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Macedonian court imposes nine-month suspended sentence on Spaska Mitrova
Spaska Mitrova
Photo: Assen Tonev
A Macedonian court in the town of Kavadarci imposed a nine-month suspended sentence and 500 euro fine in the trial against Macedonian-born, Bulgarian passport holder Spaska Mitrova for contempt of court during the trial in the town of Gevgelija, the deputy leader of Bulgarian nationalist party VMRO, Kostadin Kostadinov, told Focus news agency
Kostadinov said that the sentence was indicative of "the trend in the Macedonian administration of justice as far as Spaska Mitrova's case is concerned", "a real war waged by the Macedonian judicial system against Spaska Mitrova", as well as an "unprovoked and unsustainable vendetta."
Kostadinov said that the court ruling would be appealed.
The 2008 imprisonment of Mitrova caused a diplomatic row between Sofia and Skopje when the Macedonian-born Mitrova, who also holds Bulgarian citizenship, was sentenced to three months in prison for refusing to allow her former husband access to their child.
At the time, Bulgarian officials, including Minister for Bulgarians abroad, Bozhidar Dimitrov, accused Macedonian authorities of excessive use of force against her because she had applied for a Bulgarian passport.
Mitrova was sentenced in July 2008, but imprisonment was delayed while she appealed against the sentence. She failed to turn up to see out her sentence and was arrested on July 30.
She was released from prison on October 8 2009 and was warmly welcomed by Bulgarian institutions and state officials, with Prime Minister Boiko Borissov saying he could not understand how any judicial system could send a mother with a newborn baby to jail.
A court in the Macedonian town of Gevgeli awarded custody of Mitrova's three-year-old daughter to the father, Voislav Savic, in March 2010. At the time, the court did not allow a Bulgarian embassy representative to attend despite a Bulgarian Foreign Ministry request.
Judges only read their ruling and did not present reasons. Besides losing custody of her daughter Susana to her ex-husband, Mitrova was sentenced to pay 40 euro in monthly support to his family.
Kostadinov said that the sentence was indicative of "the trend in the Macedonian administration of justice as far as Spaska Mitrova's case is concerned", "a real war waged by the Macedonian judicial system against Spaska Mitrova", as well as an "unprovoked and unsustainable vendetta."
Kostadinov said that the court ruling would be appealed.
The 2008 imprisonment of Mitrova caused a diplomatic row between Sofia and Skopje when the Macedonian-born Mitrova, who also holds Bulgarian citizenship, was sentenced to three months in prison for refusing to allow her former husband access to their child.
At the time, Bulgarian officials, including Minister for Bulgarians abroad, Bozhidar Dimitrov, accused Macedonian authorities of excessive use of force against her because she had applied for a Bulgarian passport.
Mitrova was sentenced in July 2008, but imprisonment was delayed while she appealed against the sentence. She failed to turn up to see out her sentence and was arrested on July 30.
She was released from prison on October 8 2009 and was warmly welcomed by Bulgarian institutions and state officials, with Prime Minister Boiko Borissov saying he could not understand how any judicial system could send a mother with a newborn baby to jail.
A court in the Macedonian town of Gevgeli awarded custody of Mitrova's three-year-old daughter to the father, Voislav Savic, in March 2010. At the time, the court did not allow a Bulgarian embassy representative to attend despite a Bulgarian Foreign Ministry request.
Judges only read their ruling and did not present reasons. Besides losing custody of her daughter Susana to her ex-husband, Mitrova was sentenced to pay 40 euro in monthly support to his family.
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in Bulgaria roma people and turks that want to aquire bulgarian citizenship have to get their names changed, so please enough with your "perfect" democracy and human rights bull@it.
Spaska is a drug addict and mentally challenged person that would do anything for money which unfortunatelly the bulgarian goverment is willing to pay just to prove the existance of the unexistant bulgarian minority in Macedonia and denying the macedonian existance as a nation.
They need such cases to put a veto on us(Macedonia) when we will be ready to enter Europe and since they dont have [...]
Read the full comment them they are willing to pay good money to create them.
At the end she is a macedonian that fights the macedonian state and her countrymen which explains everything about her morals and loyalty....good luck with her i think she now is in a country that is more suitable to her personality...
I agree, this seems to be political scoring.
In a family law matter it's hard to decide who is right and who is wrong so the court must decide what is in the interest of the child.
It is always in child's interest to have contact with BOTH parents unless one parent is clearly presenting danger to the child.
We don't have all the facts here to determine if this was the case. The mother denied access but did she have good reason to? Was the child going to be in some danger? A [...]
Read the full comment baby should never be separated from the mother and that is why the father can visit the baby in the mother's home and should not be able to take the baby overnight until the baby is no longer as dependent on the mother or reaches 2 years of age.
It's only common sense and in the best interest of the child.
If the law gave the father access to this child then she had no right to deny him the access unless there was danger to the child. If the law got it wrong then the law should be changed but Bulgaria has no jurisdiction here at all. All the players were born in Macedonia.
Bulgarans must understand,Mitrova is Macedonian by birth,therefore,the Macedonian courts have every right to bring her to justice.Does Bulgaria respect the rights of the Macedonians (Omo Ilinden)?Bulgaria as a EU member should be in the forefront on Human Rights for its citizens,not using one case,one person for political scores.