Next week, there will be a new meeting between the government and opposition working groups in an effort to iron out differences over the Prosecution Law. After the summer recess, SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE representatives will again sit at the table, but now in an even tougher political atmosphere than twenty days ago. The “Racket” affair …
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, in comment on the opposition’s request for resignation and early parliamentary elections after the announcement of the “Racket” case, said he had no intention of thinking about such a thing. I have no intention of thinking about either resignations or early elections. After major political decisions, after all the reforms we …
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“Certainly, I will not allow a few criminals, a vain journalist, and with apologies to the LGBT community, a fag, to bring this government down. No. We will fight to the end because everyone involved will be held accountable,” Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Tuesday evening, commenting on expectations relating to the “Racket” case. This …
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North Macedonia’s Government has set up an operational team to join the fight against crime and corruption. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski was appointed to serve at the helm of the operational team. “The government at the session reached a decision to set up an operational team so as to, in …
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The Skopje-based court has extended the detention for Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 and Zoran Mileski Zoki Kicheec, who are suspects in the Racket case, for additional 30 days. “Skopje-based Criminal Court acting upon the proposal of the Public Prosecution for Organised Crime and Corruption on extending the detention measure for B.J. and Z.M. suspected …
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I told the prosecutor all I know, Stefanova says following her five-hour hearing at the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption, the SPO’s Lile Stefanova said she had shared all details she was privy to regarding the Empire and Racket cases. “Today I came here as a witness,” Stefanova told reporters after the hearing. …
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North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski did not discredit the Public Prosecutor’s Office on any grounds; neither did he intend to attack any institutions nor meddle in any legal proceedings, the President’s Cabinet wrote in a press release. “We’d like to underline that President Pendarovski in his address voiced his full support for the relevant institutions, …
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North Macedonia’s Public Prosecutor’s Office has released a written response to President Stevo Pendarovski’s address on Monday. “It’s not the right time to attack institutions,” the Prosecution wrote, adding that it wouldn’t allow for politicians to meddle into legal proceedings or discredit its prosecutors. “The President’s statement that he fully supports the Prosecution and that he’ll …
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He gave up on Katica Janeva, stood behind the SPO, calling for legal but also political responsibility for the “Racket” case, and told prosecutors that it was not the right time for going on vacation and that they should conduct a swift and thorough investigation. These were in short the key messages of the President …
The symbol of Kutlesh goes down in history. Six months after the formalization of the name issue in Mala Prespa, Macedonia will have to start implementing a provision under which it will not use the former flag symbol in public spaces by public and state-owned institutions. The monuments in downtown Skopje will not be demolished, …
Today, Tuesday August 13th marks the 18th anniversary of the Ohrid Framework Agreement. The 2001 war conflict in Macedonia was put to an end with the signing of this agreement. The Ohrid Framework Agreement was signed in Skopje on August 13, 2001. Then President Boris Trajkovski, former Prime Minister and VMRO-DPMNE leader Ljubcho Georgievski, as …
North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski, asked about the “Racket” case during today’s press conference, said that he was disappointed with Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva. “I, as a citizen, as a person, not only as President, I am disappointed because this also betrayed the expectations and trust I had in the people that we expect to …
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Special Public Prosecutor Lile Stefanova, the lead prosecutor in the “Empire” case, has been summoned for questioning on Tuesday in connection with Public Prosecutor’s “Racket” case, said Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski. Prosecutor Joveski won’t say if or when SPO’s Katica Janeva would be called in. “As the process is confidential, and so as not to …
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The trial in Special Prosecutor’s Office’s “Titanic” case resumes today at the Criminal Court, after a one month summer court recess. The last hearing in SPO’s “Titanic” case on July 5 was postponed due to the absence of Mile Janakieski, who is one of the defendants. Twenty one individuals are indicted in the case, including …
The two are like hyenas, they have business in common and of course mutual interest, one wants cash and the other wants the ability to buy his freedom with cash. The two main heroes in the turbo folk mafia series are Bojan Jovanovski known as Boki 13 and wealthy businessman Orce Kamchev. The Macedonian public …
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The video released by Italian La Verità newspaper didn’t come from sources from the Public Prosecutor’s Office, said Head Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski. He also said the video would not compromise the investigation. Asked if Katica Janeva would be called in for questioning, Joveski said all persons connected to the investigation are being and will be called …
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The 18th anniversary from the fatal attack in the Karpalak area that resulted in the death of ten military reservists from Prilep was marked at the site on Thursday. Flowers were laid in memory of the victims and a commemoration ceremony was held at the “Karpalak” memorial in downtown Prilep to honor them. On August …
The Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption investigating the “Racket” case, doesn’t specify if they are aware of the video posted on Thursday by Italian newspaper La Verità or if the video is used as evidence. “All evidence possessed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office for organized crime and corruption relating to the case …
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Whether there will be early elections in the spring or early summer next year depends on whether we get a date for EU membership talks in October, or whether NATO accession will be completed by the end of the year. Such are the analysts ‘predictions, but also the ruling circles’ deliberations on the opposition’s request …
Bojan Jovanovski’s International Alliance has responded with a statement signed by Vice President Jasna Ercegovic regarding what she described as “unfounded and tendentious speculation that is placed in the media and social networks”. “In the interest of achieving these goals, the International Alliance (IA) has collaborated and signed agreements with two reputable domestic companies. Thus, …
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