President Gjorge Ivanov’s Cabinet yesterday did not want to comment on how the head of state will act regarding the requests for pardon received from the convicted of the violent incidents on April 27th, 2017. One month before the end of his second term, the “nation’s father” faces his last serious decision, which is likely […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said no more pardons would granted by either Parliament or the president of the country. “The pardons are over,” PM Zaev said in response to a question whether President Ivanov could pardon any of the former high officials from VMRO-DPMNE and DUI indicted by the Special Prosecutor’s Office. “The pardons granted […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said no more pardons would granted by either Parliament or the president of the country. “The pardons are over,” PM Zaev said in response to a question whether President Ivanov could pardon any of the former high officials from VMRO-DPMNE and DUI indicted by the Special Prosecutor’s Office. “The pardons granted […]
Basic Court Skopje 1 said that the amnesty requests by defendants for the 27 April 2017 incidents in Parliament have been forwarded to the Prosecutor’s office. “After getting the opinion from the public prosecutor, the court will take a decision that is to be communicated with the public,” the court said in a press release. The […]
Forty-two defendants in several cases related to the April 27 incidents have filed amnesty requests so far to the Criminal Court in Skopje. One defendant said he wouldn’t ask for amnesty. The five-day deadline for their submission expires on Tuesday. The applicants can file the requests in person and by post. The court and the […]
Opera singer Igor Durlovski will not seek amnesty for the events on April 27th 2017. On his Facebook profile, he announced that he would continue to fight to prove his innocence for the offense he was being tried. “Each fight carries its own risk, and with this procedure I put the risk of both mine […]
Twelve defendants in the April 27 case have filed amnesty requests, said the Skopje-based Criminal Court. The five-day deadline for the amnesty requests expires on Tuesday. The applicants can file the requests in person and by post. The court and the public prosecutor’s office then have another five days to decide who is eligible for […]
There will be reconciliation in the Parliament, and there will be no amnesty, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Tuesday. He emphasized that the coordinative body will work on overall current reconciliation, as well as the perspectives in Macedonia. “As soon as decisions are made, we will announce them to the public. The April 27 events […]
If there is amnesty, the first remark from the European institutions will be towards the judiciary and the disrespect of the most important principle of the rule of law, says the former judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, Margarita Caca Nikolovska. However, judge Nikolovska believes that Prime Minister Zoran Zaev did […]
The MPs, who opened the doors of the Assembly to the protesters on April 27, 2017, are now “suspected” as possible voters of the government’s proposal to start the constitutional changes. Such an impression was created yesterday rafter equests for the release from house arrest of three of the five deputies covered by the process […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev does not offer amnesty for the events on April 27, but calls for national reconciliation among MPs in order to achieve the strategic interests of the state, claims a senior government official for Nezavisen Vesnik. The Prime Minister, in his address to parliament, called for national reconciliation among MPs in order […]
