Criminal Court extends detention by another 30 days for former UBK head Atanasovski

The Skopje-based Criminal Court has extended the detention of former Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) head Vladimir Atanasovski by another 30 days. Vladimir Atanasovski is suspected of ‘association for enemy activity’ related to the 27 April 2017 events in Parliament. Ex-director of UBK Atanasovski was detained last December after the testimony of two defendants …

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Court orders two 30-day-jail detentions and one house arrest for former ministers

Skopje Criminal Court has ordered former ariculture minister Mihail Cvetkov and deputy agriculture minister Kristijan Delev detained for 30 days. Former agriculture minister Aco Spasenovski was placed under house arrest on medical grounds. Former agriculture minister and current MP Ljupcho Dimovski has claimed parliamentary immunity, so his case will be considered at a later date, …

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Zaev concerned over Baily’s letter

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said he is concerned after the unprecedented public rebuke from US Ambassador Jess Baily, who sent letters to the main courts in the country informing them that judges must stop saying that they are ordering detentions and hefty prison sentences for former VMRO-DPMNE officials based on orders from his Embassy. Shortly …

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Baily denies meddling in the Macedonian judiciary in a letter to Criminal Court

US Ambassador Jess Baily sent a letter yesterday to the Skopje Criminal Court demanding judges stop using his name when ordering detention against former VMRO-DPMNE officials or when sentencing them to prison. Ambassador Baily sent the letter to Criminal Court head Ivan Dzolev, saying that he is “disappointed from the constant reports that judges say …

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42 amnesty requests so far filed to the court, one defendant gives up his right to amnesty

Forty-two defendants in several cases related to the April 27 incidents have filed amnesty requests so far to the Criminal Court in Skopje. One defendant said he wouldn’t ask for amnesty. The five-day deadline for their submission expires on Tuesday. The applicants can file the requests in person and by post. The court and the …

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Ex-Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski to testify about April 27

 At Tuesday’s hearing in Skopje’s Criminal Court, four witnesses, among whom former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski, will testify about the events of April 27, 2017. Judge Dobrila Kacarska said more witnesses would be heard Thursday as well, whereas the Prosecutor is expected to submit additional evidence on Friday. Closing statements are to begin next week, …

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Convicts flee before they are called to serve prison

The Sofia Medical Center “Majcin Dom” banned Dr Nikolce Damcevski from performing medical activity, considering that there is an effective decision against him for a two-year prison sentence in Macedonia. Before our Ministry of Health addressed the Bulgarian authorities, Damcevski duly performed his work in the capital of Bulgaria, and was even considered one of …

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Titanic trial adjourned for Sept 24 due to illness of defendant Protugjer

Trial in Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case dubbed “Titanic” has been adjourned Wednesday due to the illness of the defendant Martin Protugjer for September 24. Protugjer’s lawyer Donco Nakov submitted to the court the medical documentation and explained that defendant was urgently taken late Tuesday to emergency care unit. The prosecutor Lile Stefanovska said that …

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(PHOTO) The Opel Omega inspected – confirmed that it is the same automobile

A Crime technician opened the Opel Omega car and according to the vehicle identification number (VIN) it was confirmed that the vehicle was the same as the one that was inspected in the first procedure for the Monster case. The lawyers who suspected it was the same vehicle were reassured that the VIN number coincides. …

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(PHOTO) The Opel Omega inspected – confirmed that it is the same automobile

A Crime technician opened the Opel Omega car and according to the vehicle identification number (VIN) it was confirmed that the vehicle was the same as the one that was inspected in the first procedure for the Monster case. The lawyers who suspected it was the same vehicle were reassured that the VIN number coincides. …

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OSCE presents first report on the work of the Special Prosecutor’s Office

The OSCE Mission to Skopje presented Wednesday its first interim report on the activities and cases of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO), which provides a detailed analysis of, and recommendations for the work of the Office, highlighting the challenges encountered and the successes achieved. The report is the result of the Mission’s trial monitoring observations …

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Opening statements in Bloody Thursday trial: The defendants were saviors, not terrorists

Reputable people who recited and sang in front of the Parliament, MPs who waved their hands without making any signs to open the door of the Parliament and let the crowd in, a policeman who saved the life of MP Zijadin Sela and a minister who safely evacuated the people who were inside the Parliament, …

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