Tag: janakieski
Macedonia 15.11.23 | 23:09

Strasbourg expected to make another decision over Mile Janakieski’s arrests

Lawyer Vlatko Ilievski, husband of recently released political prisoner Gordana Jankuloska, said that he expects another successful court decision in Strasbourg in the case of former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski. Janakieski is currently in prison, even after serving years in house arrest,...

Macedonia 09.07.23 | 11:27

Experts agree that the time Mile Janakieski already served should count toward his prison sentence

Former Justice Minister Vlado Kambovski believes that the court should count the time Mile Janakieski spent in house arrest toward the sentence he was given this week. Janakieski was sent to prison to serve out a three and a half years sentence in a politicized trial over alleged election interference....

Macedonia 16.02.22 | 18:08

Janakieski: I had to sign the Sun City contract

Former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski gave his final defense in the politically motivated case in which he is charged over a contract signed with an Israeli company for the Sun City real-estate deal near Skopje. Janakieski said that he was bound by law to sign the contract and would have been...

Macedonia 22.11.21 | 16:56

Zaev’s top prosecutor wants to imprison Mile Janakieski again

Just five days after he was allowed to defend himself from the numerous politically motivated charges from freedom, former minister Mile Janakieski is facing a new call to be put into detention. Janakieski has been under house arrest for almost three years, and suffered a severe beating shortly after...

Macedonia 28.10.21 | 17:45

“Prosecutor Rustemi lives to see former Minister Janakieski in prison”

Prosecutor Burim Rustemi lives to see former Minister Mile Janakieski in prison, said defense attorney Merdzan Dauti during today’s hearing in one of the SPO cases. In this trial, Rustemi, who was part of the now disgraced team of Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, is prosecuting Janakieski for...

Macedonia 14.07.21 | 13:54

Zaev’s prosecutors file charges against Mile Janakieski (again) and Igor Janusev

The Zaev regime initiated a new charge against former VMRO-DPMNE official Mile Janakieski, and is including current member of Parliament Igor Janusev. According to the charges, submitted by the politically led OJO prosecutor’s office, Janakieski and Janusev abused their position during the purchase...

Macedonia 28.01.21 | 12:35

Political persecution: Former Minister Janakieski faces more trials than there are days in the week

Former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski, who is the “favorite” target of the Zaev regime, is again facing a situation where he can’t physically attend the trials in all the cases against him. Today Janakieski had a hearing in a case initiated by the disgraced Special Prosecutor’s...

Macedonia 08.10.20 | 13:27

Janakieski ordered by the judge to run from hearing to hearing and back

Due to the hectic court schedule, former Minister Mile Janakieski had to be let out of one hearing to attend another, but with an order from the judge to return as soon as possible. Janakieski is one of the most targeted political prisoners of the Zaev regime, facing half a dozen trials, and the Skopje...

Macedonia 07.10.20 | 13:09

With hearings scheduled single every day, the Skopje court won’t allow Mile Janakieski to effectively defend himself

Mile Janakieski, one of the most targeted former officials who faces a half a dozen cases initiated by the Zaev regime, is in court so often that his lawyers can’t keep up. They published an excel sheet to show the rate of hearings Janakieski needs to attend in October and sent it to international...

Macedonia 30.09.20 | 18:26

Skopje court drags out case against Mile Janakieski, keeping in under house arrest for months

Even after he received only a suspended sentence in the Centar protests trial, former Minister Mile Janakieski needs to remain under house arrest because he is a defendant in several other trials initiated by the Zaev regime against him. One of them, on the basis of which he is kept under house arrest,...

Macedonia 28.09.20 | 17:58

Janakieski: I’m put on trial for an attack that never happened, while those who actually attacked me were never charged

Former Minister Mile Janakieski, who faces sentencing in one of the dozen trials the Zaev regime initiated against him, said that it is propostrous that he is tried for an attack that never happened, while an actual attack against him is left uninvestigated Janakieski is charged with “organizing...

Macedonia 27.09.20 | 23:44

Janeva’s prosecutors continue their campaign against Mile Janakieski

After several days of non-stop hearings, the court will tomorrow resume the trial over the 2013 protests in the Centar municipality. Prosecutors withdrew their charges against most of the defendants, most controversially, the turncoat former VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament Daniela Rangelova, leaving...

Macedonia 25.09.20 | 15:37

Prosecutors acknowledged they are going after Mile Janakieski mainly because he was close to Gruevski

The decision by prosecutors to drop charges against Daniela Rangelova and two other defendants in the trial over the 2013 protests in Centar, opens the possibility for them to seek damages. Tens of thousands of euros in damages could be awarded for wrongful prosecution if the three defendants decide...

Macedonia 19.12.19 | 13:39

Faced with an imminent sentencing, Janakieski denies any responsibility when brought before a Zaev loyalist judge

Former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski denied any responsibility in the demolition of the Kosmos residential complex in 2011. Judge Ognen Stavrev is pushing strongly to have a verdict by the end of the day, after outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev called on the judiciary to produce sentences...

Macedonia 30.07.19 | 12:54

Following medical examinations, Janakieski was returned to the Sutka prison

Following medical examinations of his heart and kidney issues, political prisoner Mile Janakieski was returned to the Sutka prison prison. Doctors decided that there is no need to operate on Janakieski at this point. Janakieski is one of the most high profile VMRO-DPMNE officials arrested as part of...

Macedonia 22.07.19 | 22:34

Political prisoner Mile Janakieski transferred to a hospital for urgent kidney treatment

Political prisoner Mile Janakieski was transferred to a hospital this afternoon, for an urgent medical intervention. Janakieski, who is being arrested and re-arrested seemingly whenever the Zaev regime is in need to cover up bad news (which is often) has developed a kidney infection. He also underwent...

Macedonia 16.07.19 | 23:11

On advice of his doctor, Mile Janakieski stopped his hunger strike

Political prisoner Mile Janakieski has stopped his hunger strike, on advice of his doctor. Janakieski underwent a hunger strike of about two weeks, to protest the series of politically driven charges aimed against him, during which he is constantly being arrested and re-arrested, and was attacked by...

Macedonia 08.07.19 | 22:49

Famous singer Elena Risteska says she’s shocked by what’s being done to Mile Janakieski

Famous singer Elena Risteska spoke out against the repeated arrests, the beating and harassment of former Minister Mile Janakieski, who is currently under a hunger strike in the Sutka prison near Skopje. I can’t add anything to the powerful words you wrote, Elena commented on a widely shared post...

Macedonia 07.07.19 | 11:10

Wife of political prisoner Mile Janakieski asks: Is your “fight for justice” reduced to arresting my husband?

Sanja Janakieski, the wife of former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski, wrote an open letter demanding justice after the latest arrest of her husband, who was already attacked in prison once and is undergoing a hunger strike in prison. Amid the flury of failed prosecutions and amnesty deals, Janakieski...

Macedonia 23.02.19 | 09:25

Imprisoned Albanian terrorists issue new threats to VMRO political prisoners, threaten Gruevski, Mijalkov and Jankulovska

Jailed members of the Albanian terrorist group, which attacked Kumanovo in 2015 and killed eight Macedonian officers, issued new threats against VMRO-DPMNE officails who are being arrested by the SDSM Government. This group already attacked two former VMRO state ministers, Mile Janakieski and Spiro Ristovski,...

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