Petrushevski and Others v. North Macedonia

SECOND SECTION

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:

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 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.

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 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.