Goran Stamenkovski, advisor to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who is also an employee of the Criminal Court, sat on the back bench meant for public audience on Thursday and watched Zaev’s testimony about the mass wiretapping. Stamenkovski is head of the Human Resources department at the Criminal Court and reporters can often spot him at […]
The United States Embassy has donated technical equipment for audio recording of court hearings in 25 courtrooms within the Skopje-based Criminal Court. US Ambassador Kate Byrnes said Wednesday this is an important step in the strengthening of the rule of law in the country. “This equipment increases the transparency and efficiency of hearings. It increases […]
Former SPO Prosecutor Lenche Ristovska has been authorized by State Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski to take charge of the “Thaler 2” case in the Skopje Criminal Court. The case trial is scheduled for Thursday. In the “Thaler 2” case, former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and former government secretary-general Kiril Bozhinovski are charged with abuse of […]
Special prosecutor Katica Janeva was taken to the Skopje-based Criminal Court to appear before a pre-trial judge, who should decide on the prosecutor’s request for detention. Police on Wednesday searched Katica Janeva’s home in Kozle twice. Earlier today, police officers detained Janeva acting on an arrest warrant of the Public Prosecutor’s Office. She was transported […]
The Skopje-based Criminal Court rejected the appeal for postponement of the execution of the prison sentence of Sead Kochan as unfounded, and upheld the ruling of the judge for execution of criminal sanctions, according to which Kochan is to start serving his prison sentence immediately. Macedonian businessman Sead Kochan was sentenced in a case code-named […]
All defendants who could not get pregnant became ill. This joke that is constantly shared on social media explains the health state of the famous names of the political elite that are supposed to go to prison, or are already in prison. The latest defendant to be admitted to hospital is the main suspect in […]
Former director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence, Sasho Mijalkov, asks the court for his passport back so he could have his medical treatments abroad. According to information, Mijalkov went to the SPO with a bunch of medical documents requesting the return of his passport, which is kept in the Criminal Court as one […]
The judge for execution of criminal sanctions within the Skopje Criminal Court rejected on Monday the appeal for postponement of the execution of the prison sentence of Sead Kochan. The Macedonian businessmanаn Sead Kochan lodged a request for postponement of prison sentence to 4 years and 8 months due to health reasons. He was sentenced […]
Special Prosecutor Elizabeta Josifovska from the Special Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday that SPO would appeal the decision of the Court to acquit journalist Dragan Pavlovikj-Latas and his brothers Srgjan and Zvezdan, who were indicted of illegal building in the ‘Trevnik’ case. “We’ll appeal against the decision. There’s no quandary here, I’m of the opinion that […]
In this country, even if a wingless bird ran away you wouldn’t be able to catch it. This angry reaction by a mother of one of the five victims killed at Smilkovo Lake seven years ago, after yesterday’s postponement of the “Monster” hearing yesterday, in one sentence, described the failure of the system that stalled […]
The main hearing in Special Prosecutor’s Office case dubbed “Thaler“has been postponed for June 28, while Nikola Gruevski will be tried in absentia, the court decided on Wednesday. The case refers to the illegal financing of political party VMRO-DPMNE. The indictment is filed against legal entity VMRO-DPMNE and six individuals – Nikola Gruevski, Kiril Bozhinovski, Mile […]
Former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski was summoned Tuesday at the public prosecutor’s office for organized crime and corruption to review evidence in the ‘April 27’ case, stated the prosecutor’s office. Exiting the prosecution’s offices, Veljanoski briefly spoke to members of the media saying he had been summoned by the prosecution. He fell short of providing […]
The court has not received any pardoning requests from any defendant, said Criminal Court president Ivan Dzolev on Thursday. Regarding media reports on the possible pardoning by President Gjorge Ivanov, judge Dzolev said it is not appropriate for the court to take a stance on an issue in advance. “The country’s President has the right […]
16 men accused for their involvement in the 2017 Parliament storming were sentenced Friday to a total of 211 years in prison. Opera singer Igor Durlovski, one of the men standing trial, was acquitted. The Criminal Court handed down the longest prison sentence – 18 years – to former interior minister Mitko Cavkov. Mitko Peshov […]
16 men accused for their involvement in the 2017 Parliament storming were sentenced Friday to a total of 211 years in prison. Opera singer Igor Durlovski, one of the men standing trial, was acquitted. The Criminal Court handed down the longest prison sentence – 18 years – to former interior minister Mitko Cavkov. Mitko Peshov […]
Skopje’s Criminal Court will rule today at noon on the violence in Parliament on April 27, 2017. Out of the 33 people initially indicted on charges of terrorist endangerment of the constitutional order and security, 15 were pardoned under the Amnesty Law, and 17 defendants will be given sentences today. Presiding over the trial is […]
The Sector for Internal Affairs Skopje filed criminal charges against former Skopje Mayor Koce Trajanovski and three other officials from the city administration for abuse of office and authority during the election of the Director of PE Water Supply and Sewerage-Skopje in 2014. – The Chairman and the members of the Commission have not checked […]
Your statements that the court will be held responsible for postponing the proceedings are unacceptable, as it cannot arbitrarily, and contrary to the law, determine any security measures unless the conditions are met, reacted the Criminal Court yesterday concerning the (non)decision of the Parliament to stripe two MPs of their MP immunity. – If the […]
The defendants in the April 27 violence in the Parliament, who did not ask for amnesty, or weren’t granted amnesty, see their last hope for justice in the trial council headed by Judge Dobrila Kacarska. All of them argued that the prosecution had no evidence of a crime with which they were charged “terrorist endangerment […]
The court decision on the possible abolition of the house arrest measure for the defendants in the case “Imperia” Orce Kamcev and Saso Mijalkov, which according to the information, can be brought today, according to legal experts, must not be based on the principal legal opinion of the Supreme Court regarding the deadline in which […]
