JOVANOVSKA AND OTHERS v. NORTH MACEDONIA

  SECOND SECTION DECISION Application no. 40562/23 Valentina JOVANOVSKA and Others against North Macedonia and 21 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 3 July 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 Danche 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 28 August 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 applicants’ declaration Amount awarded for non‑pecuniary damage per applicant (in euros)[1] Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application (in euros)[2]    40562/23 07/11/2023 (4 applicants) Valentina JOVANOVSKA 1975   Marjan APOSTOLOVSKI 1968   Zoran DAVITKOVSKI 1961   Jovica MITKOVSKI 1957   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 120    40605/23 09/11/2023 (4 applicants) Blagica ANGELOVSKA 1963   Sasho KOCEVSKI 1969   Vesna KOSTIKJ 1968   Jadranka VELJANOVSKA 1964       22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 120    40798/23 13/11/2023 (4 applicants) Goran PETKOVIKJ 1967   Jadranka NIKOLOVSKA 1961   Branka TRAJKOVSKA 1956   Vladanka VELICHKOVIKJ 1956   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 120    40817/23 10/11/2023 (4 applicants) Jadranka STOJKOVSKA 1957   Bogica JOVANOVSKA 1954   Delcho SPIROV 1954   Rada STOJCHEVSKA 1959   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 120    40829/23 08/11/2023 (3 applicants) Chaslav JOSKOVSKI 1962   Bore DENKOVSKI 1966   Marjan MADJOVSKI 1967     22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 90    41510/23 16/11/2023 (3 applicants) Ubavka PETKOVIKJ 1959   Milanka MITEVSKA 1950   Natasha STOILKOVSKA 1979   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 90    41516/23 14/11/2023 (3 applicants) Verka JOVANCHEVSKA 1955   Solunka PAVLOVSKA 1953   Tana SPASIKJ 1954   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 90    41519/23 15/11/2023 (4 applicants) Ljubica STANISHKOVSKA 1957   Ljubinka KRALJEVSKA 1959   Liljana NAKOVSKA 1951   Verica PETROVSKA 1956           22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 120    41521/23 20/11/2023 (4 applicants) Gjurgja BOJKOVSKA 1956   Danica ALEKSOVSKA 1952   Ljubica JAKIMOVSKA 1954   Srgjan SPASIKJ 1969   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 120  41820/23 21/11/2023 (3 applicants) Rote NIKOLOVSKI 1957   Radinka LAZAREVSKA 1955   Snezhanka MLADENOVSKA 1955   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 90  41974/23 27/11/2023 (4 applicants) Sunchica MITKOVSKA 1953   Sasho ARSOVSKI 1972   Dejan BOSHKOVSKI 1972   Kalina ILIEVSKA 1953     22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 120  41976/23 22/11/2023 (3 applicants) Ubavka GJORGJIEVSKA 1969   Zoran KARANFILOVSKI 1963   Oliver MILADINOVSKI 1976   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 90  41977/23 23/11/2023 (3 applicants) Ljupcho MLADENOVSKI 1963   Vladanka POPOVSKA 1955   Chedo POPOVSKI 1950   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 90  42462/23 28/11/2023 (3 applicants) Slavica GJORGJIEVSKA 1968   Rade NAKOVSKI 1956   Borche STAMENOVSKI 1969   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 90  42463/23 29/11/2023 (4 applicants) Margica NIKOLIKJ 1961   Hrisula LAZEVSKA 1968     Ubavka MIHAJLOVIKJ 1961   Goran ZDRAVKOVSKI 1966   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 120  1073/24 17/11/2023 (3 applicants) Jovica PETROVIKJ 1963   Slavica RISTOVSKA 1964   Stanojka STAMENKOVSKA 1962   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 90  1124/24 21/12/2023 (3 applicants) Zdravko ANGELOVSKI 1983   Marika KRSTIKJ 1954   Tanka MIHAJLOVIKJ 1956   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 580 90  1212/24 26/12/2023 Velimir MIHAJLOVIKJ 1954   Toni TASEVSKI 1964         22/05/2025 14/03/2025 580 60  3408/24 16/01/2024 (3 applicants) Dushka TRAJKOVSKA 1962   Snezha ARSOVSKA 1951   Dobrica BOJKOVSKA 1966   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 470 90  5148/24 09/02/2024 Bogica JOVANOVIKJ 1957   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 580 30  17544/24 10/06/2024 (4 applicants) Aleksandar SHUNIKJ 1980   Aneta JORDANOVSKA 1969   Mire JOVANOVSKI 1954   Ljube PETROVSKI 1962   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 580 120  33062/24 01/11/2024 Zorica MIRCHEVSKA 1960   22/05/2025 14/03/2025 580 30   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants. [2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.