Tag: judges
Macedonia 13.04.24 | 19:58

Siljanovska opposes the pre-election hiring of judges and prosecutors before the Administrative Court

Professor Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova appeared before the Administrative Court today to present her case in the motion against the Academy of Judges and Prosecutors (ASJO). Siljanovska, who is the VMRO-DPMNE candidate for President, presents the position that the recent hiring of 130 new students...
Macedonia 26.07.23 | 09:15

The Judicial Council elected 25 new judges

The Judicial Council elected Tuesday 25 new judges in several basic courts, and the Basic Criminal Court in Skopje. The Council also swore in Judge Antoaneta Dimovska as its new member. After the first call, three judges were elected in the Basic Court in Bitola, one in Sveti Nikole, one in Strumica,...
News Macedonia 23.05.23 | 13:46

The court administration threatens a “white strike” if their salaries are not raised

The court administration employees announced a “white strike”, which means that they will be at their job positions, but they won’t execute their duties. “The differences in the salaries of the judges and the expert collaborators are enormous and the court clerks can’t work...
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 21.02.23 | 10:52

Courts and prosecutor’s offices full of sons and daughters of officials

The children and spouses of SDS and DUI government officials fill the judiciary. The authorities have turned the courts and prosecutor’s offices into nursing homes for the families of officials, reacted VMRO-DPMNE. Talat Xhaferi is the head of the Legislature, and the first in the legislative...
Macedonia 12.07.20 | 12:47

Sekerinska: We fought for justice for two and a half years, no more justification for judges and prosecutors

For two and a half years we fought to pass the Law on Public Prosecutor’s Office, we tried to implement Priebe’s recommendations and to create a system that will guarantee justice, the head of SDSM list in the fifth electoral district Radmila Sekerinska said Saturday in Resen. And yes, we...
Macedonia 23.06.20 | 17:33

Skopje Appeals Court postpones criminal case trials after two judges test positive

The Skopje Appeals Court is scaling down its work after two judges were found to have Covid-19. Court President Lidija Dimcevska told Sitel TV that they are mapping out the contacts the two judges had at work, and are postponing the criminal cases. The Anti-Corruption Commission is also testing its employees...
Macedonia 10.01.20 | 11:55

Pancevski: Do you sleep well Dzolev, judges, Judicial Council?

Former President of the Skopje Criminal Court, Vladimir Pancevski, addressed his former fellow judges after the trials in two separate cases, “Erasmus” and “Torture”, were returned back to the beginning. Do you sleep well Ivan Dzolev? Do the members of the Judicial Council sleep...
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 12:32

Zaev wants to put the families of judges under scrutiny, but rejects the same for his own family

The final rallies in Zoran Zaev’s term as Prime Minister, ahead of his scheduled resignation on January 3rd, were dedicated to calls for vetting, examining and dealing with the judiciary. Zaev demanded a vetting of the judiciary using the Albanian model, which was roundly criticized by the Albanian...
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 11:43

Anti – Corruption Commission demands more resources before it accepts Zaev’s request to investigate the judiciary

Following calls from outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for investigations into the wealth of judges and prosecutors, the Anti-Corruption Commission asked for additional resources to do so. These types of investigations fall under the expanded mandate of the Commission, but the timing corresponds with...
Macedonia 02.10.19 | 17:21

Chichakovski and SPO prosecutor Ajro’s wife elected Administrative Court judges

Former President of the State Election Commission Aleksandar Chichakovski and Eleonora Ajro, wife of Special Prosecutor Artan Ajro, who handles the “Target-Fortress” case, were elected Administrative Court judges at Wednesday’s session of the Judicial Council in the competition of 31...

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