The Special Prosecutor’s Office employees go to work every day and wait for the Ministry of Justice to amend the Law on Public Prosecutor’s Office so they can pick up their next salary, now that they are officially “beheaded”, without a head special prosecutor and other prosecutors. While they are in limbo and have no …
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Newly appointed Finance Minister Nina Angelovska elaborating the proposal for amending the budget before lawmakers, said it provides allocation of greater share of public revenues to citizens, direct investment in people’s needs and potentials and strong financial support for business to create new jobs as well as payment of higher salaries in the private sector …
North Macedonia’s chances of becoming a NATO member at the December summit have been reduced to theoretical after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s attempt to form a government failed. The ratification of Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol has not been passed in Italy, the UK, the United States, Spain and Iceland, while in the Netherlands the …
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The United States is hopeful that North Macedonia will get the opening of the accession negotiations following the European Council meeting on Oct. 16, new U.S. Special Envoy to the Western Balkans Matthew Palmer said in an interview with Voice of America. “We believe that the government in North Macedonia has cleared that bar many …
Former SPO Prosecutor Lenche Ristovska has been authorized by State Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski to take charge of the “Thaler 2” case in the Skopje Criminal Court. The case trial is scheduled for Thursday. In the “Thaler 2” case, former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and former government secretary-general Kiril Bozhinovski are charged with abuse of …
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The Skopje-based Criminal Court extended Wednesday the detention of former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva by another 30 days. The current 30-day detention order expires on Friday. Katica Janeva has been charged with abuse of office to pursue a private gain in the extortion case, commonly referred to as the “Racket” case.
Joveski authorizes Fetai, Bubevski to continue prosecuting Monster The “Monster” trial on the Smilkovo Lake multiple murders in 2012 resumed in the Skopje Criminal Court on Wednesday. “The fight for justice continues”, said Prosecutor Fatime Fetai arriving at the Criminal Court, where a new hearing in the Monster trial is taking place. State Public Prosecutor …
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It is not the first time for Hristijan Mickoski and Zijadin Sela’s parties to coalition locally, but their latest collaboration that resulted in Gostivar’s dominance over SDSM and DUI has prompted rumors of a possible joint formation of a VMRO-DPMNE – Alliance for Albanians government if they win a winning number of votes in the …
North Macedonia has already done its share, and now EU leaders should do their share, President of the European Council Donald Tusk said at the joint press conference with PM Zoran Zaev. “Skopje is the best possible place where I would like to appeal to the leaders of the European Union: Now you do your …
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Katica Janeva, the prosecutor from the provincial town of Gevgelija landed in Skopje four years ago and was considered the “iron woman” who would restore hope for justice. In September 2015 she was selected to be chief prosecutor of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office, an institution set up to investigate illegal wiretaps that were then …
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President Stevo Pendarovski met Tuesday with the President of the European Council Donald Tusk, who pays a visit to North Macedonia and exchanged views on overall situation in the country and the region as well as the country’s EU membership aspiration. Pendarovski said that North Macedonia has made tough decisions on many sensitive issues over …
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The government and the opposition are making the final attempt to bring their views on the prosecution law closer. Following the failure of the meeting between SDSM leaders Zoran Zaev and VMRO-DPMNE’s Hristijan Mickoski, as well as negotiations between the working groups, the prime minister’s and opposition leader’s advisers Bojan Maricic and Timcho Mucunski are …
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Former head Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva has been dismissed from her post in he PPO in Gevgelija, after being dismissed from the head post in the SPO on Septeber 15th. The Council of Public Prosecutors passed a decision on Monday to terminate the post of Katica Janeva in Gevgelija, as well. Council chairman Aco Kolevski …
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Today, the Council of Public Prosecutors confirmed the termination of the Special Prosecutor’s Office’s term following the dismissal of SPO head Katica Janeva on Saturday. Following the session, council chairman Aco Kolevski said SPO prosecutors should return to their previous posts in public prosecution offices. The SPO team, established in October 2015, included prosecutors Lile …
Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, is coming on an official visit to the Republic of North Macedonia on Tuesday. Government sources say Tusk is to meet with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev followed by a joint press conference scheduled to begin at noon. Tusk’s visit to Skopje is ahead of an expected decision to …
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Today, the Council of Public Prosecutors will discuss the status of prosecutors from the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office. Following the dismissal of the SPO head Katica Janeva, it is expected to be formally concluded that the special prosecution’s term is also over. By law, the term of prosecutors cannot exceed the term of the head …
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Katica Janeva, who is now in detention as the third suspect in the “Racket” case, has been dismissed from her post at the helm of the Special Prosecutor’s Office. The remaining special prosecutors’ status will be decided by the Council of Public Prosecutors on Monday. The council called a special session on Saturday evening to …
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North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev rejected the accusations by VMRO-DPMNE MP Antonio Miloshoski stated on Thursday that he said at a leaders’ meeting that special public prosecutor Katica Janeva would be placed under house arrest in 10 days. “I firmly deny such lies because at the leaders’ meeting when the debate was opened about …
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North Macedonia and Albania deserve to open EU membership negotiations, outgoing EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said in an interview with the Montenegrin daily Vijesti. Hahn said North Macedonia has made significant progress, and the most important is the signing of the Prespa Agreement and the resolution of the dispute with Greece. “The Prespa Agreement …
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Fiаt iustitia, et pereat mundus! Let justice be done, though the world perish. With requests sealed with this Latin phrase, the expert administrative and auxiliary staff, that is, all employees of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, sent a letter to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Justice Minister Renata Diskoska, President Stevo Pendarovski and EU Ambassadors, the United …
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