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Macedonia 15.11.23 | 23:09

Strasbourg expected to make another decision over Mile Janakieski’s arrests

Lawyer Vlatko Ilievski, husband of recently released political prisoner Gordana Jankuloska, said that he expects another successful court decision in Strasbourg in the case of former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski. Janakieski is currently in prison, even after serving years in house arrest,...
Macedonia 10.07.23 | 23:54

Skopje court counts only a portion of the house arrest Mile Janakieski served toward his sentence

The Skopje court informed that it is taking into account the time Mile Janakieski served in house arrest towards his current sentence, but is only counting a year and nine months of the house arrest. The former Transportation Minister served four years and eight months in house arrest, and is now sentenced...
Macedonia 06.07.23 | 19:19

Mile Janakieski sent to prison: I don’t feel safe considering the previous attack, but I will endure

Former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski was carried off to the Idrizovo prison today, to begin serving his sentence of three and a half years for violating the election laws. Janakieski, who has spent over four years in house arrest, asked that this time is counted against the sentence, but a...
Macedonia 04.07.23 | 19:23

The police is preparing to arrest Mile Janakieski?

A police car is parked in front of the building where former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski lives. This could mean that an attempt by the police to detain Janakieski is coming. Today the Appeals Court reduced his sentence in one of the politically motivated trials against him to three and a...
Macedonia 09.05.23 | 11:07

Defense tells court that President Ivanov’s pardons should still be in effect

During the Appeals Court hearing in the case over the demolition of the Cosmos residential building, the defense attorneys insisted that the main defendant, former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski, is covered by the amnesty given by President Ivanov in 2016. Janakieski was sentenced to three years...
Macedonia 16.02.22 | 18:08

Janakieski: I had to sign the Sun City contract

Former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski gave his final defense in the politically motivated case in which he is charged over a contract signed with an Israeli company for the Sun City real-estate deal near Skopje. Janakieski said that he was bound by law to sign the contract and would have been...
Macedonia 11.02.22 | 13:18

Titanic trial: Jankuloska, Janakieski and Protuger plead guilty

Eight defendants in the “Titanic” trial, including Gordana Jankuloska, Mile Janakieski and Martin Protuger, admitted their guilt, fully or in part. The trial began anew today, after a judge in the council had to be replaced. Jankuloska accept guilt under all charges, while Protuger and Jankieski...
Macedonia 24.01.22 | 10:26

Despite his recent surgery, judge orders police to drag Mile Janakieski to court

As announced last week, today judge Osman Shabani ordered the police to escort former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski to court for a hearing. Janakieski sought to postopne the hearing in one of the half a dozen politically motivated trials against him as he recently operated his leg and had a...
Macedonia 20.01.22 | 17:53

Despite his injury, judge Shabani threatened to drag Mile Janakieski to court

Judge Osman Shabani, who presides over one of the politically motivated trials against former Minister Mile Janakieski, has reportedly threatened to drag Janakieski to the courthouse despite his injury. Janakieski was only recently released from house arrest, after three years, and sought treatment for...
Macedonia 11.01.22 | 09:30

Prosecutor is trying to have Mile Janakieski detained on the day he has a scheduled knee surgery

State prosecutor Burim Rustemi demands that former Minister Mile Janakieski is escorted by the police to court, even though Janakieski broke his knee and is due to have surgery today. Janakieski spent three years in house arrest after being targeted in numerous politically motivated trials initiated...
Macedonia 03.12.21 | 11:49

Gruevski: The Skopje court is terrorizing witnesses to get them to testify against me

Former VMRO leader Nikola Gruevski accused the Zaev regime of new attempts to pressure people into testifying against him and piling new politically motivated charges. Gruevski is in political asylum in Hungary after he was sentenced in two cases initiated by the now thoroughly disgraced Special Prosecutor’s...
Macedonia 30.11.21 | 15:31

Prosecutor Rustemi confident that the court will continue to favor him in the Toplik case

Prosecutor Burim Rustemi asked that all future evidence submitted by the defense in the so-called Toplik case is rejected. Rustemi already had the court reject the evidence the defensed submitted so far, which raised concerns that the court is favoring the prosecutor who is one of the most involved in...
Macedonia 22.11.21 | 21:56

Court refuses request from prosecutors to have Mile Janakieski detained again

The Skopje Criminal Court today refused the latest request from prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska to order detention against former minister Mile Janakieski. Janakieski spent the past three years in house arrest – or in prison where he was violently assaulted, as he faced a long number of politically motivated...
Macedonia 22.11.21 | 16:56

Zaev’s top prosecutor wants to imprison Mile Janakieski again

Just five days after he was allowed to defend himself from the numerous politically motivated charges from freedom, former minister Mile Janakieski is facing a new call to be put into detention. Janakieski has been under house arrest for almost three years, and suffered a severe beating shortly after...
Macedonia 29.10.21 | 18:11

Former Minister Janakieski was forced to testify for over three hours

Former Minister Mile Janakieski was forced to testify for hours today, in one of the politically motivated trials initiated against him. After three hours, Janakieski had to insist to have judge Osman Shabani allow him to take a restroom break from the hearing. Prosecutor Burim Rustemi (pictured) agreed...
Macedonia 04.10.21 | 15:38

Prosecution wants the court to throw out all defense witnesses and reports in one of the trials against Mile Janakieski

Prosecutor Burim Rustemi demanded that none of the evidence or witnesses presented by the defense in one of the numerous trials against former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski are accepted. The politically motivated case covers the failed sale of land near Skopje to an Israeli company that planned...
Macedonia 16.09.21 | 17:36

Zaev’s allies go in and out of prison as they wish, while his opponents are kept under strict guard

The treatment of Zaev’s former top adviser Dragi Raskovski, who was photographed freely walking around Skopje when he should be under house arrest, is in stark contrast with the way the Zaev regime treats its political enemies. Most notably, former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski, who faces...
Macedonia 10.09.21 | 11:16

Filipce’s refusal to offer his resignation after the Tetovo hospital disaster is in contrast with actions of other ministers in similar times

The refusal of Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to offer his resignation following the devastating fire in an improvised hospital that killed 14 people, is in contrast with decisions by other ministers in a similar position. In 1993, then Transportation Minister Antoni Pesev resigned after the crash...
Macedonia 26.07.21 | 14:58

Selective prosecution in the April 27th trial – Kanceska was not charged after siding with the Zaev regime

A controversial decision by the prosecution in the April 27th trial was the fact that there were no charges against former Culture Minister Elizabeta Kanceska – Milevska. One of the rare pieces of evidence the prosecution presented that was not linked to a discredited witness, were text messages...
Macedonia 14.07.21 | 12:25

Court orders Janakieski to attend another hearing on the day when he has to give his closing statement in the April 27th trial

The Skopje court scheduled two hearings for former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski in one day. This is common practice in the judicial persecution of Janakieski, and other former VMRO-DPMNE officials, but today, Janakieski is expected to deliver his closing statement in the April 27th trial. Never...
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