Tag: appeals
Macedonia 10.05.21 | 19:27

Janeva and Boki 13 had their lawyers present their case before the Appeals Court

The defendants in the major Racket trial, disgraced former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva and her former friend and associate Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, were before the the Appeals Court today to demand that it quashes their first instance sentences of seven and nine years in prison, respectively. Jovanovski’s...
Macedonia 23.04.20 | 14:59

Skopje Appeals Court will stop holding trials because of the coronavirus

The Skopje Appeals Court decided to postpone all hearings for an unspecified amount of time, because of the spread of the coronavirus epidemic. So far the court persisted in holding trials, some of them aimed at members of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party, as part of the campaign of political persecution...
Macedonia 10.02.20 | 18:59

Scandalous promotions of judges to the Skopje Appeals Court

The Judicial Council completely disregarded objective criteria when electing the new Skopje Appeals Court judges, promoting none of the candidates that ranked best in their categories. To make matters even worse, one of the judges that was promoted from the lower level court to the Appeals Court is Gjoko...
Macedonia 20.11.19 | 16:56

State prosecutor’s office attempts to lower tensions in its feud with the Skopje Appeals Court over Katica Janeva

OJO state prosecutors responded to the Skopje Appeals Court in the on-going feud between the two leading judicial institutions over the Katica Janeva scandal. Organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska threatened to investigate the Appeals Court judges who allowed Janeva to be released from detention...
News 19.11.19 | 21:15

The Appeals Court defends its decision to allow Katica Janeva out of prison

The Appeals Court not only released disgraced former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva from detention today, but they didn’t even ask her to post a bail. Court sources told Fokus that, as far as they are concerned, it is enough that Janeva’s passport was seized and this will guarantee that...
Macedonia 21.05.19 | 16:32

Court orders former minister Spiro Ristovski to remain in the prison where he was viciously attacked

The Skopje Appeals Court ordered that former minister Spiro Ristovski must remain detained in the Shutka prison, where he was viciously attacked by Albanian terrorists in February. Following the brutal attack, Janakieski will be released into house arrest, but Ristovski remains in prison Ristovski...

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