The United States is hopeful that North Macedonia will get the opening of the accession negotiations following the European Council meeting on Oct. 16, new U.S. Special Envoy to the Western Balkans Matthew Palmer said in an interview with Voice of America. “We believe that the government in North Macedonia has cleared that bar many […]
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 […]
The Skopje-based Criminal Court extended Wednesday the detention of former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva by another 30 days. The current 30-day detention order expires on Friday. Katica Janeva has been charged with abuse of office to pursue a private gain in the extortion case, commonly referred to as the “Racket” case.
North Macedonia has already done its share, and now EU leaders should do their share, President of the European Council Donald Tusk said at the joint press conference with PM Zoran Zaev. “Skopje is the best possible place where I would like to appeal to the leaders of the European Union: Now you do your […]
Katica Janeva, the prosecutor from the provincial town of Gevgelija landed in Skopje four years ago and was considered the “iron woman” who would restore hope for justice. In September 2015 she was selected to be chief prosecutor of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office, an institution set up to investigate illegal wiretaps that were then […]
President Stevo Pendarovski met Tuesday with the President of the European Council Donald Tusk, who pays a visit to North Macedonia and exchanged views on overall situation in the country and the region as well as the country’s EU membership aspiration. Pendarovski said that North Macedonia has made tough decisions on many sensitive issues over […]
The government and the opposition are making the final attempt to bring their views on the prosecution law closer. Following the failure of the meeting between SDSM leaders Zoran Zaev and VMRO-DPMNE’s Hristijan Mickoski, as well as negotiations between the working groups, the prime minister’s and opposition leader’s advisers Bojan Maricic and Timcho Mucunski are […]
Former head Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva has been dismissed from her post in he PPO in Gevgelija, after being dismissed from the head post in the SPO on Septeber 15th. The Council of Public Prosecutors passed a decision on Monday to terminate the post of Katica Janeva in Gevgelija, as well. Council chairman Aco Kolevski […]
Today, the Council of Public Prosecutors confirmed the termination of the Special Prosecutor’s Office’s term following the dismissal of SPO head Katica Janeva on Saturday. Following the session, council chairman Aco Kolevski said SPO prosecutors should return to their previous posts in public prosecution offices. The SPO team, established in October 2015, included prosecutors Lile […]
Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, is coming on an official visit to the Republic of North Macedonia on Tuesday. Government sources say Tusk is to meet with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev followed by a joint press conference scheduled to begin at noon. Tusk’s visit to Skopje is ahead of an expected decision to […]
Katica Janeva, who is now in detention as the third suspect in the “Racket” case, has been dismissed from her post at the helm of the Special Prosecutor’s Office. The remaining special prosecutors’ status will be decided by the Council of Public Prosecutors on Monday. The council called a special session on Saturday evening to […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev rejected the accusations by VMRO-DPMNE MP Antonio Miloshoski stated on Thursday that he said at a leaders’ meeting that special public prosecutor Katica Janeva would be placed under house arrest in 10 days. “I firmly deny such lies because at the leaders’ meeting when the debate was opened about […]
North Macedonia and Albania deserve to open EU membership negotiations, outgoing EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said in an interview with the Montenegrin daily Vijesti. Hahn said North Macedonia has made significant progress, and the most important is the signing of the Prespa Agreement and the resolution of the dispute with Greece. “The Prespa Agreement […]
Fiаt iustitia, et pereat mundus! Let justice be done, though the world perish. With requests sealed with this Latin phrase, the expert administrative and auxiliary staff, that is, all employees of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, sent a letter to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Justice Minister Renata Diskoska, President Stevo Pendarovski and EU Ambassadors, the United […]
The Ministry of Interior is leasing 9 vehicles from two car companies through operating leasing for which it will have to pay almost 307,000 euros for three years and then have to return them. On average, for those 36 months, the Ministry will pay 35,000 euros per vehicle, which is roughly the same as the […]
Prime Ministers of the Visegrad Group adopted a declaration for the Western Balkans during a summit with their Western Balkan counterparts in Prague on Thursday. The Declaration confirms the Visegrad Group unequivocal support for the accession of the Western Balkans in the European Union, saying the Union’s unification will not be complete until the region […]
The Czech Parliament ratified Thursday North Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol. North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev attended the parliamentary session. On February 6th, member states signed the protocol on the accession of North Macedonia to NATO. Following its ratification by all 29 states, North Macedonia will officially become a full-fledged member of NATO.
The Special Prosecutor’s Office still exists and according to the law on SPO, will continue to exists until September 2020, SPO Prosecutor Lenche Ristoska said today, ahead of the “Thaler” case hearing. “I believe stakeholders will find a suitable legal solution,” Ristoska said. Prosecutor Ristoska added that the importance of adopting a public prosecution law […]
The leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev came at last night’s leaders’ meeting with a plan of not reaching an agreement, thus protecting his crimes and the crimes of his associates. However, he left room for continuation of the talks related to the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Mickoski said […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at Wednesday’s press conference assessed late Tuesday’s talks as conditions set by VMRO-DPMNE’s leader Hristijan Mickoski and illogical demands, against EU and NATO and against values and principle. I’m disappointed with the outcome of the meeting. I had some hopes that it might be possible they are to change […]
