Zaev: No more pardons due to the SPO


Working groups of the government and the opposition sat Monday afternoon to see if they could find an understanding for the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office. The two sides have diametrically opposite plans for the future of Katica Janeva’s team and the chances of a compromise are very small, which makes it likely that the government […]

Titanic 2 case: The defense demands the release of Mijalkov


Attorney Mile Petrovski, defense lawyer of defendant Saso Mijalkov, in yesterday’s closing argument at the trial for election irregularities at the 2013 local elections (“Titanic 2”) has demanded an acquittal for his client because, as he said, there is no evidence that he has taken any action, or has committed the crime charged against him. […]

Mijalkov faces up to five years in prison


Yesterday, the former head of secret police Saso Mijalkov, after the end of the Titanic 2 hearing, met and greeted the leader of the Democratic Party of Albanians, Menduh Thaci. Soon they will both hear the verdict on the election irregularities they arranged together in the 2013 local elections in order to repeat the vote […]

Mijalkov is waiting on Mickoski to see if he will file a lawsuit


Former director of the UBK, Saso Mijalkov, who was expelled from VMRO-DPMNE, appeared in the courtroom today for the “Titanic 2” case for election irregularities. Mijalkov was not available for statements and said that he had come here for trial and that he would give a statement on another occasion. Asked whether he would file […]

Mijalkov and Thaci’s trials postponed for October


Due to the absence of two witnesses, as well as because the minutes of the previous hearing were not translated into Albanian, today’s hearing for the Titanic 2 case was not held. Defendant Menduh Thaci insisted he was provided with an interpreter in Albanian. He was present in the courtroom and demanded that his legal […]