Tag: ruskoska
Macedonia 11.09.19 | 00:53

Zaev pushing for another loyal prosecutor – Vilma Ruskoska – to replace Katica Janeva

Following a break of half an hour, the talks between Zoran Zaev and Hristijan Mickoski resumed, despite being after midnight. According to unofficial reports, Zaev’s side insists that Vilma Ruskoska, a prosecutor seen as loyal to the Government, is installed as the new head of the disgraced Special...

Macedonia 01.08.19 | 20:57

Milososki says Ruskoska is acting as a lawyer for high profile SDSM suspects, making her unacceptable to be the next Special Prosecutor

VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament Antonio Milososki, who represents the party during talks with the ruling SDSM party on the competing proposed laws about the state prosecutors, said that Vilma Ruskoska is unacceptable as the next Special Prosecutor due to her political bias. Ruskoska is not acceptable...

Macedonia 29.07.19 | 20:37

Despite Zaev’s denial, Ruskoska is named in his draft bill as the next Special Prosecutor

Zoran Zaev initially nominated a close and friendly prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska to be the next Special Prosecutor, following the spectacular implosion of Katica Janeva. After journalists reminded him that Janeva was elected by all major political parties, Zaev denied that he ever said what he said, Ruskoska’s...

Macedonia 24.07.19 | 15:27

Ilievski blasts double standards employed by prosecutor Ruskoska against opponents and supporters of the Zaev regime

Bogdan Ilievski, one of the leaders of the 2017 protests who was charged and detained in the politically driven April 2017 case, wrote a scathing comment about prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska and her refusal to press charges or request detention for Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva. Even as the media and the...

Macedonia 23.07.19 | 10:48

Zaev’s Government expected to submit its controversial version of the law on state prosecutors to the Parliament

The Zaev Government is expected to submit it’s proposed law on state prosecutors to the Parliament today. The law is highly controversial as it was prepared without support by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, and in light of the spectacular collapse of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, which originally...

Macedonia 22.07.19 | 15:58

DUI official Artan Grubi opposes Ruskoska’s nomination, says it is not up to the Government or the Parliament to elect prosecutors

Artan Grubi from the DUI party also came out against Zoran Zaev’s proposal to name Vilma Ruskoska as the next Special Prosecutor, following the resignation of Katica Janeva, forced out by a major corruption scandal. Grubi said that it is a bad precedent that the Government or the Parliament propose...

Macedonia 21.07.19 | 11:28

VMRO-DPMNE demands that prosecutor Ruskoska names her colleague who was involved in racketeering

VMRO-DPMNE called on prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska to publicly name her fellow prosecutor she said was involved in racketeering. Ruskoska gave a series of interview to detail her charges against showman Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, during which she confirmed that while Boki 13 was blackmailing a businessman...

Macedonia 20.07.19 | 18:35

Kamcev recorded Boki 13 calling Janeva on the speakerphone as he was being blackmailed

Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska, who is leading the charge against showman Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 which prompted the resignation of Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, confirmed that the recorded evidence contains a conversation “with one prosecutor”. Ruskoska said that Boki 13 was meeting...

Macedonia 20.07.19 | 11:53

Mickoski says Zaev revealed there is also a direct link between the Government and prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska

While the corruption and crime allegations disgraced Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva are piling high, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski also warned against the prosecutor who Prime Minister Zoran Zaev nominated yesterday as the new Special Prosecutor – Vilma Ruskoska. Zaev was unable to reach...

Macedonia 19.07.19 | 11:41

Ruskoska says that a number of businessmen already testified about Boki 13’s extortion attempts

Organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska, who led Monday’s move against Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, which brought down Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva amid allegations of corruption, said that there is a number of businessmen who reported they are facing extortion. Janeva and top SDSM party...

Macedonia 18.07.19 | 11:35

Zaev discussed the racketeering scandal with prosecutors Ruskoska and Joveski in April

Following Zoran Zaev’s statement that he was approached by businessmen who complained that they are being targeted for extortion, organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska confirmed that the Prime Minister informed her about this. Ruskoska and Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski revealed the racketeering...

Macedonia 16.07.19 | 23:04

Ruskoska says she doesn’t have evidence against Janeva yet, chides her for resigning so quickly after Boki 13’s arrest

Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska, who led yesterday’s charge against Katica Janeva, revealed today that she posseses audio and video evidence against two suspects, but not Janeva. Ruskoska revealed the charges against Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 and his accomplice Zoran Mileski – Zoki Kicheec,...

Macedonia 15.07.19 | 17:22

Boki 13 charged with taking 1.5 million EUR from a suspect in a criminal investigation to help undermine the charges against him

Chief public prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski and organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska held a press conference to detail their case against Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, and businessman Zoran Mileski – Zoki Kicheec, who were arrested today on allegations of racketeering. Accourding to the allegations,...

Macedonia 12.06.19 | 13:36

Prosecutor Ruskoska says she is working on corruption investigations against current Government officials

Vilma Ruskoska, head of the organized crime division of the OJO state prosecutor’s office, and normally a reliable supporter of the Zaev Government in its campaign of political persecution against the opposition, announced today that she is working on several investigations against current Government...

Macedonia 17.04.19 | 15:10

Zaev’s prosecutor announced additional charges against opposition officials in late May

Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska, who has been instrumental in Zoran Zaev’s campaign of political persecution against the opposition parties, annnouced a new round of charges by the end of May. The charges are again expected to be aimed at opposition officials, over the April 2017 incident in the Parliament....

Macedonia 21.02.19 | 16:16

Prosecutor Ruskoska charges Gruevski with calling on the public to protest

following an open call from former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski that state prosecutors clarify the charges against him, prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska said that he is charged after he was calling on the public to join the protests in 2017. The suspect N.G. was a leader of a political party and he was using...

Macedonia 31.01.19 | 20:06

Prosecutor close to SDSM wants to continue persecuting oppositions leaders using their unlawfully recorded conversations

Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska, publicly called out for her closeness with the ruling SDSM party, asked that the cache of wiretaps which SDSM was spreading in 2015 is given to her so she can continue the politically motivated criminal charges currently managed by the Special Prosecutor’s Office. The...

Macedonia 21.01.19 | 16:28

After the “votes for amnesty” deal, prosecutor Ruskoska insists on trying the remaining defendants

Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska, who is close to the ruling SDSM party, said that the court case against the remaining defendants charged over the April 2017 incident in the Parliament will resume with the same charges. Half of those charged, primarily the VMRO-DPMNE members of Parliament, already received...