Head Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva is to rule by 14h on Monday on whether SPO’s prosecutors Fatime Fetai and Gavril Bubevski would be dismissed from SPO’s ‘Titanic 3’ case. Following a motion tabled by lawyer of the defense in the case, Elenko Milanov, the trial judge said a recording of the motion would be […]
Goran Adamovski The resourceful Greeks made T-shirts mocking the removal of the sixteen-rayed Kutlesh sun off of the manholes on the streets of Skopje. While the Greeks were trying to score on such a banal thing, a person from Bitola fired back and spray-painted the sun back on the manholes. During all that time, unknown […]
Fetai refrains from commenting on Racket case Ahead of Monday’s Titanic 3 case trial, the SPO Prosecutor Fatime Fetai refrained from commenting on the latest developments in the Racket case led by the Public Prosecutor’s Office for fighting organized crime. “I wouldn’t want to comment on it. The Racket proceedings are led by a different […]
In 2019, the Bulgarian government has allocated more than a million leva (about 500 000 euro) for 11 development aid projects across the Republic of North Macedonia, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said. Zaharieva was speaking in Strumica at the opening of a multifunctional social centre in the municipality, financed with 270 000 leva from the […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, congratulating August 18 Army Day to all members of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia, said our troops are committed to equal partnership with our allies and show ability to jointly maintain regional and international peace and stability. “I would like to congratulate members of the Army […]
Each of us is equal before the law and we support and expect institutions to do their job. None of us expects political protection, none of us would get it, Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska told a press conference. “This country has changed and when there’s crime, the institutions take action. The moment certain information came […]
Everyone involved in the case, anyone who has broken the law in any way, will be held accountable and probed in a transparent judicial inquiry, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said in a short interview with MIA. There must be accountability both for the brains behind the whole thing and for those who are doing all […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, in comment on the opposition’s request for resignation and early parliamentary elections after the announcement of the “Racket” case, said he had no intention of thinking about such a thing. I have no intention of thinking about either resignations or early elections. After major political decisions, after all the reforms we […]
“Certainly, I will not allow a few criminals, a vain journalist, and with apologies to the LGBT community, a fag, to bring this government down. No. We will fight to the end because everyone involved will be held accountable,” Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Tuesday evening, commenting on expectations relating to the “Racket” case. This […]
North Macedonia’s Government has set up an operational team to join the fight against crime and corruption. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski was appointed to serve at the helm of the operational team. “The government at the session reached a decision to set up an operational team so as to, in […]
The Skopje-based court has extended the detention for Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 and Zoran Mileski Zoki Kicheec, who are suspects in the Racket case, for additional 30 days. “Skopje-based Criminal Court acting upon the proposal of the Public Prosecution for Organised Crime and Corruption on extending the detention measure for B.J. and Z.M. suspected […]
I told the prosecutor all I know, Stefanova says following her five-hour hearing at the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption, the SPO’s Lile Stefanova said she had shared all details she was privy to regarding the Empire and Racket cases. “Today I came here as a witness,” Stefanova told reporters after the hearing. […]
North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski did not discredit the Public Prosecutor’s Office on any grounds; neither did he intend to attack any institutions nor meddle in any legal proceedings, the President’s Cabinet wrote in a press release. “We’d like to underline that President Pendarovski in his address voiced his full support for the relevant institutions, […]
North Macedonia’s Public Prosecutor’s Office has released a written response to President Stevo Pendarovski’s address on Monday. “It’s not the right time to attack institutions,” the Prosecution wrote, adding that it wouldn’t allow for politicians to meddle into legal proceedings or discredit its prosecutors. “The President’s statement that he fully supports the Prosecution and that he’ll […]
He gave up on Katica Janeva, stood behind the SPO, calling for legal but also political responsibility for the “Racket” case, and told prosecutors that it was not the right time for going on vacation and that they should conduct a swift and thorough investigation. These were in short the key messages of the President […]
The symbol of Kutlesh goes down in history. Six months after the formalization of the name issue in Mala Prespa, Macedonia will have to start implementing a provision under which it will not use the former flag symbol in public spaces by public and state-owned institutions. The monuments in downtown Skopje will not be demolished, […]
Today, Tuesday August 13th marks the 18th anniversary of the Ohrid Framework Agreement. The 2001 war conflict in Macedonia was put to an end with the signing of this agreement. The Ohrid Framework Agreement was signed in Skopje on August 13, 2001. Then President Boris Trajkovski, former Prime Minister and VMRO-DPMNE leader Ljubcho Georgievski, as […]
North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski, asked about the “Racket” case during today’s press conference, said that he was disappointed with Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva. “I, as a citizen, as a person, not only as President, I am disappointed because this also betrayed the expectations and trust I had in the people that we expect to […]
Special Public Prosecutor Lile Stefanova, the lead prosecutor in the “Empire” case, has been summoned for questioning on Tuesday in connection with Public Prosecutor’s “Racket” case, said Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski. Prosecutor Joveski won’t say if or when SPO’s Katica Janeva would be called in. “As the process is confidential, and so as not to […]
The trial in Special Prosecutor’s Office’s “Titanic” case resumes today at the Criminal Court, after a one month summer court recess. The last hearing in SPO’s “Titanic” case on July 5 was postponed due to the absence of Mile Janakieski, who is one of the defendants. Twenty one individuals are indicted in the case, including […]
