Tag: titanic
Macedonia 03.03.21 | 18:46

Did Zaev acknowledge his interference in the judiciary by announcing a verdict in the “Titanic” case

Answering reporters’ questions after the joint press conference with Deputy Prime Minister Ljupco Nikolovski, at which the anti-corruption plan was presented, when asked when he plans to dismantle the previous government, Zaev said that we all have the right to make an impression, but it is a fact...
Macedonia 19.10.20 | 12:22

Trial against VMRO officials postponed because of a corona infection

A court hearing in one of the numerous cases initiated by SDSM linked prosecutors against VMRO-DPMNE was postponed today as one of the defendants had contracted the coronavirus. The trial has 20 party officials and members charged with tampering with electoral materials. The prosecution is still lead...
Macedonia 31.03.20 | 14:52

Two DUI officials sentenced to prison based on Katica Janeva’s charges

A court in Skopje handed prison sentences of three and a half years each to Ismet Guri and Ejup Alimi, two DUI party officials who were charged with electoral tampering. The trial is one of the numerous politically driven cases initiated by Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, herself now charged with gross...
Macedonia 11.03.20 | 15:10

The coronavirus fear spreads to the courts

The coronavirus spread is beginning to take its toll on some of the high profile, politically motivated court cases going on in Skopje. Several elderly witnesses who were supposed to testify in a trial initiated by the now disgraced Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva against the VMRO-DPMNE party refused...
Macedonia 23.12.19 | 13:10

Skopje Appeals Court strikes down prison sentence against Saso Mijalkov

Multiple media outlets are reporting that the Skopje Appeals Court struck down the sentences against former UBK security agency chief Saso Mijalkov, the DPA party leader Menduh Thaci and the other defendants who were sentenced for alleged election tampering. The Appeals Court found that judge Ognen Stavrev,...
Macedonia 04.12.19 | 17:54

SPO prosecutors are having a hard time proving that the 2013 elections were tampered with

During the latest hearing in a trial intiiated by Katica Janeva’s Special Prosecutor’s Office that alleges election tampering, the witness testimonies again didn’t go the way of the SPO. Prosecutor Lile Stefanova, from the now thoroughly disgraced unit, is still pushing the case against...
Macedonia 26.11.19 | 14:11

‘Titanic’ case trial resumes with witness testimony

Trial in the ‘Titanic’ case over election fraud resumed on Tuesday at the Skopje-based Criminal Court. A longtime employee of the administrative services, but now retired – Ljiljana Potic and a witness at today’s trial in the Titanic case told the court that she had no knowledge of a...
Macedonia 31.10.19 | 21:59

Ex SPO prosecutors seen visibly leading the witness during one of their trials

A bizarre testimony took place at the Skopje courthouse today where Jadranka Gulevska, an Interior Ministry official, testified that about alleged irregularities in the issuing of identity documents during the 2013 municipal elections. Gulevska is a witness for the former Special Prosecutor’s Office...
Macedonia 29.10.19 | 15:04

Amdi Bajram denies reports that he is leaving the SDSM led coalition and will seek to rejoin VMRO-DPMNE

Amdi Bajram, leader of the Roma Alliance of Macedonia, dismissed reports that he is negotiating a return to the VMRO-DPMNE led coalition which he abandoned in 2017. Bajram spoke to the press after VMRO leader Hristijan Mickoski said that a number of parties which currently sit with SDSM have approached...

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