SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 1345/24
Novica PETRUSHEVSKI and Others against North Macedonia
and 18 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 7 May 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphane Pisani, President,
Juha Lavapuro,
Hugh Mercer, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications against the Republic of North Macedonia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) 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 PROCEDUREThe list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Ms D. Chakarovska-Grozdanovska, a lawyer practising in Skopje.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of bankruptcy 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 LAWHaving 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 May 2026.
Viktoriya Maradudina Stéphane Pisani
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]
1345/24
03/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Novica PETRUSHEVSKI
1956
Momchilo ARSOVSKI
1954
Trajan DIMIKJ
1965
Slobodan ZAFIROVSKI
1965
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
2196/24
11/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Grozdan PETRUSHEVSKI
1957
Frosina MITEVSKA
1986
Miomir MITROVIKJ
1961
Blagoja STEFANOVSKI
1954
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
2299/24
12/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Dejan MITEVSKI
1972
Stanko ATANASOVSKI
1954
Ivica PETKOVSKI
1971
Gjorgji SERAFIMOVSKI
1954
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
2327/24
04/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Aca PETRUSHEVIKJ
1961
Zoran CVETKOVSKI
1960
Mirisat SEJDI
1968
Marjan STEFANOVSKI
1963
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
2333/24
10/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Branko DENKOVIKJ
1963
Dragan DIMKOVIKJ
1967
Ismail FEJZULI
1952
Blagica JOVANOVSKA
1957
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
2784/24
15/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Zoran VELICHKOVSKI
1964
Biljana KOLEVSKA
1952
Boban TASEVSKI
1971
Metodija TASEVSKI
1949
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
2910/24
22/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Novko ANCHEVSKI
1956
Biljana MLADENOVSKA
1966
Slobodan PETROVSKI
1948
Tihomir VUKADINOVIKJ
1962
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
3360/24
16/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Divna JOVANOVSKA
1956
Goran DIMKOVSKI
1969
Roza MITEVSKA
1949
Branislav TRAJKOVSKI
1947
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
3372/24
24/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Eljam AZIZI
1962
Suzana DICHEVSKA
1965
Dragan GJORGJEVSKI
1957
Aco PETRUSHEVSKI
1966
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
3397/24
17/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Savo DODEVSKI
1964
Tanja PETKOVSKA
1967
Fadilj SHABANI
1972
Zoran SPASOVSKI
1960
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
3414/24
18/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Gjoko IVANOVSKI
1950
Trajche ILIJEVSKI
1961
Blashko SEKIRARSKI
1950
Radmila STOJANOVSKA
1950
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
3429/24
23/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Dragan PESHEVSKI
1962
Rade ATANASOVSKI
1954
Sanja MLADENOVSKA
1986
Dragan TRAJKOVSKI
1965
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
3691/24
29/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Trajcho VANCHEVSKI
1954
Milorad DONEVSKI
1961
Srekjko ILIEVSKI
1963
Vidoslav MILOSHEVSKI
1955
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
3702/24
25/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Stanko GJORGJEVIKJ
1965
Goran BOJKOVSKI
1970
Blagoja KARANFILOVSKI
1955
Stanimir ZLATANOVSKI
1951
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
3718/24
26/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Tatjana KRSTEVSKA
1956
Vesna AVRAMOVSKA
1959
Zorica DIMITRIJEVSKA
1957
Srekjko GJORGJEVSKI
1964
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
3732/24
25/01/2024
Zoran GEORGIEVSKI
1966
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
30
4166/24
30/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Strashko ILIEVSKI
1964
Chedomir MILEVSKI
1948
Slagjana SPASIKJ
1963
Perica TASEVSKI
1970
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
4185/24
31/01/2024
(4 applicants)
Mile TOMIKJ
1963
Dragan JOVANOVIKJ
1952
Slave MIHAJLOVSKI
1963
Zoran NASKOVSKI
1965
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
120
9806/24
21/03/2024
Goran PETKOVSKI
1971
Lidija MITKOVSKA
1969
19/03/2026
03/12/2025
750
60
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.