Tag: gruevski
Macedonia 02.10.23 | 23:07

Gordana Jankuloska expresses support for the leadership of VMRO-DPMNE

Former Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska, who has been in prison for three years over one of the criminal cases launched by the disgraced Special Prosecutor’s Office, did her first interview since her imprisonment. In it, Jankuloska gave her full support to the “current, legitimate leadership...

Macedonia 26.09.23 | 20:15

Nikoloski presents USB drive used by Gruevski to negotiate changes to the Criminal Code

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski presented a USB flash drive, which, he said, contains changes to the Criminal Code that former VMRO leader Nikola Gruevski sent to politicians in the DUI party. Nikoloski presented the drive during his 360 Degrees interview. First a meeting was held in the...

Macedonia 24.09.23 | 21:56

Mickoski: It’s a strange twist of fate that Gruevski sticks a knife in the back of the party

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski addressed the dispute with former VMRO leader Nikola Gruevski today, “for the last time”, as Mickoski said. Mickoski said that he is not happy to engage in a public exchange with Gruevski and that he “did not choose this battle”, but that...

Macedonia 07.09.23 | 19:47

Gruevski: Many have reason to fear if the political prosecution against me fails

Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski strongly denied any involvement in the express passing of amendments to the Criminal Code, that media close to the Government speculate would help him and other former VMRO officials in their numerous politically motivated prosecutions. Such changes in the law were...

Macedonia 30.08.23 | 20:13

Gruevski dismisses claims that Macedonia was isolated under him, reveals that Zaev gave sensitive audio-tapes to Bulgaria

Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski responded sternly to the comments from Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski that under his term, Macedonia was under international isolation. In a Facebook comment, Gruevski describes all the successes in opening Macedonia politically, diplomatically and economically...

Economy 29.08.23 | 19:47

Copper mining company warns the country could be forced to pay a billion EUR in damages over canceled project

Zivko Gruevski, representative of the Euromax Resources company, warned that they want to avoid taking the country to court but if they do – “our lawyers assure us it would be the easiest case they ever had”. The company was in advanced preparations to build a large copper mine near...

Macedonia 20.05.22 | 15:30

Nine years in prison – another sentence handed to Nikola Gruevski

The Skopje court handed another prison sentence to former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who received political asylum in Hungary because of the intense political persecution by the Zaev regime. This time he is sentenced to nine years in prison for allegedly ordering the demolition of a large residential...

Macedonia 14.05.22 | 10:22

Is Ruskoska spreading untruths? Will there be accountability?

These are strange times we live in. Strange atmosphere, strange behavior, strange forms of persecution and strange manner of ruling the country. When someone is attacked by the Government, he is pilloried, attacked and criticized no matter what he does, even when the entire public can clearly see that...

Macedonia 12.04.22 | 11:43

Gruevski responds to the US sanctions: My fight to protect Macedonian national interests earned me many enemies

Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski responded to the decision of the US Government to blacklist him for alleged corruption. Gruevski, and his cousin and former security chief Saso Mijalkov, are barred entry to the US and any their property there will be frozen. For a while there was talk about what...

Macedonia 03.04.22 | 10:53

Audio of conversations between Gruevski and Kamcev published on Youtube

An anonymous Youtube account shared two audio recordings of conversations between Nikola Gruevski and businessman Jordan Orce Kamcev. The recordings were apparently made last year, and Kamcev is seeming assuring Gruevski about his coming testimony in one of the many politically motivated trials that...

Macedonia 28.03.22 | 21:38

Gruevski: Kamcev is buying his freedom with cash and a false testimony against me

Former VMRO-DPMNE President Nikola Gruevski accused businessman Jordan Orce Kamcev of making an arrangement with the Zaev – Kovacevski regime. Last week Kamcev testified that he indeed worked with Gruevski to help the then Prime Minister secretly purchase land in Skopje. Kamcev was, of course,...

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 18.01.22 | 18:02

Gruevski calls on Nikola Petkov to drop his claim that the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria does not exist

Former Prime Minister and VMRO leader Nikola Gruevski strongly reacted to the recent statement from newly elected Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, who denied that there is a Macedonian minority Bulgarian. Petkov made the statement days ahead of his visit to Macedonia, even as he demands that Macedonia...

Macedonia 25.12.21 | 09:20

Forensics experts proved: There are no payments made by Nikola Gruevski or any other person to the SIRAH LIMITED company in Belize

A financial forensics report presented before the court today showed that there were no transfers of funds from Macedonia to a Belize based company that purchased land near Skopje. This is a key allegation in the trial in which former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is charged with having intermediaries...

Macedonia 22.12.21 | 22:10

Gruevski: Financial report completely undermines the prosecution’s case against me

A financial forensics report presented before the court today showed that there were no transfers of funds from Macedonia to a Belize based company that purchased land near Skopje. This is a key allegation in the trial in which former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is charged with having intermediaries...

Macedonia 10.12.21 | 22:24

Powerful businessman joins the latest judicial campaign against Nikola Gruevski

Another round of testimonies in one of the politically motivated cases against former Prime Minister and VMRO leader Nikola Gruevski was held today. Several lower tier witnesses spoke today, a doctor who lent her apartment to Gruevski, and a secretary for a businessman. Also, powerful businessman Ilija...

Macedonia 07.12.21 | 23:38

Gruevski says that his former chief of staff Protoger is pressured by the regime to “remember” things that didn’t happen

At a hearing in the Skopje court, in one of the numerous politically motivated cases the Zaev regime initiated against the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party, officials close to former VMRO leader Nikola Gruevski today testified against allegations of irregular party financing and purchasing land with party...

Macedonia 03.12.21 | 11:49

Gruevski: The Skopje court is terrorizing witnesses to get them to testify against me

Former VMRO leader Nikola Gruevski accused the Zaev regime of new attempts to pressure people into testifying against him and piling new politically motivated charges. Gruevski is in political asylum in Hungary after he was sentenced in two cases initiated by the now thoroughly disgraced Special Prosecutor’s...

Macedonia 30.11.21 | 09:35

Zaev and Ahmeti got the judiciary to come up with another sentence against Nikola Gruevski

Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski was sentenced to another prison term yesterday by the Skopje Appeals Court, over a (non) incident in 2013. Protesters gathered before the Centar municipal building in Skopje to decry plans by the SDSM led Council majority to end the construction of a church in downtown...

Macedonia 13.09.21 | 15:26

Albanian news sites note Zaev’s absence from Tetovo, compare with Gruevski’s support after the 2015 floods

Albanian news site Shqip Media called out Zoran Zaev for his decision to stay away from Tetovo after the catastrophic hospital fire there that killed 15 people. Zaev visited the city once, on the eve of the fire, and was not seen in public for two days afterwards. The site contrasts this with the approach...

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