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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...
Macedonia 19.11.19 | 22:07

Mickoski promises that justice will be restored, following today’s shocking Appeals Court decision

Following the decision by the Appeals Court to release disgraced prosecutor Katica Janeva from detention, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski promised to restore justice and the rule of law, following the elections in April 2020. Zoran Zaev overthrew the judiciary. Is the racketeering scandal going...
Macedonia 19.11.19 | 21:35

It took a while, but Zaev’s “prophecy” that Janeva will be released from prison finally came true

In September, outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev reportedly “predicted” that Katica Janeva will be released from detention within days. This was revealed by VMRO-DPMNE official Antonio Milososki, who was part of the talks with Zaev’s SDSM party to reorganize the prosecutor’s office...
Macedonia 19.11.19 | 21:21

Prosecutor Ruskoska: We can’t join the EU with judges like these

Organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska said she will investigate the financial situation of Skopje’s Appeals Court justices. The threat comes after the court approved the release of Katica Janeva into house arrest, despite her holding a very powerful position until very recently, and being in...
Macedonia 14.11.19 | 13:14

Kiracovski wants to see the statute of limitations dropped for crimes perpetrated by Government officials

SDSM member of Parliament Aleksandar Kiracovski submitted a proposal that crimes perpetrated by Government officials are not subject to a statute of limitations. Kiracovski himself was recently questioned by state prosecutors over allegations that he is involved in the major racketeering scandal revolving...
Macedonia 12.11.19 | 23:09

Still reeling from the arrest of Katica Janeva, her prosecutors refuse to give Kamcev his passport back

State prosecutors refused the request from the defendants in a large money laundering case that is directly linked to Katica Janeva’s racketeering scandal to be given temporary passports so they can leave the country. Businessmen Jordan Orce Kamcev and Cvetan Pandeleski asked the prosecutors in...
Macedonia 05.11.19 | 23:22

The once glamorous crime fighting SPO unit now faces unpaid salaries and a pile of electricity bills

The Special Prosecutor’s Office, which was supposed to be an elite crime fighting unit which is now thoroughly disgraced with accusations of abuse of power and extortion of millions of euros, is facing unpaid bills that may cut its power. Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski, who accepted a plot...
Macedonia 01.11.19 | 22:12

Mickoski: Zaev is trying to replace Katica Janeva with Vilma Ruskoska

Following the scandalous interview given by organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska, opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski says that it is clear that she is the new darling of the Government. Ruskoska kept denying involvement on the part of the Government in the major racketeering scandal she is investigating,...
Macedonia 01.11.19 | 17:32

No shame: Katica Janeva is claiming a severance payment

Disgraced former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, who faces charges of high level corruption, extortion and abuse of office, has claimed severance payment. Her lawyer Irena Frckoska claims that as a former prosecutor, Janeva has the right to demand the payment despite the fact that she is charged with...
Macedonia 23.10.19 | 19:21

Janeva and Boki 13 reportedly bought designer clothes, valuable art with the money they extorted

Kanal 5 TV reports that the millions which were extorted by the group led by Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 and disgraced Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva used the money to purchase valuable paintings and especially designer clothes – which were Boki 13’s weak spot. Based on the charges...
Macedonia 17.10.19 | 16:54

Janeva’s defense team prepares a response to the charges and another request for release from prison

Disgraced former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva is preparing its response to the charges and another appeal to her detention order, lawyer Irena Frckoska said today. A three judge panel is supposed to decide on whether Janeva should remain in detention, where she’s been kept for 40 days, while...
Macedonia 13.10.19 | 19:10

Janeva is feeling better, may be sent back to prison next week

Disgraced former Special Prsoecutor Katica Janeva is feeling better and will likely be transferred back to the Sutka prison tomorrow, Fokus reports. Janeva was kept at the elite Zan Mitrev heart clinic over the long holiday weekend due to her elevated blood pressure and fears she may suffer a heart attack. Meanwhile...
Macedonia 10.10.19 | 16:45

Katica Janeva hospitalized over fears of an impending heart attack

Disgraced former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva was kept for treatment at an elite heart clinic in Skopje, over fears of a possible heart attack. Janeva has been detained for a month and a half in the Sutka prison over charges of racketeering money and gifts from businessmen she was prosecuting. Her...
Macedonia 07.10.19 | 15:30

Gruevski: Zaev offered Janeva an exit – to lead the Supreme Court – but she refused, threatened to drag him down with her

Nikola Gruevski reveals new details about the downfall of Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, claiming that she was pressured by Zaev to resign, but refused to do so. As the 2015 narrative continues to crumble, Gruevski comments on the latest Zaev, Verusevski, Doncev and Kezarovski revelations Sometime...
Macedonia 07.10.19 | 11:15

Boki 13 set to be questioned tomorrow at noon

Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, the showman at the center of the major racketeering scandal involving the Zaev Government, will be interrogated tomorrow at noon. Boki 13 refused an earlier scheduled questioning, and demanded that he is allowed to examine the evidence against him first, which was allowed...
Macedonia 01.10.19 | 13:54

Appeals Court orders that Janeva must remain in detention

The Appeals Court ordered that disgraced former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva should remain in detention for at least 30 more days. Janeva appealed the detention order before the Appeals Court and offered her property as bail, but the judges found that she is a flight risk. Her defense team insists...
Macedonia 29.09.19 | 20:33

Asked why the racketeering investigation steers clear from his SDSM party, Zaev responds that Janeva and Boki 13 were with SDSM

Asked by the press about the way the investigation into the wiretapping scandal is conducted, with the prosecutors clearly avoiding to go after top officials of the ruling SDSM party, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev defended the prosecutors saying that they’ve gone after an owner of a pro-Government...
Macedonia 27.09.19 | 13:58

Ziberi: Janeva’s move to give away the SPO cases is illegal

Former Deputy Prime Minister Naser Ziberi said that the controversial move by disgraced prosecutor Katica Janeva to give up her case files is illegal. Janeva, who is in detention on charges of abuse of office and high level corruption, gave all the files that her SPO office was working on to the larger...
Macedonia 26.09.19 | 19:40

Janeva and her lawyers inspected most of the evidence against her

Disgraced prosecutor Katica Janeva was allowed to examine the evidence in the corruption case against her today over a few hours. Janeva was driven to the office of the OJO/PPO prosecutors and left there for some three hours to inspect the evidence. She was later escorted to the Sutka prison, where she...
Macedonia 25.09.19 | 16:00

Kanal 5: Janeva’s prosecutors routinely took the wiretaps home

Kanal 5 TV reports on widespread abuse of protocols for accessing evidence in the disgraced Special Prosecutor’s Office. The TV channel cites sources within the now disbanded SPO who say that prosecutors would routinelly access the wiretaps given to them as evidence without registering, and would...
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