Skopje, 20 May 2026 (MIA) - The Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime and Corruption confirmed on Wednesday it has opened a preliminary investigation over suspicions of espionage in the Office of President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova.

Upon receiving a report from the Ministry of Interior's Cybersecurity Departrment on 18 December 2025 relating to an event on 24 November 2025 and indications of illicit activities of high-level national interest, the Office opened a preliminary investigation on the same day and undertook all measures and activities in its jurisdiction, the Prosecutor's Office said in a press release.

It adds that a request was submitted to the Criminal Court for a search order of a computer system, for the purpose of identifying the content that was unlawfully recorded from an IT system in the President's Office. Orders for data extraction from PCs and laptop computers that had been delivered to the MoI were issued as well.

In addition, a request was sent to the President's Office to deliver copies of video surveillance for the period when the event had taken place.

At the onset of 2026, upon receiving a notification that the President's Office does not have copies of the video surveillance because the equipment was procured by the Government's General Affairs Department (SOZR) and recordings were handled and stored by the MoI, the prosecutor assigned to the case turned to the two institutions. In response, SOZR said they do not have the video surveillance since they only procure the equipment, with the MoI storing copies of the video surveillance. The MoI has not provided any feedback on its actions regarding the copies of the video surveillance until this day, reads the press release.

On 16 March 2026, the MoI submitted a notification over activities of ensuring access to encrypted data from the extracted computer equipment. Two mobile phones seized from the suspect were also handed over to the Prosecutor's Office, with a request for their extraction in the Office's investigative center.

Then, on 25 March 2026, considering the seriousness and sensitivity of the case, the public prosecutor submitted an order to MoI's Cybercrime Department for analysis of mobile phone data, as well as joint analysis of data extracted from the computer equipment processed in the Prosecutor's Office investigative centre.

Despite the seriousness and sensitivity of the case and the significance of timely action, the Prosecutor's Office has not received any information from the MoI on the activities it has taken or the evidence it has collected, reads the press release.

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