, reiterates the […]
The Prosecution for Organized Crime and Corruption conducted searches and collected evidenceas part of the investigation that was opened against the showman and owner of 1 TV, Bojan Jovanovski, known to the public as Boki 13. The police searched the home of Boki 13’s parents, the apartment where he stayed, his office at the television […]
Following reports that a friendly country intervened by providing evidence over yesterday’s detention of two persons for the extortion of a Macedonian businessman, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said Tuesday he did not know the name of the country involved. “All I know is that any unraveling helps us as society and how EU members see […]
The Skopje Court ordered 30-day detention for Bojan Jovanovski, aslo known as Boki 13, and Zoran Milevski, suspected of accepting a reward for unlawful influence and money laundering. Elaborating the case and evidence collected to open the investigation, Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska at a news conference earlier in the day failed to reveal the suspects’ identities, […]
Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 and businessman Zoran Mileski (Zoki Kicheec) were arrested today on allegations of racketeering. According to the allegations, Jovanovski helped a high profile suspect in a criminal investigation to receive lenient treatment, and received 1.5 million EUR in exchange. Chief Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski and Organized Crime Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska held […]
The head of the Special Prosecutor’s Office Katica Janeva announced her resignation on Monday, saying it would be activated once political parties reach agreement over the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office and elect her successor. “When all political parties in Parliament elected me Special Prosecutor, I promised to myself and the citizens of North […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev called for a leaders’ meeting in the MPs Club on Friday. He directed the invitation to VMRO-DPMNE’s leader Hristijan Mickoski, DUI’s Ali Ahmeti and Alliance for Albanians’ Zijadin Sela. According to Prime Minister Zaev, the meeting would focus on a new Electoral Code and a new electoral model, the […]
Through the new French Strategy for the Western Balkans countries unveiled by French President Emmanuel Macron in June in Berlin, our engagement would be specified so that you can as quickly and effectively as possible meet the European standards to which the nations of this region aspire. In this respect, the Prespa Agreement opened new […]
