Court rejects the defense’s request to stop the procedure in the “Titanic” case


The trial in the “Titanic” case resumed today with the reading of the evidence collected by the Special Prosecutor’s Office and now taken over by the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption. Before the hearing, defense lawyer Elenko Milanov said the authorization of prosecutor Lile Stefanova goes against the law on the Public Prosecutor’s …

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Lile Stefanova stays prosecutor of “Titanic”, “Trajectory” and “Magyar Telekom”


Former SPO Prosecutor Lile Stefanova will continue to prosecute cases “Titanic”, “Trajectory” and “Magyar Telekom”, which were in her jurisdiction while working in the Special Prosecutor’s Office. State Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski gave the authorization to Stefanova, as he did for five other SPO prosecutors. Fatime Fetai and Gavril Bubevski will continue to prosecute the …

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Katica Janeva denies the request to remove Fetai and Bubevski from SPO’s Titanic 3


Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva has denied the request submitted by the defense lawyer in the Titanic 3 case to remove the SPO’s prosecutors Fatime Fetai and Gavril Bubevski from the case. Defense attorney Elenko Milanov first submitted the request to judge Marija Kletnichka, who then forwarded it the SPO as the relevant authority on …

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Janeva to rule today on the dismissal of Fetai and Bubevski from “Titanic 3”


Head Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva is to rule by 14h on Monday on whether SPO’s prosecutors Fatime Fetai and Gavril Bubevski would be dismissed from SPO’s ‘Titanic 3’ case. Following a motion tabled by lawyer of the defense in the case, Elenko Milanov, the trial judge said a recording of the motion would be …

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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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No judge wants to try DUI officials


The trial of electoral irregularities in Cair “Titanic 3”, which is being tried by officials from the ruling DUI, after many delays, accusations between the SPO and the Court and threats from lawyers to prosecutors, is back to the top. The trial judge Olja Ristova has submitted and the court accepted her request for exemption …

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30-day detention for Janakieski and Bozinovski


Mile Janakieski, former minister of transport and communications,  and Kiril Bozinovski, former government secretary-general,  have been detained and transferred to the Sutka prison, the Ministry of Interior said. Both were detained early on Wednesday upon an order issued by the Criminal Court at the request of the Special Prosecutor’s Office. Janakieski and Bozinovski are indicted …

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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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900 ‘bombs’ remain to be heard as SPO’s Titanic trial resumes


More than 900 ‘bombs’ remain to be heard as the Special Prosecutor Office’s Titanic trial resumes in Skopje’s Criminal Court today. The wiretapped recordings are related to the abuse of power by several former officials in 2012. Twenty-one individuals are indicted in the case, including former PM Nikola Gruevski. Judge Osman Sabani is presiding the …

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Jankuloska, Protugjer and Gruevski show up at court for Titanic trial


The Special Prosecutor’s Office is resuming the Titanic case trial in the Criminal Court in Skopje on Thursday. The TNT and the Target-Fortress trials are set to continue in late August. The previous Titanic hearing was scheduled for July 3, but defendant Gordana Jankulovska’s lawyer Sanja Aleksic said that the former Interior Minister was unable …

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Titanic postponed for July 3, Jankuloska did not show up at the hearing


Citing pregnancy complications, defendant Gordana Jankuloska did not show up at Thursday’s hearing for the Special Prosecutor Office’s Titanic case. The hearing has been postponed for July 3. Jankuloska’s lawyer Sanja Aleksic said that the former Interior Minister was unable to attend the hearing because of her current condition and delivered a medical certificate. Public …

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