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Government to consider the Public Prosecution draft- law on today’s session

At the proposal of the Ministry of Justice, North Macedonia’s Government will consider the draft-law on Public Prosecution, as well as the draft-law on amendments to the law on the Public Prosecutors’ Council at today’s session. The new law on public prosecution proposes that the Special Public Prosecution should be integrated into the existing Public …

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Byrnes: Thorough, swift and transparent investigation on corruption allegations

US Ambassador to Skopje, Kate Byrnes, in an interview with Alsat M said that The United States would support a thorough, swift and transparent investigation on all allegations of corruption. “With all allegations of corruption and abuse of office, the United States support a thorough, swift and transparent investigation. It is absolutely critical that in …

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Zaev: Gruevski and his propaganda, not Macedonians, appropriated neighbors’ history

North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev wrote in Facebook post that he has spoken on many occasions about the abuse of history for political aims and that the former authorities had conflicted the country with all neighbors through its antiquity attempt, keeping it in isolation for a decade. “I often speak about the abuse of …

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Besa against Zaev’s draft law on State Prosecution: We will not vote for the law as presented

The law on State Prosecutor’s Office proposed by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Friday is entering parliamentary procedure today. The Government will try to provide the necessary two-thirds majority to push through the changes that will make the SPO part of the newly established Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime and High Corruption with jurisdiction over …

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Zbogar: The “Racket” case shows the PPO is fighting against crime

EU Ambassador to Skopje Samuel Zbogar believes the ‘Racket’ case shows the Public Prosecutor’s Office is fighting against crime. I try to see the ‘Racket’ case in a positive light, Zbogar said Monday while visiting the Municipality of Novaci, adding it was evident that country has been establishing a practice to fight against high-level crime. …

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Helsinki Committee: Hate crime on the rise, 123 incidents registered in 2018

The Skopje-based Helsinki Committee for Human Rights has registered 123 incidents of hate crime in 2018, which is almost a double increase from the 70 such incidents registered in 2017. This trend of increasing incidents of hate crime continues into 2019. The Helsinki Committee told a press conference on Monday, presenting its 2018 Hate Crime …

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Pyatt: United States supports North Macedonia to become an effective NATO member

The United States Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt, in an interview with Greek daily Kathimerini, said that the US focus is to support North Macedonia to become powerful and effective NATO member state. Concerning signaling from new Greek government on Prespa Agreement, he said that “he will leave the Greek government alone to speak about …

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Pendarovski: “Racket” case must be resolved completely and leave no room for doubt

North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski urged the competent authorities on Monday to resolve ‘Racket’ case as soon as possible and leave no room for doubt. “In recent days, we have witnessed a major affair that involves speculation, which obviously affects many layers of our society, both economic and criminal and unfortunately political. Moreover, from this …

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Court rejects Sead Kochan’s request for postponement of prison sentence

The judge for execution of criminal sanctions within the Skopje Criminal Court rejected on Monday the appeal for postponement of the execution of the prison sentence of Sead Kochan. The Macedonian businessmanаn Sead Kochan lodged a request for postponement of prison sentence to 4 years and 8 months due to health reasons. He was sentenced …

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We know how the money in the “Racket” case was provided

Frosina Fakova-Serafinovic No one who committed a crime will be spared, said the Chief State Public Prosecutor, Ljubomir Joveski in an interview with Nezavisen Vesnik/Independent Daily. He reveals some details of the investigation into the latest “Racket’ case, the accounts of the businessman witness and the extension of the investigation. Except for the investigation, Joveski …

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Philip Reeker to visit North Macedonia and Greece

Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip T. Reeker will travel to Greece and North Macedonia July 21-27 to engage with government representatives, civil society, and business leaders. In Athens, Ambassador Reeker will meet with Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and other new government leaders to discuss core issues for the bilateral relationship including …

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Spasovski: Without a court order, the MoI cannot know Katica Janeva’s location

The Ministry of Interior cannot know where the country’s citizens are at all times unless there is an order by a prosecutor or court, said Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski on Sunday. Minister Spasovski was asked by the media whether the MoI knows the location of Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva. “If the MoI is supposed …

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Pendarovski: I don’t intend to pardon Zaev if he committed crimes

North Macedonia’s head of state Stevo Pendarovski, in an interview with Radio Free Europe, says that he is committed to reconciliation, a long process involving many political and social stakeholders. On VMRO-DPMNE’s remarks that the head of state perceives reconciliation as amnesty for Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and his associates, Pendarovski says he does not …

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Mitsotakis: The conduct and cooperation of our neighbors will define their path to the EU

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 …

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Deskoska: The “Racket” case only sped up SPO’s merge with the public prosecution

 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 …

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PM Zaev cancels leaders’ meeting

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 …

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Interview with Dutch Ambassador Plomp: The SPO should continue its work, accountability from those who broke the law

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, …

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Ruskoska: Zaev was the first to inform us about the “Racket” case

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 …

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