The Veles-based Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation into five people, suspected of causing the fire that spread around Lake Mladost near Veles on Monday. The PPO also filed charges against the construction company that hired the suspected workers, the Veles public prosecution’s office said Wednesday. It is believed the fire broke out from sparks from […]
Orce Kamchev, who reported the Racket case to authorities, was questioned Monday as a witness at the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption. Kamchev has accused Bojan Jovanovski and Zoran Mileski of racketeering. The two men are suspected of extorting money from him and in return, Kamchev allegedly was expected to have his […]
The authorities of North Macedonia and Serbia established a border office on the Tabanovce-Preshevo border crossing under the One Stop Shop Project was inaugurated on Monday. Under the project on joint integrated border management, passengers will only have to make one stop when crossing the border. One Stop Shop facilitates and accelerates the movement of […]
Political parties are expected to return to the debate over the adoption of the Law on the Public Prosecutor General’s Office and the fate of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office. Adoption of this law is part of the reforms the EU is seeking and related to the date for the start of accession talks. Prime […]
“The “Racket” case isn’t a benchmark for getting a date to launch EU accession negotiations at the moment, nor will it become one if authorities continue to handle the case properly,” North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski replied to reporters. “I believe that the Racket case isn’t a benchmark for getting a date to launch EU […]
A snapshot of a document allegedly containing a statement given by Orce Kamchev at the Prosecutor’s Office over the “Racket” case, which was published by some of the online portals that also gave an account of its contents and mentioned names of officials, caused quite a stir on Saturday with PM Zoran Zaev, Ministers Nikola […]
Goran Adamovski Katica Janeva briefly left the investigative prison in Shutka yesterday where she was ordered a thirty-day detention for involvement in the Racket case. Escorted by the police, she was taken to her hometown Gevgelija where her mother was buried, who died the day her daughter was arrested. Janeva only managed to get to […]
Passing the Prosecution law will be a particular challenge because we need to get votes and support from people who are suspected or accused of crimes, or from political parties whose management members are suing. The stumbling block in the negotiations with the opposition is not Katica Janeva, as her term ends on September 15th. […]
The Special Public Prosecutor’s Office continues to present its cases in court despite the fact that its head Katica Janeva has been put in detention over the Racket case, Fatime Fetai said today. According to the SPO prosecutor, current events can be considered a good sign that those breaking the law will be held accountable. […]
The chief Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva, who can be heard in recordings released by La Verità telling a suspected businessman that ‘everything’s going to be OK’, is now one of the three suspects in the extortion case, commonly referred to as the “Racket” case. Janeva has been ordered a 30-day detention by the Criminal […]
Furniture belonging to the head prosecutor in the SPO Katica Janeva is being confiscated from her house in Skopje’s Kozle neighborhood, as she was brought back there under police escort following a police search of SPO’s offices. The police searching SPO’s offices confiscated Janeva’s computer acting upon an order. So far, there’s no information why […]
Next month, the VMRO-DPMNE municipal committees will submit their final remarks on the new party statute to the Skopje headquarters. By the end of autumn, the opposition party should finally adopt its new “constitution”, which is a step closer to the ideology of the modern people’s parties, a family of right-wing parties which includes the […]
There’s not enough evidence to suggest that Katica Janeva’s son has been involved in any illegal activities, Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska said Wednesday after SPO’s head Katica Janeva was detained on charges of abuse of office. Speaking at a news conference, Ruskovska said there’s no evidence to prove that other SPO prosecutors might be involved. “The […]
The status quo of talks between the working groups of the government and the opposition over the Public Prosecution law, which also regulates the future status of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office hasn’t been changed and a new meeting is yet to be scheduled. The working groups of the two parties were expected to continue […]
As of September, the salaries of employees in primary, secondary and high education would increase by 5 percent, the Government decided at its 150th session. The Minister of Education and Science is to prepare a document on new coefficients in line with the 5 percent increase, the Government said in a press release. In addition, […]
After Tuesday’s five-hour questioning over the Racket case at the Prosecution for Organized Crime, Katica Janeva told the press she didn’t feel any guilt and didn’t know whether any politicians were involved in the scandal. Asked if it was her voice promising “everything will be fine” to Jordan Kamchev in the recently released recording, Janeva […]
Katica Janeva was considered incorruptible, and right in front of the SPO building, in T-shirts with the three prosecutors – Janeva, Fetai and Ristovska, the “Colorful Revolutionaries” began their protests, trying to overthrow the nationalist-authoritarian regime of Nikola Gruevski, writes the German newspaper SPIEGEL. But with the Racket affair, this myth of the heroic SPO […]
Arriving to testify at the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime accompanied by a lawyer, Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva said she hoped her testimony would speed up the “Racket” investigation. “I’m still a special prosecutor,” Janeva told reporters. “My coworkers are fully authorized to represent the state in court proceedings. I hope we see several resolutions […]
Chief Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva on Tuesday will be questioned by Vilma Ruskovska, the prosecutor tasked with investigating the case. Janeva’s testimony is expected to clarify several issues puzzling the public after the Racket case was opened in July. As the scandal broke out, two suspected extortionists Bojan Jovanovski and Zoran Mileski were put […]
Slobodanka Jovanovska Kosovo’s outgoing government has yet again declared a trade war against Macedonia. This measure is so frequently used and abused by Pristina that running trade and economy in that country is starting to look more and more like a soap opera. Last year, Kosovo also promoted sanctions by banning the import of agricultural […]
