SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 40562/23
Valentina JOVANOVSKA and Others against North Macedonia
and 21 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 3 July 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Gediminas Sagatys, President,
Stéphane Pisani,
Juha Lavapuro, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska, a lawyer practising in Skopje.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Government of North Macedonia (“the Government”).
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against North Macedonia in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 28 August 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Gediminas Sagatys
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
(excessive length of civil proceedings)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of applicants’ declaration
Amount awarded for non‑pecuniary damage
per applicant
(in euros)[1]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros)[2]
40562/23
07/11/2023
(4 applicants)
Valentina JOVANOVSKA
1975
Marjan APOSTOLOVSKI
1968
Zoran DAVITKOVSKI
1961
Jovica MITKOVSKI
1957
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
120
40605/23
09/11/2023
(4 applicants)
Blagica ANGELOVSKA
1963
Sasho KOCEVSKI
1969
Vesna KOSTIKJ
1968
Jadranka VELJANOVSKA
1964
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
120
40798/23
13/11/2023
(4 applicants)
Goran PETKOVIKJ
1967
Jadranka NIKOLOVSKA
1961
Branka TRAJKOVSKA
1956
Vladanka VELICHKOVIKJ
1956
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
120
40817/23
10/11/2023
(4 applicants)
Jadranka STOJKOVSKA
1957
Bogica JOVANOVSKA
1954
Delcho SPIROV
1954
Rada STOJCHEVSKA
1959
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
120
40829/23
08/11/2023
(3 applicants)
Chaslav JOSKOVSKI
1962
Bore DENKOVSKI
1966
Marjan MADJOVSKI
1967
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
90
41510/23
16/11/2023
(3 applicants)
Ubavka PETKOVIKJ
1959
Milanka MITEVSKA
1950
Natasha STOILKOVSKA
1979
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
90
41516/23
14/11/2023
(3 applicants)
Verka JOVANCHEVSKA
1955
Solunka PAVLOVSKA
1953
Tana SPASIKJ
1954
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
90
41519/23
15/11/2023
(4 applicants)
Ljubica STANISHKOVSKA
1957
Ljubinka KRALJEVSKA
1959
Liljana NAKOVSKA
1951
Verica PETROVSKA
1956
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
120
41521/23
20/11/2023
(4 applicants)
Gjurgja BOJKOVSKA
1956
Danica ALEKSOVSKA
1952
Ljubica JAKIMOVSKA
1954
Srgjan SPASIKJ
1969
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
120
41820/23
21/11/2023
(3 applicants)
Rote NIKOLOVSKI
1957
Radinka LAZAREVSKA
1955
Snezhanka MLADENOVSKA
1955
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
90
41974/23
27/11/2023
(4 applicants)
Sunchica MITKOVSKA
1953
Sasho ARSOVSKI
1972
Dejan BOSHKOVSKI
1972
Kalina ILIEVSKA
1953
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
120
41976/23
22/11/2023
(3 applicants)
Ubavka GJORGJIEVSKA
1969
Zoran KARANFILOVSKI
1963
Oliver MILADINOVSKI
1976
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
90
41977/23
23/11/2023
(3 applicants)
Ljupcho MLADENOVSKI
1963
Vladanka POPOVSKA
1955
Chedo POPOVSKI
1950
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
90
42462/23
28/11/2023
(3 applicants)
Slavica GJORGJIEVSKA
1968
Rade NAKOVSKI
1956
Borche STAMENOVSKI
1969
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
90
42463/23
29/11/2023
(4 applicants)
Margica NIKOLIKJ
1961
Hrisula LAZEVSKA
1968
Ubavka MIHAJLOVIKJ
1961
Goran ZDRAVKOVSKI
1966
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
120
1073/24
17/11/2023
(3 applicants)
Jovica PETROVIKJ
1963
Slavica RISTOVSKA
1964
Stanojka STAMENKOVSKA
1962
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
90
1124/24
21/12/2023
(3 applicants)
Zdravko ANGELOVSKI
1983
Marika KRSTIKJ
1954
Tanka MIHAJLOVIKJ
1956
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
580
90
1212/24
26/12/2023
Velimir MIHAJLOVIKJ
1954
Toni TASEVSKI
1964
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
580
60
3408/24
16/01/2024
(3 applicants)
Dushka TRAJKOVSKA
1962
Snezha ARSOVSKA
1951
Dobrica BOJKOVSKA
1966
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
470
90
5148/24
09/02/2024
Bogica JOVANOVIKJ
1957
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
580
30
17544/24
10/06/2024
(4 applicants)
Aleksandar SHUNIKJ
1980
Aneta JORDANOVSKA
1969
Mire JOVANOVSKI
1954
Ljube PETROVSKI
1962
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
580
120
33062/24
01/11/2024
Zorica MIRCHEVSKA
1960
22/05/2025
14/03/2025
580
30
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.