Jovanovski

In the ongoing court case that has gripped North Macedonia, codenamed Extortion, Prosecutor Ivana Trajceva on Tuesday presented messages that the main suspect, the showman-turned-businessman Bojan Jovanovski, sent to the Prime Minister, among other people, found in his seized electronic devices.

As the high-profile "Extortion" trial continued in North Macedonia on Wednesday, a witness recalled the furnishings obtained by the now-disgraced head of the Special Prosecution Office, SJO, Katica Janeva.

The 'Extortion' scandal has rocked the government of Social Democrat Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and undermined the credibility of the country's anti-corruption drive.

It erupted in July when businessman Bojan Jovanovski and alleged accomplice Zoran Milevski were arrested on suspicion of extorting money from another businessman, Orce Kamcev.

The private national TV station 1TV ceased airing its signal on Wednesday, unofficially due to major financial problems that have piled up since its informal chief, Bojan Jovanovski, known by the stage name Boki 13, was arrested late in July.

The TV station's main entrance on Friday was padlocked and its frequency blank, although its web page stayed active.

Organised crime prosecutors in North Macedonia grilled the outgoing chief special prosecutor Katica Janeva for four hours on Tuesday over her alleged involvement in the so-called 'Extortion' affair that has rocked the country for weeks.

The Italian newspaper La Verita, which on Thursday published a video of two suspected extortionists and their alleged victim, says the voice of the embattled chief of the Macedonian Special Prosecution, Katica Janeva, can be heard on its new upload on YouTube - which consists of eight recordings.

Macedonian journalists have condemned the death threat issued to a prominent TV reporter, Borjan Jovanovski.

A funeral wreath with the words "Final Greetings" written on it was delivered to his family home on Tuesday evening while Jovanovski himself was out.

INDIAN WELLS - Serbia's tennis player Bojana Jovanovski made a winning start at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Thursday evening, defeating Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands in two sets - 6:3, 6:4.

Jovanovski will next face Belinda Bencic of Switzerland who skipped the first round as 31st seed.

The prize fund of the tournament in California totals USD 5.38 million.

MELBOURNE - After Ana Ivanovic and Bojana Jovanovski, Jelena Jankovic is the latest Serbian player to be ousted from the Australian Open, as she lost to Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky 6-1 6-4 on Tuesday.

Aleksandra Krunic is the only remaining Serbian player in the women's draw. She is scheduled to face Lauren Davis of the US in her first match at the tournament on Tuesday.

GUANGZHOU - Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski lost her first round match at Guangzhou International Women's Open to Monica Niculescu of Romania 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday.

Jovanovski was visibly tired from the last week's tournament in Tashkent, where she was dethroned by Italy's Karin Knapp in straight sets on Sunday.

Photo Tanjug, D. Stankovic (archive)