KIPRIJANOVSKI AND OTHERS v. NORTH MACEDONIA

  SECOND SECTION DECISION Application no. 31861/23 Stojadin KIPRIJANOVSKI and Others against North Macedonia and 12 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 19 June 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 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. 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 10 July 2025.    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 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]    31861/23 09/08/2023 (3 applicants) Stojadin KIPRIJANOVSKI 1953   Lena ALEKSOVSKA 1952   Emilija TRENDEVSKA 1962   02/05/2025 13/03/2025 750 90    32069/23 14/08/2023 (3 applicants) Zhivko LAZEVSKI 1953   Levtera ILIEVSKA 1959   Slavica MISHIKJ 1960   02/05/2025 01/04/2025 750 90    32070/23 14/08/2023 (3 applicants) Leposava VELICHKOVSKA 1965   Jagotka CVETKOVSKA 1950   Slobotka KOLEVSKA 1948   02/05/2025 13/03/2025 750 90    32553/23 15/08/2023 (3 applicants) Silvana KRSTEVSKA 1972   Lidija BLAGUN 1964   Sunchica GJORGJIEVSKA 1956   02/05/2025 13/03/2025 750 90    32952/23 16/08/2023 (4 applicants) Ljubinka STOILKOVA 1953   Rotka STOJKOVSKA 1951   Jadranka TRAJKOVSKA 1957     Zhivka ZLATANOVSKA 1958   02/05/2025 13/03/2025 750 120    33095/23 17/08/2023 (4 applicants) Elisaveta JOVANOVSKA 1961   Natasha ILIEVSKA-SPASEVSKA 1967   Jagoda TRAJKOVSKA 1959   Stana TRAJKOVSKA 1947   02/05/2025 13/03/2025 750 120    40614/23 09/11/2023 (4 applicants) Zorica SIMONOVSKA 1960   Joncho HRISTOVSKI 1966   Stojanka JORDANOVSKA 1960   Mirjana STOJANOVSKA 1964   02/05/2025 13/03/2025 750 120    40791/23 13/11/2023 (4 applicants) Lepa ILIEVSKA 1961   Chedomir ORCHEVSKI 1954   Vesna PETKOVSKA 1961   Cveta VANCHEVSKA 1963   02/05/2025 13/03/2025 750 120    40828/23 10/11/2023 (3 applicants) Gordica SARK 1957   Fata JAKUPI 1949   Letka VELKOVSKA 1965   02/05/2025 13/03/2025 750 90  40830/23 07/11/2023 (4 applicants) Dobrica KUZMANOVSKA 1949     Momchilo KRSTEVSKI 1960   Elica STOJMANOVSKA 1959   Sonja TODOROVSKA 1970   02/05/2025 13/03/2025 750 120  40951/23 08/11/2023 (3 applicants) Metodi KRSTEVSKI 1948   Svetlana ARSOVSKA 1961   Pena MLADENOVSKA 1952   02/05/2025 13/03/2025 750 90  41513/23 16/11/2023 (3 applicants) Boge IVANOVSKI 1953   Mira ALIEVSKA 1955   Tomislav NIKOLOVSKI 1954   02/05/2025 13/03/2025 750 90  41514/23 14/11/2023 (3 applicants) Sunchica BOJKOVSKA 1961   Zhivka JOVCHEVSKA 1947   Vasilka ZAFIROVSKA 1952   02/05/2025 13/03/2025 750 90   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants. [2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.