On Thursday, the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) filed two charges in relation to the Thaler case. The first one concerns illegal financing of VMRO-DPMNE, while the other pertains to the construction of the party’s HQ in the centre of Skopje. The first charge covers, among others, former VMRO-DPMNE leader and ex-PM Nikola Gruevski, MP Ilija Dimovski, ex-Transport Minister Mile Janakieski ...

According to the Hungarian authorities, a possibility of former PM Nikola Gruevski being extradited doesn’t exist. As Justice Minister Laszlo Trocsanyi said an interview with ECHO TV on Tuesday, after the approval of the asylum request, Gruevski cannot be delivered to “a country in which he is a target of persecution.” The following day, in Macedonia, FM Nikola Dimitrov didn’t ...

Government spokesperson Mile Bosnjakovski said at a press-conference on Wednesday that former PM Nikola Gruevski will return to Macedonia and serve jail time in the country. According to him, the allegations in the asylum request are completely false. “We expect that the Hungarian authorities will recall the asylum decision and that Gruevski will be extradited. The extradition procedure has started. ...

On his official Facebook profile, on Tuesday, former PM Nikola Gruevski said he’d been given granted political asylum in Hungary due to political persecution in Macedonia from the SDSM-led government. According to Gruevski, he has received information that preparations are underway to kill him in prison. The former VMRO-DPMNE leader added he continued the struggle for the “Macedonian cause”. The ...

Hungary’s authorities aren’t sure whether former Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski received a fair trial in Macedonia. Gergely Gulyas, Minister of the Hungarian PM’s Office, once again said that Macedonia had a problem with its judiciary and prison conditions. “The conditions in the Macedonian prisons, too, should be taken into consideration, as should the situation with the Macedonian judiciary, which receive ...

The Justice Ministry is working in an accelerated manner on completing the documentation for former PM Nikola Gruevski to be extradited from Hungary. “However, we cannot say when exactly it will be completed and sent to Budapest. We cannot provide more information about the situation because of the sensitivity of the materials. There are legal grounds for Macedonia to file ...

According to the Justice Ministry, there are legal grounds for Macedonia to request for former PM Nikola Gruevski to be extradited. “That is The European Convention on Extradition,” the institution pointed out on Sunday. The extradition request is being prepared and necessary documentation being gathered. It is expected to be sent to Hungary as soon as possible. An Albanian police ...

Citing Montenegrin Police Administration sources, media in the country report that former PM Nikola Gruevski was taken out of Montenegro towards Serbia by Hungary’s Deputy Ambassador and Consul. He left the country’s territory the day he entered, through Dobrakovo Border Crossing, at 10:16 pm. In Serbia, he entered with a vehicle with licence plates 55A05, accompanied by Zoltan Csaszar and ...

In Friday’s interview with the Alsat-M TV show 360°, PM Zoran Zaev said former PM Nikola Gruevski would be brought back to Macedonia. In that regard, he pointed to the example of former Croatian PM Ivo Sanader. According to Zaev, if accountability is determined for anyone, including himself, they will be held accountable. “However, we cannot dismiss people because the ...

According to VMRO-DPMNE, the authorities should be held accountable for former PM Nikola Gruevski’s escape. “The political theatre on Monday took place in order to cover up their own powerlessness and incompetence. We disagree with his decision to go to Budapest. That is not an option even when everyone knows that it’s about political persecution because, that way, the others ...