Appellate Court orders house arrest for Katica Janeva


The Appellate Court in Skopje accepted the appeal by former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva and replaced detention order with house arrest. “The first-instance decision has been altered and house arrest has been ordered, accompanied by precautionary measures,” informs the court. Katica Janeva is a defendant in money extortion case, commonly referred to as the Racket …

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Mijalkov asked for his passport back – Former UBK head wants to have surgery abroad


Former director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence, Sasho Mijalkov, asks the court for his passport back so he could have his medical treatments abroad. According to information, Mijalkov went to the SPO with a bunch of medical documents requesting the return of his passport, which is kept in the Criminal Court as one …

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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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Cancelled sentence over ‘Trista’ case: SPO’s verdicts are failing


The only official from the previous government who ended up in prison and was sentenced to a total of 15 years in prison, Gjoko Popovski, won a smaller legal battle. The Court of Appeal abolished the nine-year sentence for the former assistant minister in the Interior Ministry for illegally procuring 300 vehicles for the Ministry …

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Appellate Court cancels 9-year prison sentence for Gjoko Popovski


The first-instance judgment in Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case Trista (Three Hundred) has been cancelled and the case will be retried, decided the Skopje-based Appellate Court on Wednesday. Former Assistant Interior Minister Gjoko Popovski was sentenced on May 22nd to 9 years in prison for abuse of office and damages to the budget in the …

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MP Krsto Mukoski released on bail


 Skopje Court of Appeal has released MP Krsto Mukoski on bail regarding the April 27 events in Parliament. The Appellate Court approved Friday Mukoski’s complaint against the decision of the Criminal Court, cancelling the measure house arrest, but retained his passport and obliged him to report to the court.  

Gruevski: Court’s decision is a political pressure and political repression


Former prime minister Nikola Gruevski on Friday called the decision of the Appellate Court upholding his two-year prison sentence ‘political pressure and political repression.’ He will be imprisoned for the illicit purchase of a luxury, €600,000  Mercedes. “It is political repression and a politically-staged process that is ongoing. The only thing that changed after my press conference …

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Appellate Court confirms two-year prison sentence for Gruevski


The Appellate Court in Skopje dismissed an appeal by former prime minister Nikola Gruevski, as being ‘groundless’, against a ruling over a two-year prison sentence. The Skopje court partially upheld an appeal by a defendant, namely the former associate interior minister, Gjoko Popovski. It changed a section of the sentencing decision and sentenced him to …

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House arrest for three suspects for April 27 Parliament incidents


 The Skopje Appellate Court has altered the detention measure into house arrest for MP Ljuben Arnaudov and organizers of “Joint Macedonia” protests Boris Damovski and Bogdan Ilievski, who are suspects in the case regarding the incidents in Parliament on 27 April 2017. Their passports will be confiscated as a precautionary measure. Former minister of interior …

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Skopje court rejects detention appeals of 7 people involved in Parliament’s storming


The Skopje Appellate Court at a closed session on Monday rejected  seven more appeals, calling them ‘groundless’, against the detention of suspects for terrorism and constitutional enlargement in connection to the events of 27 April 2017 in Parliament. Under the ruling, seven people – Ivan Cvetanovski, Abduljafet Alimi, Ljuben Arnaudov, Jane Cento, Johan Tarculovski, Saso …

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