Tag: joveski
Macedonia 14.09.23 | 17:41

Albanian opposition parties move to revoke prosecutor Joveski over the Tetovo hospital fire investigation

Albanian opposition parties Alternative, BESA and the Democratic Movement submitted a request to revoke chief state prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski. The controversial and higly partisan choice is charged with botching the investigation into the devastating 2021 fire in the Tetovo Covid ward that killed 14...

Macedonia 17.08.23 | 21:14

“Joveski should be removed for covering up the Deutsche Telekom scandal”

Former Finance Minister Xhevdet Hajredini joined the calls for removal of Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski. Joveski is facing calls to resign after an investigative report showed that his prosecutors would not expand the investigation in the disastrous 2021 Tetovo hospital fire that killed 14. Only...

Macedonia 10.12.22 | 15:26

Chief prosecutor Joveski fights back against the Government, says he is not at fault for the failure to fight crime and corruption

Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski responded to the criticism he faced from Deputy Prime Minister Slavica Grkovska, who is in charge of fighting corruption. The high profile spat within the ruling SDSM party erupted as the US, UK and EU embassies issued coordinated calls for Macedonia to finally begin...

Macedonia 09.12.22 | 23:17

Infighting in SDSM over the Western criticism for their track record on corruption

Deputy Prime Minister Slavica Grkovska came out with strong criticism of chief prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski, who is running for a place on the Constitutional Court. Both Grkovska and Joveski are SDSM official and loyalist, so this rare public confrontation within the party over the disastrous state of...

Macedonia 27.01.22 | 11:22

Prosecutor Joveski received a death threat for his persecution of two critical journalists

Chief prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski informed that public that he has received a handwritten threat from a self-declared “terrorist organization”. The letter, written in English to make it look like it is coming from a Macedonian nationalist diaspora group, demands that Joveski drops his investigation...

Macedonia 25.11.21 | 21:06

Prosecutor Joveski says that there were cans in the bus, but they were not burnt

Public prosecutor Ljupco Joveski told Sitel TV that there were four plastic cans that could have been used to transport gasoline in the destroyed Besa bus in which at least 44 people died on Tuesday morning, but that they were not burnt. The theory that the reason the disaster was so deadly is because...

Macedonia 21.07.21 | 13:43

Chief prosecutor Joveski defends his colleague Vilma Ruskoska from allegations that she was sharing confidential information with the key Racket trial defendant

Public Prosecutor Ljupco Joveski was defensive of his colleague and fellow Zaev regime supporter Vilma Ruskoska, after she was accused of involvement in the major Racket scandal. Ruskoska prosecuted the case, in which she stopped short of investigating Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. Now, one of the key defendants,...

Macedonia 08.07.21 | 17:39

VMRO: Appointment of Joveski as Constitutional judge would deepen Zaev’s control over the judiciary

VMRO-DPMNE said that the possible appointment of chief prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski as judge on the Constitutional Court would solidify Zoran Zaev’s control over the judiciary. Joveski is a chief political executioner who operates under Zave’s orders, just like judge Dobrila Kacarska did....

Macedonia 01.06.21 | 11:04

Prosecutor Joveski lightly injured after a fall

Chief state prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski was lightly injured yesterday while exercising along the Vardar river. The elderly official of the Zaev regime fell while walking down stairs on the quay and sustained scratches. His office informs that he is lightly injured and was discharged from hospital.

Macedonia 27.10.20 | 23:19

Prosecutor Joveski confirms he’s building a case against EU education grant administrator Lidija Dimova

Public prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski confirmed media reports that the prosecutors are pressing four charges against officials of the public institution tasked with managing European education programs. Two charges are aimed directly the recently deposed head of the institution Lidija Dimova. The NGO activist...

Macedonia 20.06.20 | 17:24

After announcing his high profile allegation against Zaev, Boki 13 requests to speak with Prosecutor Joveski on Thursday

Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 has filed a request with Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski to meet him and discuss the information Boki 13 has offered to reveal about the Racket scandal. “Fokus” reports that Joveski dispatched an assistant prosecutor to talk to Boki, but he refused and...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 13:39

Public Prosecutor Joveski accused of allowing Katica Janeva to abuse her office from prison

Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski broke the law and abused his position when he failed to remove Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva from her office once she was detained. This, a charge proposed by a civic association claims, allowed Janeva to violate her own authority when she ordered the closure of...

Macedonia 09.12.19 | 17:29

State prosecutors are investigating the new Racket leak

Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski said that the OJO prosecutors have opened an investigation into the latest leaks of secretly recorded conversations regarding the Racket scandal. The short excerpts of a conversation were posted on Youtube on Saturday. They apparently show businessman Jordan Orce Kamcev...

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 11.10.19 | 23:04

Mickoski calls out Public Prosecutor Joveski: He chose to serve Zaev

In his interview with Makfax, opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski accused the Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski of joining the ranks of top judiciary officials who decided to serve Zoran Zaev and his regime. Joveski famously assured the press that there are no politicians involved in the racketeering...

Macedonia 23.09.19 | 10:28

Prosecutor Joveski says he’s still investigating where the extorted millions ended up, but guarantees they didn’t go to Zaev or his circle

Prompted by the press, Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski pledged to investigate where did the money extorted in the major racketeering scandal end up. Joveski said that his OJO prosecutors still haven’t determined where the money are, but then assured the Telma TV journalist that they were not...

Macedonia 17.09.19 | 14:38

The Zaev Government and Prosecutor Joveski decided to keep Katica Janeva’s SPO unit intact

The Infomax news site reports that the Zaev Government and Public Prosecutor Ljubor Joveski decided to keep the Special Prosecutor’s Office largely intact. The unit led by disgraced prosecutor Katica Janeva is being rolled back into Joveski’s OJO/PPO unit, under a controversial order Janeva...

Macedonia 13.09.19 | 12:41

SPO prosecutors are packing their case files

The Special Prosecutor’s Office announced that it will begin handing over its files to the OJO/PPO service, in accordance with the controversial order Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva gave from prison. With this, the SPO office is effectively being disbanded. Janeva’s mandate expires on September...

Macedonia 04.09.19 | 12:01

Janeva ordered that all her cases are given to Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski

From the Sutka prison, disgraced Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva issued an order to return all the cases her department is working on to the OJO office of public prosecutors. The news broke today, and PressingTV reports that Janeva gave her assistants three days to hand over their files to Public Prosecutor...

Macedonia 09.08.19 | 20:42

After giving her three weeks head start, Public Prosecutor Joveski says that Special Prosecutor Janeva will be interrogated

Chief Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski announed that state prosecutors will interrogate everybody involved in the major racketeering scandal, which includes Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva and one of her top assistants Lile Stefanova. The two were linked with the leaked tapes showing the extortion...

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