Tag: spasov
Macedonia 05.03.21 | 16:43

Bulgaria extradited the murderer of Martin Neskovski back to Macedonia

Bulgaria today extradited Igor Spasov, the former police officer sentenced to 14 years in prison for the brutal murder of the young Martin Neskovski in 2011. Spasov has been escorted back to the Idrizovo prison to serve out the remaining half of his sentence. The murder, perpetrated during the large...

Macedonia 02.02.21 | 19:53

Igor Spasov’s girlfriend reported him to the Bulgarian police

Former police officer Igor Spasov, sentenced to 14 years in prison for the horrific murder of 22 year old Martin Neskovski in 2011, was arrested owing to a police report made by his girlfriend. Spasov received lenient treatment from the Zaev regime after he was used to willify VMRO-DPMNE, and used it...

Macedonia 01.02.21 | 22:18

Former policeman who carried out the brutal murder of Martin Neskovski in 2011 and later fled from prison detained in Sofia

Bulgarian police has arrested former Macedonian police officer Igor Spasov, who carried out the horrific murder of 22 year old Martin Neskovski in 2011. The killing became a major political issue as the opposition SDSM party used wiretaps about it to spur its 2015 Colored Revolution, and the subsequent...

Macedonia 26.04.20 | 14:02

Borisov makes a PR move meant to lower tensions with Macedonia

As a fresh dispute is building up between Macedonia and Bulgaria, after Bulgaria conditioned its support for Macedonia’s EU accession talks with a series of requests aimed against the Macedonian national identity, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov made a PR gesture meant to improve relations. Borisov...

Macedonia 05.11.19 | 19:03

Prosecutors looking into the doctors who helped a brutal murderer escape to the Netherlands

Prosecutors are looking into how was former policeman Igor Spasov, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the brutal 2011 murder of 20 year old Martin Neskovski, allowed to spend more than a year on sick leave. Spasov planned his escape while given this ample free time and has now fled the country,...

Macedonia 04.11.19 | 14:44

Interior Minister Spasovski blames the courts after the brutal murderer in one of the most politicized cases flees Macedonia

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski blamed the court for the embarassing escape of murderer Igor Spasov, whose case was instrumental in the rise to power of the SDSM party. Spasov, a former policeman sentenced to 14 years in prison for the brutal 2011 murder of 20 year old Martin Neskovski, was allowed...

Macedonia 01.11.19 | 21:19

Alfa TV reports that Igor Spasov, the policeman who brutally killed Martin Neskovski, has fled to the Netherlands

Alfa TV reports that Igor Spasov, the policeman who brutally murdered the 20 year old Martin Neskovski in 2011, has fled to the Netherlands. The murder of Neskovski was an iconic mobilizing moment for the 2015 Colored Revolution, but following its seizure of power, the murderer was allowed to spend a...

Macedonia 29.10.19 | 11:19

Zaev refuses to accept blame as the brutal murderer whose case was instrumental in Zaev’s power – grab flees prison

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev was called out by the press today about the humiliating escape of Igor Spasov, whose murder of 20 year old Martin Neskovski in 2011 was used by Zaev in the propaganda campaign during his rise to power. The Prime Minister sheepishly assured the press that the institutions under...

Macedonia 28.10.19 | 13:52

Police finally issues an arrest warrant for Igor Spasov, the former policeman who brutally murdered Martin Neskovski

Despite reports that the police is looking for the convicted killer Igor Spasov, a warrant for his arrest was only issued today. The former policeman who brutally beat a 20 year old young man to death in 2011, is sentenced to 14 years in prison, but he was able to avoid serving his sentence for the past...

Macedonia 25.10.19 | 18:20

Police begins search for Igor Spasov, the notorious killer of Martin Neskovski

A week late, the police started a search after Igor Spasov, the former police officer who was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the brutal 2011 murder of 20 year old boy Martin Neskovski. Over the past year, Spasov was given preferred treatment by the court and the prison authorities, and was allowed...

Macedonia 03.10.19 | 23:48

Inspectors found defects in the PhD thesis of one of Pendarovski’s top advisers

Education inspectors have found problems with the doctorate of Aleksandar Spasov, professor at the Skopje law faculty and adviser to President Stevo Pendarovski. Spasov, who is a representative of the ruling SDSM party, has changed his doctorate thesis, and then presented it before a commission which...

Macedonia 26.07.19 | 13:09

Policeman sentenced in the brutal, politically exploited murder of a youngster in 2011, has been out of prison for almost a year

Igor Spasov, the former police officer who was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the brutal murder of 20 year old Martin Neskovski in 2011, has been able to claim nearly a full year as medical leave, the Idrizovo prison confirmed today. Spasov was granted a medical leave in August 2018, initially for...