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Macedonian Court Dismisses Gruevski's Jail Sentence Appeal
Macedonia's Criminal Court in Skopje on Friday rejected appeals filed by former prime minister Nikola Gruevski to postpone his two-year jail sentence for the illicit purchase of a luxury Mercedes.
"The decision has been sent to the parties in the case and will become executive right after the parties receive it," the ruling said.
FYROM's criminal court orders freeze on opposition party assets
The criminal court of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), which is investigating allegations of unlawful political financing, has ordered a temporary freeze on the sale or lease of 69 properties owned by the main opposition VMRO-DPMNE, including its headquarters.
Court Freezes Macedonian Opposition's Property Assets
The right-wing VMRO DPMNE opposition party cannot sell or rent its lavish 'white palace' HQ in central Skopje, nor many of its other real-estate assets across the country, until the end of the major money-laundering case codenamed 'Talir', the Special Prosecution, SJO told BIRN on Thursday.
Skopje Criminal Court issued this ruling on Wednesday, the sources said.
Macedonia Ex-PM Gruevski Summoned to Serve Jail Sentence
The Criminal Court in Skopje confirmed on Friday that it has handed a 'referral act' to ex-premier Nikola Gruevski, saying he should start serving his jail sentence at the prison in Shuto Orizari, near Skopje, on November 8 at the latest.
Macedonia Prosecution Probes Vice Prime Minister
Macedonia's Special Prosecution, SJO, said on Wednesday that it is investigating Vice Prime Minister Bujar Osmani, along with 14 other people, over several suspicious public tenders in 2010 while he served as health minister in former premier Nikola Gruevski's cabinet.
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Macedonia Court Jails Ex-Interior Minister For Six Years
Macedonia's former interior minister, Gordana Jankuloska, was jailed for six years on Monday in a first-instance verdict for "misuse of office", for her involvement in the illegal purchase of a luxury Mercedes in 2012 that the former prime minister, Nikola Gruevski, had used secretly.
FYROM appeals court upholds jailing of ex-prime minister
An appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court's sentencing of former prime minister Nikola Gruevski of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to two years in prison for fixing a tender for the government to buy a bullet-proof Mercedes Benz.
Macedonia Court Confirms Former PM Gruevski's Jail Sentence
Maceodnia's Appeals Court on Friday confirmed former prime minister Nikola Gruevski's two-year jail sentence.
Gruevski Races Against Time to Avoid Macedonian Jail
Macedonia's ex-Prime Minister and former ruling VMRO DPMNE party leader Nikola Gruevski is involved in a legal race against time that will determine whether he will serve his two-year jail sentence which was handed down in a first-instance verdict in May, or not have to serve any jail time because the statute of limitations has passed.
Macedonia Ex-PM's Trial Hears 'Election-Rigging' Tapes
The Skopje court on Friday continued to hear more of over 1,000 previously unreleased wiretapped audio recordings of senior ex-officials as evidence in the case against former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and some of his former ministers and close associates who are accused of rigging past elections.