Tag: spo
Macedonia 28.02.19 | 13:30

Justice Minister Deskoska: We still don’t have the necessary majority for the Special Prosecutor

Justice Minister Renata Deskoska said that her department is preparing a new law on the state prosecutors, which includes the Special Prosecutor’s Office as a permanent department tasked with fighting corruption and crime at the highest levels of the Government, but that this proposal still doesn’t...

Macedonia 21.02.19 | 23:34

Justice Ministry brings together the SPO and the BPPO ?!

Justice Minister Renata Deskoska said Thursday evening on the Click Plus show that with the new two legal texts that are already ready, the SPO will become part of the Basic Public Prosecution. She adds that legal texts were submitted for a public debate, and received suggestions from foreign experts,...

Macedonia 15.02.19 | 16:09

Nikoloski: Investigations against SDSM and DUI are turning Zaev’s Government against the Special Prosecutor’s Office

According to VMRO-DPMNE deputy leader Aleksandar Nikoloski, the SDSM and DUI led Government is looking into abolishing the Special Prosecutor’s Office, after it has outlived its usefulness in targeting VMRO-DPMNE officials and activists. Nikoloski cited the investigation into a series of inter-connected...

News 05.02.19 | 19:21

One of the top criminal justice SDSM supporters reacts: the Special Prosecutor’s Office is now dead

Former judge Margarita Caca Nikolovska, a strong supporter of the ruling SDSM party, complained today that the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) is now “dead”. Caca’s reaction comes after the Supreme Court found that the SPO was in violation of its mandate when it decided to initiate...

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 30.01.19 | 19:07

Supreme Court decides that the SPO cannot file charges after the expiration of 18 months

The Supreme Court has decided that the SPO cannot open investigations and file charges after 18 months from the date of taking over the cases under its jurisdiction. The Public Prosecutor’s Office for prosecuting crimes related to and arising from the content of the illegal interception of communications...

Macedonia 28.01.19 | 20:36

Katica Janeva evaluates her work at 110, on a scale of 1 to 10

Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, who initiated dozens of criminal cases exclusively against VMRO-DPMNE officials thus paving the way for the SDSM party takeover of power, evaluated her work at 110, on a scale of 1 to 10. The apparently self-satisfied prosecutor was asked by a journalist whether she...