Tag: court
Macedonia 11.07.23 | 17:56

Investigation launched into suspicious fire that destroyed Kumanovo courthouse archives

Kumanovo prosecutors and forensics experts will investigate the fire in the Kumanovo courthouse today, where the archives were burnt. Given the sorry state of the Macedonian judiciary, the fire led to immediate speculation about arson and an attempt to destroy evidence in some politically important trials....
Macedonia 10.07.23 | 23:54

Skopje court counts only a portion of the house arrest Mile Janakieski served toward his sentence

The Skopje court informed that it is taking into account the time Mile Janakieski served in house arrest towards his current sentence, but is only counting a year and nine months of the house arrest. The former Transportation Minister served four years and eight months in house arrest, and is now sentenced...
Macedonia 12.03.23 | 11:30

Courts have only two thirds of the required staff, half of them are lagging in their work

The latest report of the Judicial Council found that 13 out of 27 basic courts in the country are “tardy” with their work. The remainder of the courts were found to be efficient. The report found wild discrepancies in the number of cases a judge would resolve in a year, depending on how staffed...
Macedonia 18.02.23 | 13:08

Despite his poor condition, Boki 13 was ordered back to prison

Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 was returned to the Idrizovo prison after medical treatment, and his legal team warns that the potential witness against Zoran Zaev is in a very difficult condition. They submitted medical reports that show chronic gastritis and a “pre-cancerous condition”...
Macedonia 16.02.23 | 14:22

Instead of celebrating the decision in Strasbourg, the government should be worried, the court only states that the applications are premature

The European Court of Human Rights made a decision in which it says that the applications submitted by the applicants are premature and does not go into the substance of the applications. The decision states that not all legal mechanisms in Macedonia have been exhausted. The government, instead of celebrating...
Macedonia 10.11.22 | 19:23

Constitutional Court will review the work of the controversial Bulgarian clubs in Ohrid and Bitola

Acting on request of the Levica party, the Constitutional Court began an investigation into the Bulgarian cultural center “Vanco Mihajlov” in Bitola. The court will examine the statute and the program of the center, to determine whether they are in line with the Macedonian Constitution –...
News 01.11.22 | 11:24

Bulgarian authorities are moving to shut down the Macedonian organization that opened the cultural center in Blagoevgrad

After the relatively problem-free opening of a Macedonian cultural center in Blagoevgrad, the Macedonian activists in Bulgaria who opened it were informed that the Bulgarian courts are moving to ban their organization. The “Nikola Jonkov Vapcarov” club was opened by the Civic association...
Macedonia 08.04.22 | 16:05

Skopje Court orders the police to escort Muhamed Zekiri for interrogation

The Skopje court ordered police to escort the Government’s Secretary General Muhamed Zekiri for interrogation. Zekiri is being charged with awarding a contract worth almost a million EUR without having a bidding procedure. He is charged together with two Croatian citizens as his accomplices. Zekiri,...
Macedonia 11.02.22 | 15:25

Tensions inside and outside of the Racket courthouse

Racket trial defendant Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 got into a heated argument with judge Sofce Efremova today, as she continued to refuse his request to allow evidence contained in his phone to be usd in court. Boki 13 also disputed the decision by the judge to allow an unverified IT expert to be...
Macedonia 24.01.22 | 10:26

Despite his recent surgery, judge orders police to drag Mile Janakieski to court

As announced last week, today judge Osman Shabani ordered the police to escort former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski to court for a hearing. Janakieski sought to postopne the hearing in one of the half a dozen politically motivated trials against him as he recently operated his leg and had a...
Macedonia 07.10.21 | 10:58

Skopje court undermines the defense in the April 27th trial by withholding the sentences

The Skopje Court still hasn’t given the verdicts in the second April 27th trial to the defendants – former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski, former ministers Spire Ristoski and Mile Janakieski and the former UBK agency director Vladimir Andonovski. This prevents them from appealing the...
Macedonia 22.07.21 | 22:24

Court refused request to send Zaev’s right hand man Raskovski back to prison

The court refused a request from the prosecution to again detain Zoran Zaev’s former chief of staff Dragi Raskovski. Raskovski was detained for a month and half, after he was charged with corruption and abuse of office, but was released into house arrest, despite clear indications that he can influence...
Macedonia 15.07.21 | 15:57

Judge Dzolev insists that the interrupted SPO cases will resume and will be fast-tracked

Judge Ivan Dzolev, who was appointed by the Zaev regime to lead the Skopje criminal court and who is key in the on-going persecution of opposition officials, insisted that he will fast-track the dozen politically motivated cases which now have to begin from start. The reason for this set-back in Zaev’s...
Macedonia 06.07.21 | 20:19

Veljanoski: The prosecution is rudely misrepresenting its case to portray me as a villain

The prosecution is rudely misrepresenting its case in an attempt to portray me as a villain, said former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski, in his closing arguments at the April 27th trial. I still believe that the court will reach the proper decision. I ask it to read carefully the transcripts of...
Macedonia 02.06.21 | 17:06

Sekerinska, Kiracoski, Filipce and Bogoev went to Boki’s home as part of the SDSM “door to door” campaign

The Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in his testimony before the court in the slander trial he initiated against Aleksandar Nikolovski revealed several new things. Let’s start in order. Finally, Zaev acknowledged that he had meetings with Bojan Jovanovski as working meetings, but also as the owner of...
Macedonia 22.04.21 | 11:13

Migrant trafficker fled from the police while he was being escorted to the Skopje courthouse

A migrant trafficker who was being taken to the Skopje court fled from the prison guards, Kurir reported. The incident happened this morning, right in front of the main courthouse, as the suspect was being escorted. The police said that they have an idea where the man is hiding and are about to make...
Macedonia 26.02.21 | 14:43

Officer injured as Albanian protesters tried to storm the courthouse, Greater Albania maps are on display

At least one police officers has been injured after Albanian protesters assaulted the police cordon in front of the Skopje courthouse. Protesters demand another repeal of the sentences of the group of Albanian islamists who carried out the 2012 Good Friday massacre, killing four Macedonian boys and one...
Macedonia 19.02.21 | 09:19

Skopje court silently recognized and registered Salafi as a religious community during New Year holidays

The Salafi religious community “Dar al-Hadith” obtained a permission for registration from the competent institutions and was registered the day before New Year’s Eve, to which the Islamic religious community (IRC) reacted sharply. According to the IRC, the court shouldn’t have...
Macedonia 13.10.20 | 17:00

Kiceec did not report to prison, will try to postpone serving his Racket sentence using a technicality

Zoran Mileski – Zoki Kiceec, one of the figures in the major Racket scandal who cooperated with the prosecution and the ruling SDSM party and received a light sentence of just three years in prison, is trying to postpone the serving of the sentence. Mileski was supposed to report to prison yesterday...
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...
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