Patriots welcomed the accused of terrorist threat to the constitutional order and security in front of the Criminal Court building with patriotic songs, zurlas and drums, and the Vergina flag. Before the trial started, a group of citizens with slogans in their hands gathered in front of the new court building and with ovations they […]
The trial of the thirty men accused of being involved in the events in Parliament on 27 April 2017 has started Wednesday in Skopje-based Criminal Court. Among the defendants are MPs, artists, members of the Ministry of Interior, the security services and parliamentary security, who are indicted for terrorist endangerment of the constitutional order and […]
Former Interior Minister Mitko Cavkov, four MPs, opera singer Igor Durlovski, social media influencer Bogdan Ilievski, director Boris Damovski, actor Vlado Jovanovski, Aleksandar Vasilevski – Ninja, will be seated on the defendant’s bench today. The accused, along with twenty other people, will be tried for the violent parliament storming that took place on April 27 […]
The Special Prosecutor’s Office is resuming the Titanic case trial in the Criminal Court in Skopje on Thursday. The TNT and the Target-Fortress trials are set to continue in late August. The previous Titanic hearing was scheduled for July 3, but defendant Gordana Jankulovska’s lawyer Sanja Aleksic said that the former Interior Minister was unable […]
Former mayor of Skopje’s Karpos municipality Stevco Jakimovski was charged Wednesday with abuse of office and authority. In addition to Jakimovski, charges of abuse of office and complicity were also filed against four members of the Karpos municipality staff, the Financial Police said in a statement. Jakimovski and his associates by misusing their position allowed […]
Former Karpos mayor Stevco Jakimovski has been taken for questioning before a pre-trial judge in the Skopje-based Criminal Court early on Wednesday. The Financial Police conducted Tuesday a search of several facilities owned by the Jakimovski family and is set to provide details over the operation later today. Jakimovski told media the search related to […]
Judge Slavica Andreevska of the Skopje-based Criminal Court delivered Thursday the verdicts to seven individuals indicted for the attempted murder of MP Zijadin Sela during the Parliament incidents on 27 April 2017. Kire Gjorgjievski has been sentenced to 13 years in prison, Andrej Micov 10,5 years, Oliver Osavkovski 10,5 years, Nikolce Dimitrievski 10,5 years, Aleksandar […]
As a woman and as a mother, I will be kind and I will allow the accused Gordana Jankuloska not to appear in court hearings for more than 45 days after delivery, but after August 29, no excuses, nor sick leave will be permitted. Judge Dobrila Kacarska responded to former Interior Minister Jankuloska at yesterday’s […]
One of the suspects in the “Bloody Thursday” case, Aleksandar Vasilevski – Ninja, surrendered himself yesterday to the Criminal Court before a judge in a previous procedure, and was immediately transferred to the Sutka Investigation Prison. Ninja was at large for seven months, although he was detained for participating in the attack on MPs and […]
They do not know why they entered the Parliament on April 27 last year, nobody put pressure on them, but after eight months spent in prison and in house arrest, they realized that they have made a mistake and regret what they did. The defendants Cejo Gjorgievski and Stojan Pavleski, who were originally charged with […]
“Bombs” are being presented at the hearing of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) Trajectory case, which is taking place at the Skopje-based Criminal Court on Tuesday. Former PM Nikola Gruevski, former Vice-premier Vladimir Pesevski, former Transport Minister Mile Janakieski and former State Roads Agency director Ljupco Georgievski are at the hearing. They are suspected of […]
Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is expected to appear in court this week on three other cases opened by the Special Prosecution. Today, he has been summoned to appear in court regarding the so called “Titanic” case, where, along with his party fellow peers, he’s accused of electoral rigging, vote buying, destruction of electoral materials […]
Judge Darko Todorovski acquitted Monday Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in case dubbed “Bribe”. While reading the judgment, the trial judge said the public prosecutor has not proved that the defendant committed the crime, resulting in an acquittal. At the last hearing, prosecutor Valentina Bislimovska asked for a change of the indictment qualification from “receiving a […]
Short video recording that was posted on YouTube in connection with the ‘Bribe’ case in which Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is charged, has been shown Wednesday in the courtroom of Skopje-based Criminal Court in the presence of the public. Judge Darko Todorovski pointed out that the length of the video is 3 minutes and 35 […]
A small group of citizens before the Criminal Court is demanding for a prison sentence for the murder near Smilkovo Lake. They stressed that they organized themselves in order to seek justice. The parents of the killed boys did not attend the protest, but told the media that they would wait to see how the Special […]
Skopje Criminal Court released ex-interior minister Cavkov from pre-trial detention on bail in a form of property deposit. Cavkov is charged with terrorist endangerment of the constitutional order and security in connection to the events of 27 April 2017 in Macedonia’s Parliament. During the Parliament incident in April, Cavkov was at the helm of the […]
The Skopje-based Criminal Court has extended the detention of Vase Donevski, former director of the Government’s Service for General and Common Affairs, by another 30 days. The detention has been extended upon a motion by the Public Prosecutor’s Office for organized crime, following the expiry of the initial 30 days. The former government official Donevski, […]
“The men who stormed the Parliament and its press center were threatening us that they would kill all of us and that no one would make it”, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said Tuesday while testifying in a Skopje court. He was called to testify before the Criminal Court in Skopje as a witness in a […]
Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski said there are grounds for ordering new detention measures for certain defendants for the violent events in Parliament on 27 April 2017. Joveski told Deutsche Welle that Monday’s decision of the Supreme Court related to detentions refers to complaints lodged in the part to investigation, and new measures are requested after […]
Criminal Court ordered 30-day detention measures for five persons for ‘terrorist endangerment of the constitutional order and security.’ The indicted have the right to appeal decisions on detention within 24 hours of its receipt to the Appellate Court in Skopje. The detention follows after Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski told Tuesday that criminal charges have been […]
