According to Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski, the allegations made by Italian newspaper La Verita regarding a EUR 750,000 transfer by the International Alliance involving Vilma Ruskovska are “pure speculation,” “It’s pure speculation,” Joveski said, “and neither is there any truth to rumors on who called whom and what was talked about.” La Verita, in an […]
Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska said on Wednesday that the investigation into the “Racket” case was extended to four new suspects. One of the suspects, vise president of NGO International Alliance Jasna Mandic, was arrested and questioned before judge in Skopje Criminal Court. Court ordered a house arrest for Jasna Mandic. She is suspected of fraud and […]
Ex Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva will give a testimony on September 24 (Tuesday) before the Head of Public Prosecutor’s Office for organised crime and corruption Vilma Ruskoska, her lawyer Irena Danailova-Frckoska said in a interview with TV Alsat’s 360 Degrees. “Janeva was summoned again. She will give a testimony on Tuesday”, Frckoska said, answering […]
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 […]
Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva came in and out of the office of Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska, the head prosecutor for organized crime and corruption, after being questioned for more than four hours as a witness. Dozens of news crews waited for her to answer the numerous questions raised after the “Racket“ affair and footage published […]
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 […]
The Prosecution for organized crime and corruption and the current Special Prosecutor’s Office will merge into a single institution – Prosecutor’s Office for organized crime and high corruption, and will prosecute the crime of the so-called “white collars”. The prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and the SPO prosecutors will merge their knowledge […]
The law on State Prosecutor’s Office proposed by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Friday is entering parliamentary procedure today. The Government will try to provide the necessary two-thirds majority to push through the changes that will make the SPO part of the newly established Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime and High Corruption with jurisdiction over […]
Head of Public Prosecutor’s Office for organized crime and corruption Vilma Ruskoska says that the Interpol refuses to issue an international arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who was granted asylum in Hungary. Concerning case related to organizers of the violent storming of Parliament on 27 April 2017, she requested from the police […]
Skopje’s Criminal Court will rule today at noon on the violence in Parliament on April 27, 2017. Out of the 33 people initially indicted on charges of terrorist endangerment of the constitutional order and security, 15 were pardoned under the Amnesty Law, and 17 defendants will be given sentences today. Presiding over the trial is […]
Chief State Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski and prosecutor from the office for organized crime and corruption Vilma Ruskovska said the individuals are suspected of crime ‘terrorist endangerment of the constitutional order and security’. They said the investigation could enlarge if additional evidence is obtained other than statements by a defendant and a witness. “Suspect N.G., then […]
The defendants in the April 27 violence in the Parliament, who did not ask for amnesty, or weren’t granted amnesty, see their last hope for justice in the trial council headed by Judge Dobrila Kacarska. All of them argued that the prosecution had no evidence of a crime with which they were charged “terrorist endangerment […]
Public prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska today said that evidence was collected for the individuals who were further mentioned at the trial for the events in the Assembly on April 27, because, as she said, no procedure can be initiated only on the basis of a statement by one defendant. She also emphasized that if there is […]
It is obvious that the goal was to declare a state of emergency, and the question is what would have happened to the country. The investigation to check the information that the military actively participated in the incidents in the Parliament. It is indicative that Nikola Gruevski was out of the country, so it should […]
