Political parties are expected to return to the debate over the adoption of the Law on the Public Prosecutor General’s Office and the fate of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office. Adoption of this law is part of the reforms the EU is seeking and related to the date for the start of accession talks. Prime …
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“The “Racket” case isn’t a benchmark for getting a date to launch EU accession negotiations at the moment, nor will it become one if authorities continue to handle the case properly,” North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski replied to reporters. “I believe that the Racket case isn’t a benchmark for getting a date to launch EU …
Aleksandra M. Mitevska Just as the unveiling of the “Racket” scandal has compromised proceedings in the “Empire” case, leaking of businessman Orce Kamchev’s statement has compromised the investigation into a case involving suspected and detained special prosecutor Katica Janeva and the possible connection of officials from the political top. Kamchev is the main suspect in …
Aleksandar Nikoloski In the past few days we witnessed the eruption of “Racket” affair. The government is trying to manage it without allowing those at the top of the pyramid led by “capo di tutti capi” to be held accountable, but the fact is that it is clear to the general public that this is …
A snapshot of a document allegedly containing a statement given by Orce Kamchev at the Prosecutor’s Office over the “Racket” case, which was published by some of the online portals that also gave an account of its contents and mentioned names of officials, caused quite a stir on Saturday with PM Zoran Zaev, Ministers Nikola …
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Erol Rizaov Enigmatically tangled things that cannot be untangled – is the interpretation of the borrowed title of this column, expressed in the early 20th century in Germany and throughout Europe about the Macedonian conditions. Macedonians for the past hundred years have not done enough to make this assessment fade away and change for the …
Goran Adamovski Katica Janeva briefly left the investigative prison in Shutka yesterday where she was ordered a thirty-day detention for involvement in the Racket case. Escorted by the police, she was taken to her hometown Gevgelija where her mother was buried, who died the day her daughter was arrested. Janeva only managed to get to …
Security measures in prison – Katica does not run into Boki 13 Read More »
Passing the Prosecution law will be a particular challenge because we need to get votes and support from people who are suspected or accused of crimes, or from political parties whose management members are suing. The stumbling block in the negotiations with the opposition is not Katica Janeva, as her term ends on September 15th. …
The Special Public Prosecutor’s Office continues to present its cases in court despite the fact that its head Katica Janeva has been put in detention over the Racket case, Fatime Fetai said today. According to the SPO prosecutor, current events can be considered a good sign that those breaking the law will be held accountable. …
Zvonko Davidovic My colleagues and I were sitting in the café next to the court staring into the hot air that shimmers and distorts the image of the surroundings, creating a false movement of the stationary asphalt and concrete. I check what I’ve posted this time last year and I realize that last year’s post …
The chief Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva, who can be heard in recordings released by La Verità telling a suspected businessman that ‘everything’s going to be OK’, is now one of the three suspects in the extortion case, commonly referred to as the “Racket” case. Janeva has been ordered a 30-day detention by the Criminal …
30-day detention for Katica Janeva in the Shutka prison Read More »
Goran Adamovski Information from the Public Prosecutor’s Office that of the one million euros, which, according to the investigation, were paid to Bojan Jovanovski and Zoran Mileski by Orce Kamcev, less than 4,500 euros were spent on Katica Janeva’s furniture and might cost her her freedom, is shocking as well as much as the news …
Special prosecutor Katica Janeva was taken to the Skopje-based Criminal Court to appear before a pre-trial judge, who should decide on the prosecutor’s request for detention. Police on Wednesday searched Katica Janeva’s home in Kozle twice. Earlier today, police officers detained Janeva acting on an arrest warrant of the Public Prosecutor’s Office. She was transported …
Furniture belonging to the head prosecutor in the SPO Katica Janeva is being confiscated from her house in Skopje’s Kozle neighborhood, as she was brought back there under police escort following a police search of SPO’s offices. The police searching SPO’s offices confiscated Janeva’s computer acting upon an order. So far, there’s no information why …
Furniture from Katica Janeva’s home confiscated by the police Read More »
Next month, the VMRO-DPMNE municipal committees will submit their final remarks on the new party statute to the Skopje headquarters. By the end of autumn, the opposition party should finally adopt its new “constitution”, which is a step closer to the ideology of the modern people’s parties, a family of right-wing parties which includes the …
VMRO-DPMNE with a new statute, the honorary president left to congress Read More »
There’s not enough evidence to suggest that Katica Janeva’s son has been involved in any illegal activities, Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska said Wednesday after SPO’s head Katica Janeva was detained on charges of abuse of office. Speaking at a news conference, Ruskovska said there’s no evidence to prove that other SPO prosecutors might be involved. “The …
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The outgoing SPO prosecutor Katica Janeva with a police escort has been transported to the main offices of the public prosecutor’s office after being detained in her home in Skopje. Police is in front of the SPO’s offices and a police van has parked outside. No one is allowed to enter the building at the …
Katica Janeva detained and trasnported to the SPO Read More »
The status quo of talks between the working groups of the government and the opposition over the Public Prosecution law, which also regulates the future status of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office hasn’t been changed and a new meeting is yet to be scheduled. The working groups of the two parties were expected to continue …
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As of September, the salaries of employees in primary, secondary and high education would increase by 5 percent, the Government decided at its 150th session. The Minister of Education and Science is to prepare a document on new coefficients in line with the 5 percent increase, the Government said in a press release. In addition, …
Five percent increase of salaries in education starting September Read More »
Aleksandar Krzhalovski The question of good and evil, or the struggle between the two, is a never-ending one. From the stories in the Bible as the basis of all religions and the value systems based on them, through the most important historical events, especially the great/world wars, to the films of today, where the main …
