Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Macedonia 17.07.19 | 13:56

Long list of officials who received “gifts” from Boki 13 worry he will not go to prison quietly

Having your picture taken with Boki 13 was an obligatory accessory by many SDSM party officials. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska, Labour Minister Mila Carovska, ex SDSM Secretary General Aleksandar Kiracovski, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski, they all have pictures with...
Macedonia 17.07.19 | 13:35

Zaev says he will stand by disgraced Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, “until she is found guilty”

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev held a lengthy press conference to address the continuing fallout from the Boki 13 scandal, which brought down Zaev’s close ally, Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva. Zaev denied that the helped Janeva avoid being arrested, but insisted that he personally supports Janeva...
Macedonia 17.07.19 | 13:04

Court allows businessman Sead Kocan to delay going to prison

The court agreed to postpone the arrest of businessman Sead Kocan, who cited illness as the reason why he can’t begin serving his four year sentence. Kocan, who ran a major construction company, was sentenced in one of the cases initiated by the now disgraced Special Prosecutor’s Office,...
Macedonia 17.07.19 | 12:57

Legendary actor and political dissident Risto Siskov mourned on the 33rd anniversary of his death

Macedonia marks the 33rd anniversary of the death of the legendary actor and political dissident Risto Siskov. Siskov was born in 1940 in Aegean Macedonia, near the city of Ser, and the family was persecuted by the Greek Government and had to flee to Macedonia. He graduated acting in Belgrade in the...
Macedonia 17.07.19 | 12:34

Boki 13 allegedly syphoned 20.000 EUR from the city of Ohrid, using his links to the SDSM party

The Skopje1 news site reports that Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, the cross dressing showman who is at the center of a major political and criminal scandal, tried using his ties to the SDSM party to demand 50.000 EUR from the city of Ohrid. Jovanovski managed to get about 20.000 EUR from the city,...
Macedonia 17.07.19 | 12:27

Former EU envoy defends Katica Janeva, questions the timing of the scandal and whether she went after someone “untouchable”

Former EU intermediary in the 2015 political crisis in Macedonia, Belgian politician Peter Vanhoutte, came out in defense of Katica Janeva, insisting that she is being removed from office because she got to somebody powerful and important. Reading what is going on with the Office of the Special Prosecutor...
Macedonia 17.07.19 | 12:19

VMRO-DPMNE demands that Katica Janeva is detained before she destroys evidence of her ties to the top of the SDSM party

VMRO-DPMNE demands to know why outgoing Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva hasn’t been detained yet, given that she is in a position to greatly influence the on-going investigation in the Boki 13 racketeering case. The opposition party also demands that prosecutors publish the names of the two high...
Macedonia 17.07.19 | 10:33

Ahmeti blasts Chicago based leaker who is publishing wiretaps about his DUI party

Speaking to the Saraj branch of his DUI party, a visibly upset Ali Ahmeti denounced Sekerim Ahmeti – the Chicago based leaker who is publishing wiretaps that raise allegations of corruption in the perennial junior coalition partner. The latest wiretap published by Sekerim Ahmeti, who goes by the...
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