Tag: mijalkov
Macedonia 01.04.24 | 18:49

Sasho Mijalkov, the former head of the secret police, will be eligible for parole in December

On Monday, the Criminal Court located in Skopje made the decision to grant parole to Sasho Mijalkov, the former director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), on December 25. His release date is set for April 25, 2025. The Criminal Court’s ruling follows the Appellate...

Macedonia 12.03.24 | 21:39

The Criminal Court will reevaluate Mijalkov’s request for conditional release after the Appellate Court upholds his appeal.

The Appellate Court in Skopje has upheld the appeal lodged by former Administration for Security and Counterintelligence director, Sasho Mijalkov. Consequently, the court has remanded Mijalkov’s case back to the Criminal Court for a reconsideration of his application for conditional release. Mijalkov,...

Macedonia 30.03.23 | 22:02

Justice Minister Loga regrets the collapse of a case against Saso Mijalkov

Justice Minister Krenar Loga expressed his disappointment today, after another of the many politically motivated cases against VMRO-DPMNE officials has lapsed. In the latest case, former security chief Saso Mijalkov is charged in a trial about alleged election irregularities during the 2012 local elections...

Macedonia 23.01.23 | 19:45

Mijalkov sentenced to two additional years in prison

Former security chief Saso Mijalkov was handed another sentence, of two years in prison, under one of the trials initiated by the now disgraced Special Prosecutors Office. Mijalkov was sentenced for asking the leader of the DPA party Menduh Thaci to have his member in the State Electoral Commission vote...

Macedonia 23.12.22 | 09:49

Mijalkov drama: Skopje court and Struga prison are trying to shift blame to each other

The department of prisons and the Skopje court are in dispute over the status of former security chief Saso Mijalkov, who is supposed to be serving out a sentence in the Struga prison. The Skopje court requested Mijalkov to appear for a hearing in one of the numerous remaining cases initiated against...

Macedonia 28.03.22 | 17:12

Mijalkov denied all allegations made against Nikola Gruevski

During a court hearing today, former state security chief Saso Mijalkov denied allegations that he was asked by his cousin, former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, to cover up Gruevski’s purchase of land near Skopje. In one of the numerous charges against Gruevski initiated by the Zaev regime he...

Macedonia 28.12.21 | 10:50

Justice Minister Maricic received insider information about a secret vote held in the Appeals Court

The defense team representing former state security chief Saso Mijalkov is requesting answers how was Justice Minister Bojan Maricic able to know which judge voted in which way when the Skopje Appeals Court decided to release Mijalkov on bail last week. The decision was based on an 11 million EUR bail...

Macedonia 24.12.21 | 22:56

Zaev was working with Mijalkov, shocking letter reveals

Another shocking revelation in the open letter sent by Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 to Zoran Zaev is how the former Prime Minister developed a close working relationship with his once nemesis, state security chief Saso Mijalkov. Boki 13 reports that Zaev tasked him to get in touch with Mijalkov,...

Macedonia 23.12.21 | 00:21

Mijalkov’s attempted release is another stain on the judiciary

The decision of the Skopje Appeals Court to release former state security chief Saso Mijalkov from detention on a huge bail (11 million EUR), even though quickly replaced by an order from a lower court to keep him in prison, caused outrage in the public. The decision was denounced by officials of the...

Macedonia 22.12.21 | 20:09

Following public outrage, Saso Mijalkov ordered to remain in prison

The same day when the Appeals Court in Skopje allowed former state security chief Saso Mijalkov to leave detention under an 11 million EUR bail, a lower level court ordered him back into detention. The order was made on request of state prosecutors who are prosecuting Mijalkov for one of the numerous...

Macedonia 22.12.21 | 19:40

Prosecutors ask the court to keep Saso Mijalkov in detention

State prosecutors submitted another request to the court to have former security chief Saso Mijalkov detained. Today the court agreed to allow Mijalkov to leave detention, on a bail of 11 million EUR. Mijalkov has been in detention since late February, when he tried to flee the country to avoid serving...

Macedonia 22.12.21 | 17:28

VMRO: Mijalkov’s release is cheap theater put on by SDSM

VMRO-DPMNE condemned the decision of the Skopje Appeals Court to release former security chief Saso Mijalkov from detention. Mijalkov, who was a top VMRO official before siding with Zoran Zaev during the imposed name change process, is being released from detention on a bail of 11 million EUR, after...

Macedonia 17.06.21 | 16:56

Case against Saso Mijalkov, over the manner of arrest of Ljube Boskoski, heads for retrial

The Skopje court declared a retrial in one of the many cases against former security chief Saso Mijalkov that were initiated by the disgraced Special Prosecutor’s Office. In this case, Mijalkov was charged with ordering an unnecessarily harsh arrest of nationalist politician Ljube Boskoski in 2011....

Macedonia 07.06.21 | 16:55

Appeals Court rejects another request from Saso Mijalkov to be released from detention

Skopje Appeals Court rejected a request from former state security chief Saso Mijalkov to be released from detention. Mijalkov offered nearly 11 million EUR in bail, which were refused once, even though the prosecution accepted the terms. He is sentenced to 20 years in prison in two politically motivated...

Macedonia 20.05.21 | 10:25

The court refused Mijalkov’s 10.8 million EUR bail offer, ordered him to remain in detention

The Skopje court refused the 10.8 million EUR bail offer from former state security chief Saso Mijalkov, who asked to be released from detention until his 12 years prison sentence becomes effective. The prosecution agreed with the defense and told the court that they agree with the bail offer. But given...

Macedonia 19.05.21 | 17:17

Mijalkov likely to be released from prison on a bail of almost 11 million EUR

State prosecutors caused an uproar today when they proposed that the court accepts the nearly 11 million EUR bail offered by Saso Mijalkov. This could mean that the former had of state security who is facing half a dozen charges initiated by the Zaev regime, could soon be released even after his flight...

Macedonia 14.05.21 | 17:49

Saso Mijalkov offered 7.5 million EUR as bail

Former state security chief Saso Mijalkov reportedly offered 7.5 million EUR as guarantee to the court, as his legal team is requesting his release from detention. Mijalkov was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the 2015 wiretapping scandal and briefly fled from the police – likely to Serbia –...

Macedonia 26.04.21 | 18:00

Treatment of the opposition during the vote of no confidence in Minister Spasovski likely to deepen the political crisis

Zaev’s Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski defended his record in the Parliament, where a vote of no confidence in him is being scheduled. The handling of the proposal is likely to further deepen the political crisis in Macedonia – Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi prevented members of Parliament...

Macedonia 28.03.21 | 20:32

The Mijalkov cousins claim they were the ones who were attacked

The cousins Aleksandar and Filip Mijalkovi, who are sons of Saso and Vladimir Mijalkov, made a statement regarding their brief detention yesterday. They were accused of attacking a 19 year old boy with their retinue. In response, the cousins claim that one of their friends got into an argument with his...

Macedonia 27.03.21 | 21:00

Mijalkov cousins arrested after a fight in a Skopje cafe

One of the sons of former security chief Saso Mijalkov, and his cousin, son of Saso’s brother Vlado Mijalkov, were arrested today after a fight in a cafe in Skopje. The two cousins, as well as others in their retinue, got into a fight with a 19 year old. Both were rounded up by the police. Saso...

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