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, …
After the two main political parties failed to reach an agreement on how to solve the status of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office, which is a key condition for getting a date for starting the country’s EU accession talks, the head of the EU Delegation to Macedonia Samuel Zbogar joined the discussion. He met yesterday …
SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE working teams will hold Thursday yet another meeting, in an attempt to reach agreement over the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the future status of the Special Prosecutor’s Office-SPO. The meeting will take place in the Ministry of Justice on Thrusday at 6 pm. Although remaining firm on their positions, …
SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE will meet yet again to discuss the SPO on Thursday Read More »
The fate of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, which was set up to investigate registered conversations incriminating the previous government, has triggered a political debate in Skopje. According to the government, the Special Prosecutor’s Office must be a special institution, while the opposition wants this institution to be part of the General Attorney’s Office. Meanwhile, the …
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The Special Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Magyar Telekom trial unveiled the unofficial document, a non-paper, which confirms that former Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti and former DUI minister Musa Xhaferi received 7.5 million euros to postpone the introduction of a third mobile operator in North Macedonia. This document was quoted before …
The SPO targets Buckovski, he claims there are no crooks Read More »
Working groups of the government and the opposition sat Monday afternoon to see if they could find an understanding for the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office. The two sides have diametrically opposite plans for the future of Katica Janeva’s team and the chances of a compromise are very small, which makes it likely that the government …
Working groups that were formed up after PM Zoran Zaev and VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski reached an agreement at their meeting last week, will convene today to find a joint solution to the draft-law on the Public Prosecution’s Office and the future status of the Special Public Prosecution. The ruling coalition and the opposition share …
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The flood in the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office destroyed evidence from one of the most important cases – “Empire”. This news flooded the media yesterday, so that later the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office had to explain that things were quite different. The SPO said that there was no flood in the institution, but that a …
The flood in the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office destroyed evidence from one of the most important cases – “Empire”. This news flooded the media yesterday, so that later the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office had to explain that things were quite different. The SPO said that there was no flood in the institution, but that a …
North Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani dismissed rumors on Tuesday that his political party DUI had insisted on a complete staff overhaul in the Special Prosecutor’s Office, including Katica Janeva at its helm. Speaking at a joint press conference with Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski to promote the National Coordination Center …
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Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva and her team of prosecutors became the main obstacle between Prime Minister, and SDSM leader, Zoran Zaev and the leader of the main opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski. The two met Sunday evening in the government building and agreed to find a solution on how the status of the Special …
Mickoski wants Katica dismissed, Zaev does not allow it Read More »
“Upcoming presidential elections will be fair and crystal clear”, both PM Zaev and VMRO-DPMNE leader Mickoski agreed after their joint meeting Sunday evening. Working groups, set up by SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE, starting Monday will work on the new draft-law on the public prosecutor’s office, envisaging the integration of the Special Public Prosecution into the Public …
“Upcoming presidential elections will be fair and crystal clear”, both PM Zaev and VMRO-DPMNE leader Mickoski agreed after their joint meeting Sunday evening. Working groups, set up by SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE, starting Monday will work on the new draft-law on the public prosecutor’s office, envisaging the integration of the Special Public Prosecution into the Public …
Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva, is unable to predict what will happen in the future with the cases of this prosecutor’s office, if the new draft law is finally adopted, which will ultimately regulate the status of the SPO and by which the so-called “bombs” can no longer be used as evidence in over twenty …
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North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expects the Law on the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) to be endorsed by consensus. PM Zaev said Tuesday the law is entering parliamentary procedure and discussions will take place with opposition VMRO-DPMNE, followed by the independent VMRO-DPMNE MP group and smaller opposition parties of ethnic Albanians. “I expect consensus …
The Supreme Court accepted the appeals and the businessmen Jordan Kamcev, Cvetan Pandeleski and Nenad Josifovic, suspects in the investigation of the SPO’s Empire case, are coming out of house arrest. This information is unofficial and is expected to be confirmed during the day. According to legal opinion established by Supreme judges in a general …
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Attorney Mile Petrovski, defense lawyer of defendant Saso Mijalkov, in yesterday’s closing argument at the trial for election irregularities at the 2013 local elections (“Titanic 2”) has demanded an acquittal for his client because, as he said, there is no evidence that he has taken any action, or has committed the crime charged against him. …
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VMRO-DPMNE MP Ilija Dimovski delayed the first hearing in the Thaler case, a case opened by the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office for his party’s unlawful financing. Dimovski informed the Court on 13 February that as a Member of Parliament and Head of the Parliamentary Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO, he will participate in …
The SPO is after Dimovski, while he is representing the country in Brussels Read More »
The regular Public Prosecutor’s Office doesn’t have the same resources as the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office, the country should invest more in the rest of the prosecutorial structures, says Natasa Gaber-Damjanovska, director of the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors in Sunday’s interview with Radio Free Europe. “I do not know how motivating it is …
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The expert collegiate of the Public Prosecution Office (PPO) agreed to seek for the Parliament’s authentic interpretation of the disputable Article 22 of the Law on the Special Prosecution Office (SPO), Public Prosecutor Lubomir Joveski told a press conference on Thursday. Under this Article, SPO, set in 2015 to prosecute criminal offences related to and …
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