Tag: april 27th
Macedonia 14.07.21 | 12:25

Court orders Janakieski to attend another hearing on the day when he has to give his closing statement in the April 27th trial

The Skopje court scheduled two hearings for former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski in one day. This is common practice in the judicial persecution of Janakieski, and other former VMRO-DPMNE officials, but today, Janakieski is expected to deliver his closing statement in the April 27th trial. Never...

Macedonia 08.07.21 | 23:28

“VMRO-DPMNE will not enter in new traps, like the April 27th incident”

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski announced that the party will act carefully in the coming period, in the run up to the municipal elections in October, to avoid a repeat of the entrapment tactics used by the Zaev regime. Their goal is to keep targeting VMRO-DPMNE with no end in sight, using radicalized...

Macedonia 01.07.21 | 15:51

April 27th trial: The defense sees the new expansion of the charges as evidence that the prosecution failed to prove its case

Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska used today’s hearing in the April 27th trial, which was supposed to be dedicated to closing statements, to introduce new allegations against the defendants. Specifically, she accused former ministers Mile Janakieski and Spiro Ristoski of organizing the protests from the...

Macedonia 29.04.21 | 23:16

Audio tape shows the main witness at the April 27th trial blaming Saso Mijalkov

An audio tape is being shared online this evening, purportedly with comments made by Aleksandar Vasilevski – Ninja – the key witness in the April 27th trial. In it, Ninja is asked who organized the incident in the Parliament and names former security chief Saso Mijalkov and the UBK service. Ninja’s...