Tag: slander
Macedonia 11.11.23 | 12:26

In a precedent, the Kumanovo court found an opposition representative guilty for remarks made in Parliament

In a first such instance since the fall of Communism, a member of Parliament was sentenced for comments he made in Parliament. VMRO-DPMNE representative Brane Petrusevski was sentenced by the Kumanovo court in a slander trial initiated by SDSM member of Parliament Martin Kostovski. The Constitution and...

Macedonia 01.04.22 | 14:01

Mickoski: The court dispersed SDSM’s lies against me

Even with a captive judiciary, the torrent of lies that are coming from SDSM and their public, semi-public and secretive partners were dispersed, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, after the Skopje court found in his favor in two instances of slander. One case covers allegations from the SDSM...

Macedonia 01.04.22 | 13:14

Court finds that SDSM and the Integra party falsely slandered Hristijan Mickoski

The Skopje court ruled in two instances of slander against VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, and found in his favor. In one instance, judge Nuhi Rustemi found that the SDSM part slandered Mickoski, when it alleged that he received business preferences from the previous, VMRO-DPMNE led Government....

Macedonia 07.02.22 | 09:45

VMRO-DPMNE: The revoked slander law proves that our democracy is held captive

VMRO-DPMNE considers the attempt to expand the legal definition of slander and insult to cover merely “expressing negative opinion” of someone as an example of the captured state and the lack of democracy in Macedonia. The proposal was made by the Justice Ministry last week, and was quickly withdrawn...

Macedonia 06.02.22 | 16:52

VMRO-DPMNE: Proposed slander law shows the extent to which our democracy is being suffocated

VMRO-DPMNE considers the attempt to expand the legal definition of slander and insult to cover merely “expressing negative opinion” of someone as an example of the captured state and the lack of democracy in Macedonia. The proposal was made by the Justice Ministry last week, and was quickly...

Macedonia 13.10.21 | 17:50

Danela Arsovska announces slander charges against SDSM

Skopje mayoral candidate Danela Arsovska announced that she will file slander charges against the ruling SDSM party and its member of Parliament Darko Kaevski, after she was accused of allegedly owing money to a sports hall in Skopje. Arsovska wages a serious fight with SDSM candidate Petre Silegov for...