Former assistant minister of interior Gjoko Popovski was sentenced Wednesday to six-and-a-half years in prison, while second defendant, former prime minister Nikola Gruevski received a two-year prison sentence in the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case dubbed “Tank”. Popovski is sentenced for abuse of office, while Gruevski for acquiring personal gain and stimulating the commitment of a crime. […]
Former assistant minister of interior Gjoko Popovski was sentenced Tuesday to nine years in prison for abuse of office in Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case dubbed “Trista”. Popovski was charged with abuse of office and damages to the budget in the amount of EUR 453.570 in the process of procurement of 300 vehicles for the […]
The Supreme Court dismissed requests for exempting judges of the Court of Appeals and the Criminal Court filed by defense lawyers of the defendants in the case codenamed Titanic of the Special Public Prosecution. The court rejected them as being ‘groundless.’ Earlier in the day, the trial of the defendants charged with electoral fraud was […]
A trial for voting fraud in the 2013 local elections, after the Special Public Prosecution (SPO) raised indictments in its case dubbed ‘Titanic 2’, was adjourned for May 10. On Tuesday, a judge accepted a request of the defense team for postponing the trial saying the lawyers needed time to read the consolidated text of […]
Trial in Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case dubbed “Titanic” will resume on April 26 after a defense lawyer asked for the trial judges to be exempted. Judge Osman Shabani said the lawyer’s motion would be forwarded to the Appellate Court. Lawyer Elenko Milanov urged for the exemption of judges Osman Shabani and Ognen Stavrev from […]
Hearing in Special Prosecutor’s Case (SPO) case code-named “Titanic” has been adjourned until April 12. The defense urged for the postponement in order to make an insight into the evidence and prepare for the main hearing. On the other hand, the SPO prosecutor said the defense’s objective is to delay the proceedings. “Titanic”, the first […]
The hearing in Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case named “Treasury” has been postponed for May 17 due to the pending outcome of the procedure regarding the extradition of second defendant Goran Grujevski from Greece. Grujevski’s lawyer Petar Vasilev elaborated that the Athens-based Supreme Court is set to decide on the extradition at a hearing on […]
The Special Public Prosecution (SPO) has established subject matter jurisdiction over the ‘Monster’ case involving the killing of five men near Skopje in April, 2012. “We hope we will be ready to present it before the court at a hearing in April,” chief special public prosecutor Katica Janeva told a news conference on Wednesday. On […]
The Special Public Prosecutor’s Office today announced three new investigations against 25 individuals and four legal entities for crimes involving abuse of office, fraud and money laundering. This was announced at today’s press conference by special prosecutor Fatime Fetai. The first investigation is conducted under the name “Census” against the presidents of VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski […]
The Special Public Prosecution (SPO) filed an appeal to the Court of Appeals challenging a tax evasion ruling involving TV journalist Ivona Talevska. The SPO requests Talevska’s sentence to be substituted with jail time. In February, the journalist was sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to tax evasion charges. A court also […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Friday the future of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) would be permanently resolved through the judiciary reforms. “The long-standing future of the SPO will be solved through the judiciary reforms, including the law on courts, the law on the judicial council and other laws,” PM Zaev told reporters regarding remarks […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Friday the future of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) would be permanently resolved through the judiciary reforms. “The long-standing future of the SPO will be solved through the judiciary reforms, including the law on courts, the law on the judicial council and other laws,” PM Zaev told reporters regarding remarks […]
The Skopje Appellate Court accepted SPO’s appeal to the Criminal Court’s decision, with which the former head of the DSC (Directorate for Security and Counterintelligence) was exempted from the “Torture” case. In this procedure, initially from the SPO, Mijalkov was the first-charged, but the Criminal Court decided that only the six of the “Alpha” unit […]
Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva told today’s event for cooperation to conduct financial investigations with the Embassy of the Netherlands that they are investigating crimes in several European countries. I hope to find out where the money is flowing and whether they are in Macedonia,” Janeva said and pointed out that they are investigating financial […]
A trial at a Skopje court against former culture minister Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska on Wednesday was interrupted and rescheduled for March 13. Kanceska-Milevska is indicted by the Special Public Prosecution (SPO) in its case dubbed ‘Tenders’ involving manipulation of a tender over the construction of the Museum of VMRO in Skopje, which is part of the […]
TV journalist Ivona Talevska on Monday was sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to tax evasion charges in a case opened by the Special Public Prosecution (SPO). A court also ordered her to pay back tax money in a period of one year. She should pay taxes estimated at nearly MKD 1,7 […]
Journalist Ivona Talevska admitted guilt on Monday regarding the tax evasion charges in the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case codenamed “Tifani”. “I admit the guilt for the actions cited in the SPO indictment,” said Talevska. The defense asked the court to take into consideration Talevska’s admission, as well as the fact that she is a […]
A trial of former prime minister Nikola Gruevski, former deputy premier Vladimir Pesevski, ex-transport minister and the ex-director of the state road agency, Ljupco Georgievski, was adjourned until March 1. They are indicted in the case launched by the Special Public Prosecution (SPO). They are suspected of overstepping their jurisdiction by undertaking actions in the procedure […]
The trial judge in the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case dubbed “Tariff” interrupted Tuesday’s hearing in the Skopje-based Criminal Court after one of the witnesses felt unwell. The hearing is scheduled to resume on March 1. The defense said it would prove their clients’ innocence by putting 160 witnesses on the stand. Case “Tariff” involves […]
The Judicial Council is set to discuss 110 motions for dismissal of judges, most of which filed by the now defunct Council for Establishment of Facts. The Special Prosecutor’s Office, lawyers and other parties in the legal procedure have also filed motions for the dismissal of judges from a number of courts, including those of […]
