Verusevski

Lawyers for Zaev and the other defendants in the case want the Skopje Criminal Court to dismiss the charges against them and confirm that grounds for criminal prosecution and a trial do not exist.

Macedonian opposition leader indicted

SKOPJE -- The Macedonian Prosecution for Organized Crime and Corruption has indicted a group of suspects in the so-called "Coup Case".

Among them is leader of the opposition SDSM party Zoran Zaev.

The leader of Macedonia's main opposition Social Democratic Party, SDSM, has been ordered to remain in the country and his passport has been confiscated.

In a dramatic address carried on all main TV stations, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski on Saturday accused Zoran Zaev of attempting a coup.