The trial in the “Titanic” case resumed today with the reading of the evidence collected by the Special Prosecutor’s Office and now taken over by the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption. Before the hearing, defense lawyer Elenko Milanov said the authorization of prosecutor Lile Stefanova goes against the law on the Public Prosecutor’s […]
Former SPO Prosecutor Lile Stefanova will continue to prosecute cases “Titanic”, “Trajectory” and “Magyar Telekom”, which were in her jurisdiction while working in the Special Prosecutor’s Office. State Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski gave the authorization to Stefanova, as he did for five other SPO prosecutors. Fatime Fetai and Gavril Bubevski will continue to prosecute the […]
Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva has denied the request submitted by the defense lawyer in the Titanic 3 case to remove the SPO’s prosecutors Fatime Fetai and Gavril Bubevski from the case. Defense attorney Elenko Milanov first submitted the request to judge Marija Kletnichka, who then forwarded it the SPO as the relevant authority on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The trial of electoral irregularities in Cair “Titanic 3”, which is being tried by officials from the ruling DUI, after many delays, accusations between the SPO and the Court and threats from lawyers to prosecutors, is back to the top. The trial judge Olja Ristova has submitted and the court accepted her request for exemption […]
Mile Janakieski, former minister of transport and communications, and Kiril Bozinovski, former government secretary-general, have been detained and transferred to the Sutka prison, the Ministry of Interior said. Both were detained early on Wednesday upon an order issued by the Criminal Court at the request of the Special Prosecutor’s Office. Janakieski and Bozinovski are indicted […]
One week after the public session ended, the Court of Appeal had not yet decided whether former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who was sentenced to two years in prison for the procurement of a luxury Mercedes, would end up behind bars, return the case to a retrial before the Criminal Court, or change the prison […]
Trial in Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case dubbed “Titanic” has been adjourned Wednesday due to the illness of the defendant Martin Protugjer for September 24. Protugjer’s lawyer Donco Nakov submitted to the court the medical documentation and explained that defendant was urgently taken late Tuesday to emergency care unit. The prosecutor Lile Stefanovska said that […]
More than 900 ‘bombs’ remain to be heard as the Special Prosecutor Office’s Titanic trial resumes in Skopje’s Criminal Court today. The wiretapped recordings are related to the abuse of power by several former officials in 2012. Twenty-one individuals are indicted in the case, including former PM Nikola Gruevski. Judge Osman Sabani is presiding the […]
The Special Prosecutor’s Office is resuming the Titanic case trial in the Criminal Court in Skopje on Thursday. The TNT and the Target-Fortress trials are set to continue in late August. The previous Titanic hearing was scheduled for July 3, but defendant Gordana Jankulovska’s lawyer Sanja Aleksic said that the former Interior Minister was unable […]
Citing pregnancy complications, defendant Gordana Jankuloska did not show up at Thursday’s hearing for the Special Prosecutor Office’s Titanic case. The hearing has been postponed for July 3. Jankuloska’s lawyer Sanja Aleksic said that the former Interior Minister was unable to attend the hearing because of her current condition and delivered a medical certificate. Public […]
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 […]
