Petkovikj and Others v. North Macedonia

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 4514/24 Miroslav PETKOVIKJ and Lenche ARSOVSKA against North Macedonia and 4 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 26 March 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:

The 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 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.

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 16 April 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 Applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage per applicant

(in euros) [1]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application

(in euros) [2]

4514/24

01/02/2024

Miroslav PETKOVIKJ

1988

Lenche ARSOVSKA

1961

15/01/2026

03/12/2025

2,000

60

21072/24

15/07/2024

(3 applicants)

Zoran PETKOVSKI

1963

Snezhana DIMITRIJEVIKJ

1950

Blagica VELJANOVSKA

1952

15/01/2026

12/12/2025

350

90

21427/24

18/07/2024

(3 applicants)

Slavka PETRUSHEVSKA

1957

Dimitar MITEVSKI

1942

Mile MITEVSKI

1947

15/01/2026

12/12/2025

350

90

2938/25

15/01/2025

Snezhana TASHKOVSKA

1971

15/01/2026

03/12/2025

750

30

5633/25

13/02/2025

Goran ILIKJ

1964

15/01/2026

03/12/2025

750

30

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.

[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.