Tag: judicial council
Macedonia 17.08.24 | 09:44

After strong criticism, Judicial Council forms commission to investigate the escape of UCK fighter Blerim Ramadani

The Judicial Council will form a special commission to investigate the escape of Kosovan former UCK fighter Blerim Ramadani, who was briefly detained in Macedonia. A controversial ethnic Albanian judge allowed Ramadani into house arrest, even though it was clear that he will likely escape. Ramadani is...
Macedonia 30.12.23 | 10:01

VMRO: The Judicial Council turned into a circus

There is total chaos in the judiciary, commented the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party after the Administrative Court reinstated Vesna Dameva as head of the Judicial Council. The little known SDSM party apparatchik was removed as head of the powerful Council that appoints and dismisses judges over the spring,...
Macedonia 01.09.23 | 13:20

The Public Prosecutor requested an urgent information on which prosecutors were to blame for the delay of judicial cases

The Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski sent a written request to the Judicial Council by which he asked for urgent information on what judicial cases were delayed because of the absence of prosecutors, as was stated in the report on the Judicial Council’s 452nd session. “The information will...
Macedonia 30.08.23 | 13:22

Minister of Justice does not attend the Judicial Council’s sessions

The Minister of Justice, Krenar Lloga, and the President of the Supreme Court, Besa Ademi, who are ex-oficio members of the Judicial Council, do not attend the Council’s sessions and do not justify their absence, a practice that goes on for a long time, members of the Judicial Council complain. The...
Macedonia 22.08.23 | 14:49

MoJ Lloga: The dissolution of the Judicial Council will be conducted gradually, through the institutions of the system

The dissolution of the Judicial Council remains a possibility, but it will be conducted gradually, through the institutions of the system, not abruptly, the Minister or Justice, Krenar Lloga said on Tuesday. Regarding the replacement of the Public Prosecutor, Minister Lloga explained that he already...
Macedonia 07.08.23 | 13:14

Ademi from the Judicial Council drives an office vehicle for nine years, despite that he has no right to do it

Selim Ademi, who was until recently a vice-chairperson of the Judicial Council, drives an office vehicle – Audi a6 – for nine years, despite the fact that only the Council’s chairperson has the right to use the office vehicle, the Council’s current Chairperson Sahko Georgiev confirmed...
Macedonia 28.07.23 | 17:35

The EU expert commissioned to assess the Judicial Council arrived

The Vice-PM on Good Governance, Slavitsa Grkovska, met on Friday with legal expert Branko Hrvatin, who will head the EU team on an assessment mission in the Judicial Council of the Republic of Macedonia. The former Croatian Supreme Judge is visiting the country in order to make the necessary preparation...
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,...
Macedonia 07.07.23 | 13:51

Marichikj: The image of Judicial Council is an image of the entire judiciary

The image of the Judicial Council is an image of the entire judiciary, and it is good that the European mission is coming to monitor the work of this institution, said Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Marichikj. He told Triling TV show that peer review mission is a good step and the Government will...
Macedonia 22.06.23 | 12:29

VMRO-DPMNE: The Judicial Council events are a consequence of DUI/SDS ruling

The criminal coalition SDS/DUI completely collapsed Macedonia’s judicial system , the level of public trust is barely 1%, the prosecution and the judicial council are completely politicized institutions, existing only to protect the ruling parties’ business interest, VMRO-DPMNE points out...
Macedonia 19.06.23 | 19:17

Justice Minister mulls ending current Judicial Council’s mandate using transitional provisions as potential solution

The events in the Judicial Council worry us all, and we condemn them. I expect the Council to return to its normal state. One of the possible solutions, which I am discussing with the political parties and the Government, is to end the mandate of the current composition of this body using transitional...
Macedonia 10.06.23 | 22:51

Following the Ambassador’s criticism: the rule of law roadmap commission with Netherlandian special representative

Following the criticism of Dutch Ambassador Dirk Jan Kop over corruption and judiciary practices in the country, Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Marichikj says the Netherlands will send its own expert in the working group that drafts the rule of law roadmap. “We have invited the Netherlands...
Macedonia 07.06.23 | 08:30

Two judges resigned from the Judicial Council after it turned into “political circus”

Judge Mirjana Radevska-Stefkova from the Supreme Court and Judge Zoran Gerasimovski from the Appeal Court in Skopje resigned as members of the Judicial Council on Tuesday. Their resignations follow the series of events in Judicial Council that turned this body into a political circus, leading the Embassy...
Macedonia 30.05.23 | 08:30

President Pendarovski: Dutch Ambassador’s statement on Judicial Council project ‘completely fair’

President Stevo Pendarovski assessed Monday that the entire composition of the current Judicial Council “embarrassed” itself in the eyes of the Macedonian public. “I think the issue with the Judicial Council is much larger than the two members elected by Parliament upon my proposal. Unfortunately,...
Macedonia 29.05.23 | 18:54

Judicial Council: The Dutch Ambassador Kop’s claims are unfounded – competent authorities should check all corruption allegations

The Judicial Council operates within the law and in accordance with the competencies conveyed by the Law on the Judicial Council. This was the conclusion of Monday’s meeting of the Council which rejected the claims of the Ambassador of Holland as unfounded. Ambassador Kop said in a Sunday interview...
Macedonia 29.05.23 | 08:10

Holland froze a large project related to the Judicial Council – for them, it is an illegitimate body

Holland put to rest a project related to the Judicial Council, which turned into an illegitimate body, says the ambassador of the country to Macedonia, Dirk Jan Kop. Asked about the situation within the judicial system, Ambassador Kop said that the issue is central to Holland, hence it monitors it very...
Macedonia 05.05.23 | 09:11

Judicial Council elects new president after a scandalous week

The Judicial Council today narrowly, with 8 votes in favor, elected judge Sasko Georgiev as its leader. The decision comes after the previous head of the body that is tasked with appointing and dismissing judges, Vesna Dameva from SDSM, was removed in a hectic session led by her deputy Seli Ademi from...
Macedonia 26.04.23 | 22:40

Head of the Judicial Council dismissed days after the leaked US Embassy letter

Vesna Dameva, recently appointed head of the Judicial Council, was dismissed today in a tense session of the Council. Her removal comes days after the press leaked a letter sent by US Ambassador Angela Aggeler to the main judiciary institutions as well as to the Government, in which the Ambassador protested...
Macedonia 09.12.22 | 20:17

New head of the Judicial Council revealed as an SDSM party apparatchik

Following the surprising change at the helm of the Judicial Council, social media posts have surfaced revealing that the new head of this ostensibly independent and non-partisan institution is a partisan through and through. The Council has the power to appoint, dismiss and evaluate the work of judges....
Macedonia 05.12.22 | 15:25

That’s why only 8% trust in the judiciary: In one day, Academy of Judges acting director resigned, and former member of SDSM became Judicial Council president

In a recent poll, the judiciary enjoyed the trust of only eight percent of citizens. Today’s developments in the court system are proof of why trust is so low. Vesna Dameva, a former expert associate at the Criminal Court and a former member of the legal commission of SDSM, was elected as the president...
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