SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 2472/23
Dragica STOJANOVSKA and Others against North Macedonia
and 7 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 13 March 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 Mrs D. 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 3 April 2025.
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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]
2472/23
29/12/2022
(23 applicants)
Dragica STOJANOVSKA
1955
Olivera CONEVSKA
1965
Zhaklina CVETANOVSKA
1969
Lozanka DIMITRIJEVSKA
1959
Elka IVANOVSKA
1960
Svetlanka JAKIMOVSKA
1959
Vera JOVANOVIKJ
1955
Slavica MANIKJ
1956
Vinka MILOSHEVSKA
1952
Valentina MITEVSKA
1966
Zoran NIKOLIKJ
1960
Ivan PAVLOVIKJ
1965
Svetlana PAVLOVSKA
1961
Vesna PECULANOVSKA
1968
Zorka RISTOVSKA
1959
Slavica SOTIROVA
1967
Suzana SPASOVSKA
1967
Milka STANOJKOVSKA
1951
Olga TASIKJ
1962
Mosho TRAJKOVSKI
1957
Snezhana TRENCHEVA
1958
Valentina TRIFUNOVA
1968
Vidoja VЕLICHKOVSKI
1964
29/01/2025
27/11/2024
750
250
3079/23
03/01/2023
(20 applicants)
Vesna TRENDAFILOVSKA
1968
Snezhana ANGELOVSKA
1963
Miroslava ANTEVSKA
1960
Slagjana APOSTOLOVSKA
1967
Slagjana DESPODOVSKA
1970
Stanka DIMITRIJEVSKA
1962
Aco DIMKOVSKI
1962
Stanka JANEVIKJ
1958
Zoran JANEVSKI
1963
Rosanka JORDANOVSKA
1959
Jasmina JOVANOVSKA
1971
Snezhana JOVANOVSKA
1970
Robert KRALJEVSKI
1968
Novcha KRSTEVSKI
1963
Jadranka LEVTEROVSKA
1961
Jovica MANEVSKI
1964
Biljana MILENKOVIKJ
1958
Javorka NIKOLIKJ
1960
Marjan SERAFIMOVSKI
1967
Rozeta SPASEVSKA
1967
29/01/2025
27/11/2024
750
250
3410/23
04/01/2023
(20 applicants)
Svetlana STEFANOVSKA
1965
Snezhana BOJKOVSKA
1966
Snezhanka BOSHKOVSKA
1963
Mile DIMKOVSKI
1954
Marica DODEVSKA
1959
Verica DODEVSKA
1964
Nada JORDANOVSKA
1956
Marina JOVANOVIKJ
1966
Suzana KRSTEVSKA
1965
Persa LAZAREVSKA
1956
Dobrinka MILOSHEVSKA
1959
Chaslav NASKOVIKJ
1952
Mira NASKOVSKA
1959
Vera NIKOLIKJ
1953
Verica NIKOLOVSKA
1955
Desanka PETKOVIKJ
1950
Slavica RISTIKJ
1956
Dragica SARAFINOVSKA
1967
Petar TODOROVIKJ
1953
Zorica TRAJANOVIKJ
1958
29/01/2025
27/11/2024
750
250
3412/23
05/01/2023
(19 applicants)
Dragan STOJMANOVSKI
1961
Veljko ARSOVSKI
1951
Vaska CVETKOVSKA
1961
Toni JOVANOVSKI
1967
Vera KARANFILOVSKA
1960
Suzana KITANOVIKJ
1958
Angjelko KOSTOVSKI
1962
Slavko KOSTOVSKI
1949
Svetlanka KUZMANOVSKA
1957
Gjurgja LAZAREVSKA
1951
Gordana LAZAREVSKA
1967
Gordica MANEVSKA
1958
Zlate MIHAJLOVSKI
1965
Slavica MITKOVSKA
1957
Silvana STOJKOVSKA
1959
Shikerinka TODOROVSKA
1961
Paunka TRAJKOVIKJ
1957
Snezhana TRAJKOVSKA
1965
Ljubinka VUKADINOVIKJ
1960
29/01/2025
27/11/2024
750
250
3413/23
09/01/2023
(19 applicants)
Vesna MILANOVSKA
1972
Samet AMETI
1967
Zorica ANTOVSKA
1966
Aco ARSENOVSKI
1962
Suzana DIMITRIJEVSKA
1967
Gordica IVANOVSKA
1958
Gjurgja KIPRIJANOVIKJ
1961
Danka MENKOVSKA
1957
Vesna MITROVIKJ
1968
Blagorotka MLADENOVSKA
1953
Venco NIKOLOVSKI
1952
Vera OBRADOVSKA
1948
Marjancho PAUNOVSKI
1967
Dragica PETRINSKA
1956
Laste RADEVSKI
1966
Radunka SERAFIMOVSKA
1954
Goran SPASOVSKI
1966
Stojcha STOILKOVSKI
1954
Ljiljana STOSHIKJ
1955
29/01/2025
27/11/2024
750
250
4073/23
10/01/2023
(20 applicants)
Jagotka ANTONIEVSKA
1963
Snezhana ANDONOVSKA
1951
Zhivka ANGJELOVSKA
1959
Margarita ATANASOVSKA
1959
Snezhanka DIMCHEVSKA
1950
Stanka DIMOVSKA
1964
Cvetanka GJORGJEVIKJ
1951
Bogica ILIEVSKA
1960
Snezhana JOVANOVSKA
1961
Suzana KOVACHEVSKA
1964
Slavica KUZMANOVSKA
1960
Tatjana NIKOLOVSKA
1968
Trajka SMILJKOVSKA
1948
Jadranka SPASOVSKA
1960
Menka SPIROVA
1957
Snezhana STANKOVSKA
1957
Marija STANOEVSKA MILENKOVIKJ
1962
Gorjanka STOJMANOVSKA
1958
Slobodanka TODOROVSKA
1968
Risimka TRICHKOVIKJ
1954
29/01/2025
27/11/2024
750
250
5992/23
24/01/2023
(16 applicants)
Slavica ANTEVSKA
1957
Snezhanka CVETKOVIKJ
1954
Mare DESPOTOVSKA
1960
Letka DIMITRIEVSKA
1959
Dobrica DIMITRIJEVSKA
1955
Radica DONCHEVSKA
1958
Suzana GJUREVSKA
1971
Gordica JANCHIKJ
1964
Mirjana KARANFILOVSKA
1961
Strumka KRSTEVSKA
1955
Ankica MIHAJLOVIKJ
1959
Marina MIHAJLOVSKA
1961
Verka MLADENOVSKA
1954
Vesna RADEVSKA
1964
Slavna TRAJKOVSKA
1956
Lidija ZAFIROVSKA
1965
29/01/2025
27/11/2024
750
250
14131/23
22/03/2023
(24 applicants)
Trajcha VELICHKOVSKI
1950
Ragbi ALIEVSKI
1957
Raif AVDII
1965
Jadranka BOGOJEVSKA
1958
Verica CVETKOVSKA
1955
Lepa DAVIDOVSKA
1958
Stefanija DIMOVSKA
1984
Rotka JAKIMOVSKA
1957
Grozdana JOSIFOVIKJ
1953
Vesna KIMEVSKA
1963
Ridvan KJAZIMI
1953
Aleksandar MANCHIKJ
1949
Marjan MANOJLOVSKI
1967
Zoran MURGOVIKJ
1957
Lidija POPOVSKA
1966
Vladanka POSTOLOVSKA
1956
Biljana RISTOVSKA
1965
Aslan SALIEVSKI
1953
Milorad SPASIKJ
1965
Nevenka SPASOVSKA
1955
Milan STANKOVSKI
1951
Biljana TRAJKOVSKA
1969
Fidanka TRAJKOVSKA
1962
Mironka TRAJKOVSKA
1954
29/01/2025
27/11/2024
750
250
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.