STOJANOVSKA AND OTHERS v. NORTH MACEDONIA

  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.  {signature_p_1} {signature_p_2}  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.