Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in a speech related to the government’s confidence vote, said that he conduct and cooperation of our neighbors will define their path to the European Union. Mitsotakis briefly referred to the Prespa Agreement and Greek-Turkish relations. “As we have said on several occasions, a priority is to mitigate the negative …
We should not associate personal responsibility with the responsibility of an entire institution. The “Racket” case only sped up the integration of the Special Prosecutor’s Office and the Public Prosecutor’s Office for organized crime and corruption, says Justice Minister Renata Deskoska. Deskoska told Telma TV that the idea was put forward by the Ministry in …
Deskoska: The “Racket” case only sped up SPO’s merge with the public prosecution Read More »
Aleksandar Krzhalovski I do not know about you, but when the events in our everyday life become unbearable, whether they are stupid, criminal or simply miserable, and they all lead to new and new disappointments, I need to turn to something different, preferably inspiring, and of course, on the more beautiful side of life. Not …
Meeting of political leaders in North Macedonia cancelled Government in North Macedonia announced today that the meeting which was scheduled to take place during the course of the day had been cancelled due to the absence of the leader of the largest opposition party, VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski. Government sources declared that they do not concede …
Erol Rizaov If politicians agree to defend citizens and state interests by enabling the judiciary and the competent institutions to work smoothly in the fight against crime, as criminals do successfully when they agree to rob both the state and the citizens, then Macedonia will thrive. However, if powerful politicians and givers of justice are …
Dutch Ambassador to North Macedonia Wouter Plomp is leaving the country because his four-year mandate has ended. In an interview with Nezavisen Vesnik/Independent Daily newspaper, he emphasizes that anyone who has violated the law – has to be held accountable, referring to recent developments involving the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO), but, as Ambassador Plomp says, …
Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva is on sick leave as of July 16, confirms the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO). The sick leave was filed a day after Janeva handed her resignation, which she said would be activated once an agreement on the Law on the Public Prosecutors Office is reached. On Tuesday, Janeva’s cell phone was …
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev was the first to inform me that businessmen had complained of being blackmailed, says Vilma Ruskoska, head of the prosecutor’s office for organized crime and corruption. “The PM informed me and the Chief Public Prosecutor and said he was prepared to come and press criminal charges on record. However, we advised …
Ruskoska: Zaev was the first to inform us about the “Racket” case Read More »
Only a day after DUI’s leader Ali Ahmeti expressed disgust over the events related to the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office and reiterated once again that the vetting for all holders of public office must be mandatory, the member of the Judicial Council, Miljazim Mustafa, who is considered close to DUI, postponed the voting for dismissal …
Ahmeti angry at Zaev and Mickoski – Census uncertain due to two issues Read More »
New Democracy may have made the most of the nationalistic sentiments of a part of society regarding the Macedonian issue, in order to win the elections comfortably, but as a government it is preparing a pragmatic shift. Sources say that in his programme statements, the prime minister will be careful in his mention of the …
Pragmatic shift of the Greek Government on the Macedonian problem Read More »
Turkey would remain a key member of the alliance despite its decision to purchase the Russian S-400 missile-defense system, while acknowledging that the move created a “difficult situation”, Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, said on Wednesday. Stoltenberg also said that Turkey can still be included in NATO’s integrated air …
Stoltenberg: No other NATO member raised the exclusion of Turkey due to S-400 Read More »
On Wednesday at a ministerial council, France’s Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs presented a bill to approve the ratification of North Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol. “The entry into force of North Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol will allow the country to become the 30th member of the Alliance, once all 29 NATO member states have …
French FM presents N.Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol to Government Read More »
The Ministry of Interior is working on the case, we have also turned to partners-allies, where these illegally wiretapped conversations are released from, and the public prosecutor’s office is carrying out its own investigation, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on the materials released on Facebook by the person known as El Cheka. Zaev is convinced …
Belgian expert and former EU mediator during the Przhino negotiations, Peter Vanhoutte, commented on recent developments regarding the case “Racket” opened by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Whatever might have happened in the Office of the Special Prosecutor, it is important to stop all speculations and allow the regular prosecution to do its work, he said …
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North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev yet again called VMRO-DPMNE’s leader Hristijan Mickoski to attend the leaders’ meeting on Friday, saying it would take place regardless of the opposition leader’s decision. “I am prepared to talk on what Mickoski insists. We might not agree on all issues, but we need to talk first. We are …
Zaev to Mickoski: I don’t intend to grant wishes for early elections Read More »
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Wednesday he had not talked over the phone with Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva prior to the confiscation of her cell phone. Regarding the “Racket” extortion case, there have been media reports that Janeva spoke to a former senior diplomat and Government official before the seizure of her phone. …
Zaev: I did not talk to Katica Janeva before her phone was confiscated Read More »
Aleksandar Nikoloski Dear readers, look what has happened in these past two weeks since my last column. If sometimes there are not enough topics to write about, this time there is an abundance and one does not know what to write about first, so I decided to write about all of them together – because …
Resignation and responsibility from “Capo di tutti capi” Read More »
Mimoza Nestorova-Tomic Waste significantly pollutes nature and our immediate living environment and therefore is our greatest everyday problem – state, city and individual. This type of problems can push us into a major ecological crisis, and it has already been detected in Skopje and Tetovo, while in Struga and other places – it is alarming …
Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva yesterday did not show up at the institution that she still formally manages. The rest of the prosecutors held a meeting without her, surprised and disturbed by the news about their boss who had shocked them. One of her deputies, Lenche Ristoska, said that she hadn’t called nor had any …
Following the resignation of Katica Janeva, the European Commission says efforts need to continue to establish legal accountability for the crimes arising and surrounding the illegal wiretaps. “The EU takes note of Ms Katica Janeva’s announcements of her intention to step down as Special Prosecutor,” reads the EU statement. The EC, it says, reiterates the …
European Commisssion: Accountability for illegal wiretaps and solution for SPO’s status Read More »
