Special prosecutor Katica Janeva was taken to the Skopje-based Criminal Court to appear before a pre-trial judge, who should decide on the prosecutor’s request for detention. Police on Wednesday searched Katica Janeva’s home in Kozle twice. Earlier today, police officers detained Janeva acting on an arrest warrant of the Public Prosecutor’s Office. She was transported […]
Furniture belonging to the head prosecutor in the SPO Katica Janeva is being confiscated from her house in Skopje’s Kozle neighborhood, as she was brought back there under police escort following a police search of SPO’s offices. The police searching SPO’s offices confiscated Janeva’s computer acting upon an order. So far, there’s no information why […]
There’s not enough evidence to suggest that Katica Janeva’s son has been involved in any illegal activities, Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska said Wednesday after SPO’s head Katica Janeva was detained on charges of abuse of office. Speaking at a news conference, Ruskovska said there’s no evidence to prove that other SPO prosecutors might be involved. “The […]
The outgoing SPO prosecutor Katica Janeva with a police escort has been transported to the main offices of the public prosecutor’s office after being detained in her home in Skopje. Police is in front of the SPO’s offices and a police van has parked outside. No one is allowed to enter the building at the […]
Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva came in and out of the office of Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska, the head prosecutor for organized crime and corruption, after being questioned for more than four hours as a witness. Dozens of news crews waited for her to answer the numerous questions raised after the “Racket“ affair and footage published […]
After Tuesday’s five-hour questioning over the Racket case at the Prosecution for Organized Crime, Katica Janeva told the press she didn’t feel any guilt and didn’t know whether any politicians were involved in the scandal. Asked if it was her voice promising “everything will be fine” to Jordan Kamchev in the recently released recording, Janeva […]
Katica Janeva was considered incorruptible, and right in front of the SPO building, in T-shirts with the three prosecutors – Janeva, Fetai and Ristovska, the “Colorful Revolutionaries” began their protests, trying to overthrow the nationalist-authoritarian regime of Nikola Gruevski, writes the German newspaper SPIEGEL. But with the Racket affair, this myth of the heroic SPO […]
Arriving to testify at the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime accompanied by a lawyer, Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva said she hoped her testimony would speed up the “Racket” investigation. “I’m still a special prosecutor,” Janeva told reporters. “My coworkers are fully authorized to represent the state in court proceedings. I hope we see several resolutions […]
Chief Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva on Tuesday will be questioned by Vilma Ruskovska, the prosecutor tasked with investigating the case. Janeva’s testimony is expected to clarify several issues puzzling the public after the Racket case was opened in July. As the scandal broke out, two suspected extortionists Bojan Jovanovski and Zoran Mileski were put […]
Fetai refrains from commenting on Racket case Ahead of Monday’s Titanic 3 case trial, the SPO Prosecutor Fatime Fetai refrained from commenting on the latest developments in the Racket case led by the Public Prosecutor’s Office for fighting organized crime. “I wouldn’t want to comment on it. The Racket proceedings are led by a different […]
Each of us is equal before the law and we support and expect institutions to do their job. None of us expects political protection, none of us would get it, Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska told a press conference. “This country has changed and when there’s crime, the institutions take action. The moment certain information came […]
Everyone involved in the case, anyone who has broken the law in any way, will be held accountable and probed in a transparent judicial inquiry, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said in a short interview with MIA. There must be accountability both for the brains behind the whole thing and for those who are doing all […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
