Fatime Fetai: I don’t want to interfere in the “Racket” case, the SPO continues its work


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 …

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Zaev announces resolution of the “Racket”: Those trying to get away playing the victim will also be held accountable


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 …

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Will Katica bury the new SPO?


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 …

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Additional 30 days of detention for Boki 13 and Zoki Kicheec


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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Stefanova summoned for questioning in the “Racket” case, no details about Janeva


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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Joveski: La Verità’s footage won’t compromise the “Racket” investigation


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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PPO not revealing if La Verità’s video is used as evidence


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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Forensic experts investigate Janeva’s second mobile phone


Digital forensic experts completed the investigation into Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva’s second phone, sources from the Public Prosecutor’s Office reveal. Prosecutor Janeva’s second mobile phone, which was first declared as lost, was found on July 23rd through tracking its International Mobile Equipment Identity number. The two mobile phones were examined by digital forensic experts for …

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Hahn: EU members view North Macedonia more favorably than Albania when it comes to opening accession talks


European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, in an interview with Austrian daily Standard, says that it’s no secret that EU members view North Macedonia more favorably than Albania when it comes to opening accession talks. “We are still working on getting both states to negotiate,” Hahn told the paper. “But it is no …

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Zaev: Law on the Public Prosecution should not be conditioned on early elections


According to North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, adopting the Law on the Public Prosecution should not be conditioned on early elections. “We are against early elections”, Zaev told reporters on Monday. “A solution needs to be reached, but not through a snap election. We’ll give public reconciliation a chance so working groups can do …

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Vilma Ruskovska written in the law


The Prosecution for organized crime and corruption and the current Special Prosecutor’s Office will merge into a single institution – Prosecutor’s Office for organized crime and high corruption, and will prosecute the crime of the so-called “white collars”. The prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and the SPO prosecutors will merge their knowledge …

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Reeker-Mickoski: Hope for a positive movement when it comes to the Law on the SPO and PPO


VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski elaborated on his party’s proposed law for the Public Prosecution during his meeting with Ambassador Philip T. Reeker, Acting Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian Affairs. Mickoski, according to VMRO-DPMNE’s press release, “also highlighted the importance of an uncompromising fight against any kind of corruption and crime.” Latest political developments and …

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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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Zaev: If we let the opposition pick the prosecutor, we’re just as likely to see Gruevski appointed


“If we let the opposition pick the prosecutor, we’re just as likely to see Nikola Gruevski appointed, as their only goal is to obstruct justice”, said North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev during today’s session in Parliament. In response to a question by MP Muhamed Zekiri whether the opposition will be nominating the public prosecutor, …

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Mickoski proposes Vladimir Panchevski as head of new Prosecutor’s Office


The leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski says the staff of the current Special Prosecutor’s Office is questionable and its prosecutors should not be transferred to the new Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and High-Level Corruption but return to the institutions where they came from. “A portion of the prosecutors, including the chief prosecutor, are contaminated …

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