PETKOVSKA AND OTHERS v. NORTH MACEDONIA

  SECOND SECTION DECISION Application no. 41520/23 Valentina PETKOVSKA and Others against North Macedonia and 14 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 16 October 2025 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 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’ 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 13 November 2025.    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 Representative’s name and location 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]    41520/23 15/11/2023 (3 applicants) Valentina PETKOVSKA 1972   Svetozar IVANOVSKI 1962   Lenche JOVANOVSKA 1959   Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska Skopje 19/09/2025 13/06/2025 750 90    5502/24 13/02/2024 (4 applicants) Mile JOVANOVSKI 1961   Slavica PANEVSKA 1955   Snezhana STEFANOVSKA 1961   Jagotka TASEVSKA 1959       Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska Skopje 19/09/2025 13/06/2025 750 120    5506/24 16/02/2024 (4 applicants) Trajka JANEVSKA 1959   Olga ALEKSOVSKA 1946   Verica ANTEVSKA 1950   Jadranka PETROVSKA 1958   Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska Skopje 19/09/2025 13/06/2025 750 120    5681/24 14/02/2024 (3 applicants) Silva OBRADOVSKA     Bozho IVANOVSKI 1953   Slagjana JAKIMOVSKA 1958   Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska Skopje 19/09/2025 13/06/2025 750 90    7719/24 07/03/2024 (3 applicants) Jagotka STOJANOVSKA 1956   Natasha JOVANOVSKA 1971   Slavka TRAJKOVSKA 1953   Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska Skopje 19/09/2025 13/06/2025 750 90    7722/24 08/03/2024 (3 applicants) Milovan BOZHINOVSKI 1951   Jadranka SMILJEVSKA 1962   Vesna STOJANOVSKA 1957   Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska Skopje 19/09/2025 13/06/2025 750 90    10018/24 25/03/2024 (3 applicants) Javorka ZLATKOVSKA 1961   Sveto KRALJEVSKI 1959   Slavica STOJCHEVSKA 1960   Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska Skopje 19/09/2025 13/06/2025 750 90    13012/24 23/04/2024 (2 applicants) Goran KEOVSKI 1979   Milevka NAKIKJ 1948   Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska Skopje 19/09/2025 13/06/2025 750 60    453/25 20/12/2024 (3 applicants) Vera DODEVSKA 1954   Mirjana DODEVSKA 1958   Darka MANEVSKA 1953   Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska Skopje 19/09/2025 13/06/2025 750 90  491/25 18/12/2024 (3 applicants) Shermin TAIRI 1964   Mirjana TRAJKOVSKA 1964   Slavko ZAFIROVSKI 1961   Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska Skopje 19/09/2025 13/06/2025 750 90  651/25 19/12/2024 (4 applicants) Divka DODEVSKA 1948   Sizan ISMAILI 1964   Slobodka MLADENOVSKA 1948   Jagoda NASKOVSKA 1954   Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska Skopje 19/09/2025 13/06/2025 750 120  673/25 26/12/2024 (3 applicants) Menche VUCHEVSKA 1958   Momchil ALEKSOVSKI 1962   Dijana ANGJELOVSKA 1956   Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska Skopje 19/09/2025 13/06/2025 750 90  1079/25 23/12/2024 Perunka NANEVSKA 1949   Violeta Nanevska-Ilievska Kumanovo   19/09/2025 17/07/2025 750 250  2974/25 15/01/2025 (3 applicants) Vladanka MILOSHEVSKA 1958   Ratka ANGELOVSKA 1963   Marin PEJCHIKJ 1961   Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska Skopje 19/09/2025 13/06/2025 750 90  5859/25 17/02/2025 (2 applicants) Stole MIHAJLOVIKJ 1968   Milancho GJEORGIEVSKI 1953   Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska Skopje 19/09/2025 13/06/2025 750 60   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants. [2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.