In this judicial process, which has been ongoing since October 2017, journalist Dragan Pavlović-Latas and three legal entities based in Skopje were accused of the crime of “Tax Evasion.”

Due to shifts in jurisdiction between prosecution offices throughout the course of the case, the process was restarted several times. At the most recent hearing, the prosecution representative stated that he would no longer pursue criminal charges against the defendants. He relied on expert findings, making amendments to the indictment and assessing that for two of the legal entities, the legal elements of “Tax Evasion” were not met.

As for the third legal entity and the accused Latas, the prosecutor found that the absolute statute of limitations for criminal prosecution had expired. Consequently, the court applied the relevant legal norms and issued this decision. The judgment, dated June 25, 2026, is final, and its anonymized summary will soon be published on the court’s official website.

The “Total” case was based on suspicions of tax evasion by Latas, in his capacity as owner and manager of the companies “Total” DOOEL Skopje, “Mediamax,” and “Total Media Centar” DOOEL Skopje, which provide marketing and consulting services.

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The appointment came after the conclusion of a procedure involving a public announcement, in which two people ran: Daniela Dimovska, a judge and acting president of the Skopje Basic Criminal Court, and Ivica Stefanovski, a judge at the same institution.

The head of the Selection Commission, Ivica Nikolovski, said both candidacies were in order and that the candidates had passed the required tests and interviews. After the report was received and the voting process was completed, Dimovska was elected president.

One year earlier, Dimovska had been chosen as acting president of the Skopje Basic Criminal Court. Before that, she served as a judge in the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption at the same court.

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