Tag: janeva
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 11:40

Ana Kamceva testifies: Boki 13 was the real Special Prosecutor

Ana Kamceva, the wife of businessman Jordan Orce Kamcev, is giving her testimony in the Skopje courthouse in the trial of disgraced former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva. Kamceva said that Janeva, directly and through intermediaries, demanded millions of euros in exchange for going easy on Kamcev in...

Macedonia 07.12.19 | 13:17

Zarko Lukovski’s widow speaks out after Kamcev’s dramatic testimony

Ivana Lukovska, the widow of recently deceased telekom manager Zarko Lukovski, spoke out about his death after his name was raised during yesterday’s dramatic Racket hearing in the Skopje courthouse. The witness Jordan Orce Kamcev, who testified how he was target of racketeering attempts from former...

Macedonia 06.12.19 | 15:51

Janeva remained silent during Kamcev’s testimony

While businessman Jordan Orce Kamcev gave his dramatic testimony about the extortion he was subjected to from Special Prosecutor Katica Janvea, and as he clashed at times with co-defendant Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, one person remained silent. Katica Janeva did not use her opportunity to cross-examine...

Macedonia 06.12.19 | 12:35

Kamcev: Janeva told me to finish what I started with Boki 13

Businessman Jordan Orce Kamcev, who is testifying today in the Racket scandal, revealed details about the extortion attempts against him from disgraced Special Prosecutor Katica janeva and her associate Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13. Kamcev said that Boki 13 came to him asking him to invest several...

Macedonia 06.12.19 | 11:51

Kamcev unloads on Katica Janeva and Boki 13, says many other people should be charged along with them

Businessman Jordan Orce Kamcev began revealing details about the extortion attempts made against him in the major Racket scandal which deepened the political crisis in Macedonia and led to the downfall of Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva. The businessman said that Janeva and her accomplice Bojan Jovanovski...

Macedonia 05.12.19 | 10:22

Bisevac: We can’t take Zaev’s word that he reported the racketeering scandal

Former SDSM member of Parliament Safet Bisevac expressed serious doubt that the outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev really reported the Racket scandal to state prosecutors. Zaev frequently makes this claim, that he is not involved in the racketeering of businessmen that was carried out by his close ally...

Macedonia 03.12.19 | 16:41

Janeva asks the judge not to be intimidated by Ruskoska

Disgraced former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva appealed to the judge in her trial not to be afraid from prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska, who is leading the charges against her. Ruskoska famously threatened the Skopje Appeals Court judges who allowed her to exchange her detention for house arrest, sending...

Macedonia 02.12.19 | 18:38

Mickoski: Charlie’s Angels turned out to be Zaev’s partners in crime

Opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski described the situation in the Macedonian judiciary as alarming, after the latest scandal to hit the disgraced Special Prosecutor’s Office and its prosecutors were found to have awarded themselves huge bonuses in violation of the law. At a time when we have...

Macedonia 28.11.19 | 15:40

Zaev defends the SPO prosecutors, even as their financial abuses approach in value some of the main cases they were prosecuting

Outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev was defending the Special Prosecutor’s Office again today, during his question time in Parliament, where he was confronted with the latest scandal involving Katica Janeva and her prosecutors. Zaev insisted that the team, which helped him immensely in his power...

Macedonia 28.11.19 | 12:52

Saso Ordanoski, Janeva’s chief media supporter, says he’s being mocked for selling his services so cheaply

Saso Ordanoski, one of the very few journalists from the left who is still taking Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva’s side in light of her major racketeering scandal, sought to defend her latest scandal – the illegal payment of bonuses to herself, her staff and political supporters. Charged...

Macedonia 28.11.19 | 12:00

On top of the political abuse of office, racketeering and illegal bonuses, Janeva was also awarding no-bid contracts

Republika has learnt that, on top of the scandals with the hugely outsized and illegally paid salaries and bonuses in the Special Prosecutor’s Office, this institution was also awarding sizable no-bid public procurement contracts. One of these contracts, Republika has learnt, includes rent-a-car...

Macedonia 26.11.19 | 21:51

Ruskoska raided the Special Prosecutor’s Office, is looking into Janeva’s finances

Organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska raided the Special Prosecutor’s Office today in a new investigation that is focused on the way in which former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva was spending the significant funding given to her “elite” unit.\ According to the Vecer site, the...

Macedonia 26.11.19 | 00:25

As Janeva’s trial is about to start, journalists representing both sides are the first to enter the arena

A journalist feud erupted between two of the biggest supporters of the SDSM party and its Colored Revolution today, over disgraced Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva and her abuse of office and racketeering scandal. The fight includes journalist Branko Geroski, who turned on Zoran Zaev, SDSM and Katica...

Macedonia 25.11.19 | 18:06

Janeva was handing bonuses to the children of SDSM officials, top police commanders

Further reviews of the spending that was taking place in the Special Prosecutor’s Office reveals that Katica Janeva was very generous with public money toward the children of SDSM party officials and security personnel who are still important to her fate. Janeva hired Primislav Dimovski as an investigator,...

Macedonia 24.11.19 | 20:34

Zaev’s Government was making regular payments to Katica Janeva until 10 days before her arrest

VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Dimitar Arsovski revealed that disgraced former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva was receiving payment from the Zaev Government until 10 days before her arrest, and months after she was credibly accused of corruption and abuse of office. Arsovski revealed that Janeva collected over...

Macedonia 23.11.19 | 12:21

Judge Tufegcic calls for an investigation into how Janeva spent the SPO budget

Judge Vladimir Tufegcic called on a financial investigation into the work of the now fully disgraced Special Prosecutor’s Office. Tufegcic says that his comment is prompted by the new fiscal accountability tool used by the Finance Ministry, which showed that detained Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva...

Macedonia 22.11.19 | 13:14

Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska provides a written explanation of her threats aimed at the Skopje Appeals Court

Organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska sent out a written explanation to the Council of Public Prosecutors, after she was called out over the threat she made to the Skopje Appeals Court. The court decided to allow former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva out of detention and into house arrest, which...

Macedonia 22.11.19 | 12:27

Fall from grace: Katica Janeva photographed in house arrest

A photograph of Katica Janeva, sitting at the tiny balcony of her son’s apartment in downtown Skopje, was shared this morning on the social media networks. After months of virtually no pictures leaking while the disgraced former Special Prosecutor was in prison, it took only a day a picture to...

Macedonia 21.11.19 | 12:50

Former Prime Minister Georgievski claims that Janeva used between 15 and 20 criminal cases for extortion

Former Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski claims that between to 20 of the cases initiated by the Special Prosecutor’s Office, were being used for racketeering. The much lauded institution, created under international pressure, is now imploding after Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva was arrested...

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...

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