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Theater for distracting the public: Katica Janeva has been arrested by an order of the head of the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime and Corruption, prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska. This two close friends yesterday were drunk coffee just to observe the formalities.

Theater: Janeva taken into custody | MINA Report

Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva was taken from her home in Kozle at 10am local time. She got into a car accompanied by several people, but there were no handcuffs on her hands. Her escort opened the door of an unmarked police vehicle.

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By Mark Abramoff - August 21, 2019

Janeva and Ruskoska drank coffee yesterday, they only distract the public - Republika English

Katica Janeva didn’t feel guilty!? Probably the whole matter that allegedly lasted 4-5 hours, actually took 5-10 mins, just to...

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21.08.2019

Following Tuesday's questioning at the Prosecution, Janeva spotted enjoying relaxed dinner - Republika English

Following Tuesday’s questioning at the Prosecutor’s Office, special public prosecutor Katica Janeva was spotted walking along the Vardar river quay. After...

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21.08.2019

Everyone is waiting for her in court, but Katica returns home - Republika English

While everyone is waiting for Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva to be brought to the Criminal Court, but she has been...

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21.08.2019

Police search Janeva's SPO office and Gevgelija home - Republika English

SPO chief prosecutor Katica Janeva with a police escort has been transported to the SPO offices after being detained in...

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21.08.2019

Arsovski: Public Prosecution's statement that Janeva took only small portion of € 8m is scandalous - Republika English

The career of Zoran Zaev’s first person, Katica Janeva, is ending, according to VMRO-DPMNE. Her arrest should have taken place...

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21.08.2019

Ruskovska: No evidence to prove that other SPO prosecutors might be involved - Независен Весник

There’s not enough evidence to suggest that Katica Janeva’s son has been involved in any illegal activities, Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska said Wednesday after SPO’s head Katica Janeva was detained on charges of abuse of office. Speaking at a news conference, Ruskovska said there’s no evidence to...

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21/08/2019

 

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The Macedonian businessman Orce Kamcev in the testimony before prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska is explaining how Zoran Zaev, Jovce and Frosina Remenski, Radmila Sekerinska and Nikola Dimitrov are involved in 'Racket'- Ruskovska confirms that the record of the Kamcev's testimony is authentic.

From Kamcev's statement to Ruskoska: Zoran Zaev, Jovce and Frosina Remenski, Radmila Sekerinska and Nikola Dimitrov are directly involved in "Racket" - Republika English

“From September 2018 until sometime April 10, 2019, I am constantly blackmailed by a group of people who extorted a...

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24.08.2019

Ruskoska confirmed: The record of Kamcev's testimony is authentic - Republika English

Journalist Sase Dimovski contacted prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska this morning in relation to the record of witness Orce Kamcev’s testimony in...

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24.08.2019

Council of Prosecutors not satisfied with Ruskoska's report on the "Racket" case - Republika English

Two days after Katica Janeva’s arrest, the Prosecutor’s Office sent an official letter to the Council of Prosecutors regarding the...

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24.08.2019

Zaev: I will sue the journalist who accused me of being involved in "Racket", Ruskoska to say if the record is authentic - Republika English

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has announced a lawsuit against the “Infomax” journalist who published the first page of the record...

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24.08.2019

Orchestrated attack by the Government: Frosina Remenski demands apology, or she will sue - Republika English

No one’s right can endanger the right of the other. These are the limits of all freedoms and rights of...

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24.08.2019

New La Verita bomb announced in a radio show: Did Boki 13 call Jovce Remenski? - Republika English

Journalist Saso Dimovski, who has been monitoring the situation and the problems in the judiciary for many years, was a...

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24.08.2019
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Nikola Dimitrov threatens "Republika", calls for early elections - Republika English

In a Facebook post, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov makes open threats to the Republika news portal over the reporting on...

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24.08.2019

At the moment "Republika" is the biggest threat to the government, not the "Racket case": Sekerinska threatens us with a lawsuit too - Republika English

After Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov’s post on Facebook, in which he made open threats to the “Republika” news portal over...

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24.08.2019

MAN: No withdrawal of texts, sue Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Boki 13 - Republika English

The Macedonian Association of Journalists (MAN) urges its members not to succumb to pressure and threats, and not to withdraw...

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24.08.2019

Security measures in prison - Katica does not run into Boki 13 - Независен Весник

Goran Adamovski Katica Janeva briefly left the investigative prison in Shutka yesterday where she was ordered a thirty-day detention for involvement in the Racket case. Escorted by the police, she was taken to her hometown Gevgelija where her mother was buried, who died the day her daughter was...

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23/08/2019

 

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VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski has the same friends from abroad as Zoran Zaev.

Zaev with glasses promises better days for Macedonia, his friends told him | MINA Report

DPNE's leader Hristijan Mickoski has a pretty good feeling better days are ahead for Macedonia. For one, Zaev has just over a year left on his mandate and two, Mickoski's friends from abroad had promised him this Government will leave (likely once their mandate is over).

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By Gorazd Velkovski - August 25, 2019

Zbogar: "Racket" became a reality show - Republika English

The judiciary probably is becoming aware that it may have the last chance to regain the trust of the citizens by...

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26.08.2019

Ruskoska and Jovevski desperately seek way to pardon Zoran Zaev for the fourth time - Republika English

The government is completely incriminated and in panic. The criminal gang headed by the abolished Zaev is on a train...

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26.08.2019

Kamchev questioned by prosecutors as witness in the "Racket" case - Независен Весник

Orce Kamchev, who reported the Racket case to authorities, was questioned Monday as a witness at the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption. Kamchev has accused Bojan Jovanovski and Zoran Mileski of racketeering. The two men are suspected of extorting money from him and in...

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26/08/2019

No progress in negotiations on public prosecution law - Republika English

No progress was made Monday at a working meeting of the government and the opposition over the new law on...

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26.08.2019

Woman who stole Groupon and called it Grouper nominated for Macedonia’s Finance Minister | MINA Report

Intellectual property? Not in Macedonia. Country's to be finance minister is Nina Angelovska, a dubious business woman who is behind the website Grouper.mk, an e-commerce marketplace connecting subscribers with local merchants by offering them coupons.

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By Gorazd Velkovski - August 25, 2019

Once tried for "Mavrovo workers" case, soon a minister - Republika English

After DUI’s Ibrahim Dehari rejected the offer for minister in charge of foreign investments, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev received another proposal...

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26.08.2019

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DUI appoints convicted drug trafficker as head of Debar High School | MINA Report

DUI has appointed convicted drug trafficker Ramadan Imeri as the head of the only high school in Debar where hundreds of students attend. The irony is, DUI themselves lobbied for ensuring only individuals without police dossiers should be able to get public jobs.

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By Marija Nikolovska - August 25, 2019

Convicted drug trafficker Ramadan Imeri

 

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The Council of Public Prosecutors will start a procedure for the dismissal of SPO's head Katica Janeva.

The Prosecutors Council start a procedure for the dismissal of Katica Janeva - Независен Весник

The Council of Public Prosecutors has ruled unanimously to start a procedure for the dismissal of Katica Janeva from her post as chief of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, citing that “all conditions were met” to do so. Council President Kole Shteriev said a report would be submitted to...

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29/08/2019

With Zaev in power, it is impossible to truly solve the "Racket" case - Republika English

Although mentioned in the statements given so far, Zoran Zaev has not yet been summoned for questioning at the Public...

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29.08.2019

Gaiser: There is more evidence and witnesses against the current Prime Minister Zaev - Republika English

Following the video and audio material published in the Italian newspaper La Verita, Slovenian Laris Gaiser claims that there is...

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27.08.2019

Pandov: If Vilma can't withstand pressure from politicians mentioned in "Racket", she should step down - Republika English

On the same day when Ruskoska claims to the media that besides Zaev in the witness statement, more precisely the...

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28.08.2019

For things to be more clear.

The West Is Spinning the "Cultural Genocide" of Macedonians - Global Research

What they could be doing, instead, is preventing the forced name and identity change on Macedonia and Macedonians.

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By Bill Nicholov - August 26, 2019

 

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North Macedonia expects date for EU accession talks in October

FILE PHOTO: Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov raises his fist during a signature ceremony of the accession protocol between the Republic of North Macedonia and NATO at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 6, 2019. Francois Lenoir/File Photo

BLED, Slovenia September 3, 2019 - North Macedonia expects to get a date for the start of EU accession talks in October and is worried the Balkans region would be discouraged about reform if discussions do not begin, its foreign minister said on Tuesday.

In remarks to Reuters, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov added that a start to accession talks would help persuade young people not to emigrate and seek a “European style of life” elsewhere.

The former Yugoslav republic changed its name from Macedonia to North Macedonia this year, ending a more than two-decade dispute with Greece over its name and removing an obstacle to its membership of the EU and NATO.

The European Commission formally recommended in May that North Macedonia should start negotiations to join the EU. The country had hoped to get the date to start accession talks in June, but the Commission postponed the decision for October.

“The big issues are resolved. If there is no proper realization of this opportunity this essentially means that there is no perspective for the region,” Dimitrov said.

“It would send a message to other leaders in the Balkans that it is not really worth investing political capital in making difficult decisions, reforming,” Dimitrov said on the sidelines of a regional political forum in Bled.

He also said Macedonia expected to become a member of NATO in December or early next year after NATO members signed an accord on its accession in February. The accord is currently going through a ratification process in member states.

Dimitrov said foreign direct investment had increased strongly after the accord with NATO and is due to increase further once Macedonia starts EU accession talks.

He said North Macedonia’s NATO membership would bring an element of stability and predictability that was needed in the Balkans.

He could not say when North Macedonia could join the EU but added: “The process (of getting ready for EU membership) is important. The biggest battle for us is keeping youngsters at home so we need to make our country European so that they can have European style of life at home and not look for it elsewhere.”

Only 50 percent of working-age Macedonians are employed, and low birth rates and emigration are shrinking the workforce, a World Bank report said in 2018.

Dimitrov said preparations for EU membership should lead to a further drop in unemployment and an increase in GDP, with more jobs leading to higher salaries.

Once a part of Yugoslavia, the country peacefully seceded in 1991 but came close to civil war in 2001 when ethnic Albanians launched an armed insurgency seeking greater autonomy. NATO and EU diplomacy pulled it back from the brink of civil war.


Slovak deputy minister quits after allegations of contacts with murder suspect
BRATISLAVA September 3, 2019 - Slovakia’s deputy justice minister Monika Jankovska resigned on Tuesday under pressure from the president and the opposition over her alleged contacts with a suspect in the killing of an investigative journalist.

The murder in February 2018 of Jan Kuciak, who uncovered fraud cases involving politically connected businessmen, and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova shone a spotlight on corruption in the central European country and sparked mass protests that forced then-Prime Minister Robert Fico to resign.

Five people have been charged with the killings and are awaiting a trial, including high-profile businessman Marian Kocner whose business deals were a subject of Kuciak’s stories.

Four, including Kocner, have denied wrongdoing, while the fifth has confessed to shooting Kuciak. But any contacts with Kocner, an acquaintance of politicians from various parties, have become toxic in the light of the charges.

Special prosecutors said last month they had been able to extract tens of thousands messages from Kocner’s phone including communications with “representatives of state bodies and the justice system”.

Slovak media published parts of messages Kocner allegedly exchanged with a woman also charged in the killing, in which he called Jankovska, who denies any wrongdoing, his pawn at the ministry.

Police said last month they had seized phones of several officials as part of investigation of corruption and abuse of authority, but did not comment on whether there was any connection with Kocner.

Jankovska confirmed her phone was among those seized but denied ever having any contacts, personal or electronic, with Kocner and called the police action against her “politically motivated”.

“I am resigning because of attacks against my family, I have done nothing wrong,” she said, adding there was no way of knowing whether Kocner’s communication was authentic.

Two deputy general prosecutors have also been forced to resign since January over their contacts with Kocner.

 

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The Council of Public Prosecutors will start a procedure for the dismissal of SPO's head Katica Janeva.

The Prosecutors Council start a procedure for the dismissal of Katica Janeva - Независен Весник

The Council of Public Prosecutors has ruled unanimously to start a procedure for the dismissal of Katica Janeva from her post as chief of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, citing that “all conditions were met” to do so. Council President Kole Shteriev said a report would be submitted to...

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29/08/2019

The career of the Katica (Рекетарица) Janeva is over and the SPO is 'dead': The Council of public prosecutors unanimously decided to remove Janeva from her position as Special Prosecutor, and the other prosecutors will return to their previous prosecution offices.

It's over: Council of public prosecutors unanimously votes to remove Janeva from her office - Republika English

The Council of public prosecutors unanimously decided this evening to remove Katica Janeva from her position as Special Prosecutor. The...

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14.09.2019

Katica Janeva dismissed the PPO in Gevgelija as well - Независен Весник

Former head Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva has been dismissed from her post in he PPO in Gevgelija, after being dismissed from the head post in the SPO on Septeber 15th. The Council of Public Prosecutors passed a decision on Monday to terminate the post of Katica Janeva in Gevgelija, as well...

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16/09/2019

SPO prosecutors' term officially ends - Republika English

The Council of Public Prosecutors confirmed on Monday the termination of the Special Prosecutor’s Office’s term following the dismissal of...

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16.09.2019

Zaev's government is more corrupt than that of Rama - Republika English

Dimitrov also admitted that the group with Albania for EU membership is a bad thing, but now no one wants...

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16.09.2019

Ahmeti: If there was crime involving DUI, no one would have spared us - Republika English

Zoran Zaev’s coalition partner, Ali Ahmeti, at the election assembly of the party branch in Cair, told his party colleagues...

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16.09.2019

Tusk to pay visit to Skopje ahead of EU decision - Republika English

The President of the European Council Donald Tusk will pay Tuesday a visit to Macedonia and will meet with Prime...

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16.09.2019

 

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Pompeo is stirring up trouble, again, and Germany is lending a helping hand!

Germany pushes compromise on EU talks with North Macedonia, Albania
Germany has proposed starting EU membership talks with North Macedonia before the end of this year and agreeing in principle to launch the process for Albania, but without setting an exact date prior to Tirana meeting more conditions.

U.S., Montenegro to sign military deal, Pompeo says

The United States and Montenegro, which joined NATO in 2017, are finalizing their biggest bilateral arms deal, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday.

Croatia government offers 2% wage hike to teachers, more might follow
The Croatian government has offered a 2% wage hike for teachers this year which is affordable at the moment, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday, ahead of a strike the teachers' unions have scheduled for next week.

 

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France resists EU membership talks for North Macedonia and Albania

French President Emmanuel Macron refused on Friday to let North Macedonia start talks on joining the European Union and led a group of leaders who blocked opening talks with Albania, despite concerns over Chinese and Russian influence in the Balkans.

'Historic error': France under fire in EU for blocking Balkan hopefuls
Senior European Union officials, worried by growing Chinese and Russian influence in the Balkans, accused France on Friday of making a "historic error" by refusing to let North Macedonia and Albania start talks on joining the EU.

EU talks over enlargement to Balkans should restart in November: Italy's PM

Italy's Prime Minister said Rome would propose that the European Union restarts talks on enlarging the bloc to include Albania and North Macedonia in November after the EU blocked the beginning of negotiations with the two Balkan countries.

EU's Juncker says blocking membership for North Macedonia and Albania 'a historic error'

The European Union's failure to agree on starting talks with North Macedonia and Albania was "a historic error", European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Friday.

Croatia revokes retirement age rise after trade union revolt
Croatia backed down on changes to its pension system on Friday as parliament reinstated a retirement age of 65, after leading trade unions staged protests against a rise to 67.

 

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Macron announced he will be visiting Rama and Zaev - Republika English

French President Emmanuel Macron has stated he would be visiting Macedonia and Albania soon to meet with their leaders, Zoran...

english.republika.mk

18.10.2019

EU blocks the Zoker from participating at meetings | MINA Report

Zaev and Co. must have really mixed up their dates in Brussels, as the EU cut short the itinerary of Macedonia's illegitimate representative. With the exception of everyone, who could have seen this coming!? Was it Zaev's impeccable command of his English language that resulted in his removal...

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By Mark Abramoff - October 18, 2019

North Mickoski has had it, wants protests | MINA Report

DPNE's opposition leader H. North Mickoski has had it with Zaev. Today, Mickoski announced he will be calling people to protest SDS' failure to obtain EU accession date.

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By Mark Abramoff - October 17, 2019

 

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Early today, Montenegro passed "a Religious Freedom Law" that introduces and supports "an independent" religious order. It imposes a threat to the heritage of the Serbian Orthodox community, in that, this new "independent Church" wants to confiscate Orthodox Church properties. In due time, Macedonia may face a similar fate, which first began dismantling Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine and has now been "imposed on Montenegro". Kosovo and Metohija are next on the list.

There is U.S. backing behind this trend, a former U.S. Senator Sam Brownback but my thoughts are more in line - that the Catholic Church is fully behind "destroying Orthodox" religions, in which many European Countries, including Russia support a long heritage and devotion to the Orthodox religion.

Expert says US trying to impose religious freedom law on Montenegro
Expert says US trying to impose religious freedom law on Montenegro

The pundit pointed to the fact that the former US senator who was "very active" in deepening the church rift in Ukraine visited Montenegro prior to the bill being endorsed.

BELGRADE, December 26, 2019 - The law on religious freedom, which envisages the seizure of religious property from the Serbian Orthodox Church, is being imposed on Montenegro by the United States, Montenegrin journalist and political commentator Igor Damjanovic told TASS.

"In addition to internal motives, there is an external motive, which imposes the approval of that law. The US is interested in that, because this law can set a precedent for using that mechanism in Kosovo and Metohija. The government of the unrecognized republic of Kosovo may call for passing such a law and seizing monasteries and churches, medieval Serbian cultural treasures in Kosovo," the expert stressed.

"It is noteworthy that Sam Brownback, former senator and Governor of Kansas, who has served as US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom since February 1, 2018, visited Montenegro a month ago," he went on to say. "It is no secret that this person was very active in deepening the church rift in Ukraine. I believe that, despite his conciliatory public statements, that visit has accelerated the approval of the law on religious freedom."

According to the expert, the religious freedom bill is aimed at making churches, monasteries and other religious facilities built before 1920 state property with their subsequent transfer to the "Montenegrin Orthodox Church," which is not canonically recognized. "The law will provide the legal framework for seizing the property of the Serbian Orthodox Church, to be more precise, its Montenegro-Littoral Metropolis, that is, the only canonical church that has believers and make it state property," he said. "The so-called Montenegrin church is schismatic, it has neither authority among people, nor believers, nor serious clergy."

Damjanovic presumed that the authorities would not begin to apply the law immediately but would wait for the election results. "I believe that in the event of winning the elections, the authorities will begin to apply the law no earlier than a year later," the expert said. However, in the future, the law will be one of the key tools for an onslaught against the church, he added.

Situation in Montenegro

Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic earlier accused the Serbian Orthodox Church of trying to maintain a religious monopoly in the country. He also said that he would seek autocephaly for the "Montenegrin church" based on Ukraine’s model. For his part, a Serbian Orthodox Church bishop, Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral, noted, commenting on Djukanovic’s remarks, that the president was "trying to be the head of the church himself," adding that "this is the first time in history when an atheist is creating a church."

Montenegro’s cabinet is trying to push a law through the parliament on religious freedom in the country, providing for the seizure of church property from the Serbian Orthodox Church. The issue at hand is more than 650 holy sites, including the well-known Ostrog Monastery.

Despite believers’ protests, the legislative committee of the Montenegrin parliament earlier endorsed the bill on the freedom of religion. On Thursday, the legislation will be considered at a meeting in Montenegro’s unicameral parliament. A simple majority of votes is required to approve the document.

Serbian church warns Montenegrin authorities about backlash from new religious law
Serbian church warns Montenegrin authorities about backlash from new religious law

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BELGRADE, December 27. /TASS/. The Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral of the Serbian Orthodox Church has pinned the blame for the adverse effects of the newly-approved law on religious freedom on the Montenegrin authorities.

"Lawmakers, Montenegro’s government and the country’s president Milo Djukanovic are fully responsible for the fallout from passing the law," the Metropolitanate said in a statement on Friday. It believes that the detention of opposition lawmakers opposed to that law has sparked "an unprecedented rift and loathing in society," where everyone loses.

It stressed that the Montenegrin authorities were guided by the desire "to create a state-controlled autocephalous Montenegrin church obedient to the regime."


Russian Orthodox Holy Synod alarmed at Montenegrin pressure against Serbian church
Russian Orthodox Holy Synod alarmed at Montenegrin pressure against Serbian church

MOSCOW, July 10, 2019 - The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has raised concerns over the deteriorating situation of the Serbian Patriarchate’s eparchies in Montenegro.

Montenegro’s President Milo Dukanovic told a party meeting on June 8 that there were plans of "restoring Montenegro’s autocephalous (independent) church"

 

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This is, so to say, conquering last bit of willpower from common people in Montenegro. After the church (with its tradition) is taken over, there can hardly be expected any revolts in the future and brainwashing will be complete.
For people which are not familiar with president Djukanovic, he and his political party have continuously been ruling this country for 30 years. Russia and Serbia which used to be brothers to Montenegro have been portrayed as villains and conquerors while NATO and EU (which bombed Montenegro along with Serbia) have become friends and role models for future.
Again, destroying the last link of the earlier times, total fascism will take place here.

 

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A Croatian court ruled on Monday that the head of Hungarian energy group MOL and Croatia's former prime minister were guilty in a corruption case, opening a new chapter in a legal saga that has dragged on for almost a decade.

Croatian court finds head of Hungary's MOL, Croatia's ex-PM guilty of bribery

MOL’s Chief Executive and Chairman Zsolt Hernadi was found guilty of bribing former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader in 2008 to allow MOL to become the key decision-maker in Croatian energy firm INA, in which MOL is the biggest shareholder and the Croatian state is the second-biggest.

They were handed prison sentences of two and six years respectively, Croatia’s N1 television reported, although both were absent from court. The ruling is not final and can be appealed. MOL owns close to 50% of INA while the Croatian state owns 45%.

Court president Ivan Turudic said: “There is an active European arrest warrant for Hernadi and Hungary should act accordingly.”

 

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Milomir Savcic, 60, is accused of commanding the Bosnian Serb Army headquarters 65 Protection Motorised Regiment, which included a military police battalion, to capture, kill and bury adult Muslim Bosniaks from the U.N.-protected eastern enclave of Srebrenica in July 1995.

Bosnia indicts Serb army general over Srebrenica genocide

A Bosnian war crimes prosecutor on Tuesday indicted a Bosnian Serb former army general for taking part in the 1995 massacre of about 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, an atrocity described as genocide by two international courts.

Bosnian Serb forces led by General Ratko Mladic attacked Srebrenica on July 11, 1995, separated men from women and children, and killed about 8,000 Muslims, who were then buried in mass graves.

The Srebrenica massacre is regarded as Europe’s worst atrocity since World War Two.

Savcic consciously helped Mladic and colonel Ljubisa Beara, as well as other commanders of the Drina Corps and Zvornik Brigade, which executed the massacre, to destroy the Muslim men as an ethnic group in the area, the prosecutor said in a statement.

Both Mladic and Beara were jailed for life over the Srebrenica genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

“Savcic is accused of planning, commanding and supervising the activities ... during the capture and detention of several hundred Bosniak men at several locations in the Nova Kasaba area, and their illegal arrest, torture and murder,” the statement said.

“Savcic is accused ... of committing the criminal act of helping in genocide,” the statement added.

Savcic, who is not in detention, is the president of the Bosnian Serb Republic’s war veterans’ organization. He holds Bosnian and Serbian citizenship.

 

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President Stevo Pendarovski is still pushing North Macedonia to get into NATO.

North Macedonia hopes for NATO accession ratification in March

North Macedonia's President Stevo Pendarovski said on Tuesday that he expects Spain, the final country needed to ratify its North Atlantic Treaty organization (NATO) accession, to be ready to do so in March.

 

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On 27 March 2020 Macedonia had become a NATO member under the new name North Macedonia. Here are some 'benefits' as NATO member with a new name.

The first 'benefit':

At the first NATO (virtual) meeting as a full-fledged member, there was not even the new name, just a 'MK-Skopje MOD' (down left corner).


The second 'benefit':

I am not Macedonian, but a 'Citizen' (of MK-Skopje MOD).


'Thank you' America, you are a 'truly friend' and 'reliable strategic partner'.