SECOND SECTION DECISION Application no. 11951/23 Vesna STANKOVSKA and Others against North Macedonia and 16 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 13 March 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 Mrs 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 3 April 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] 11951/23 07/03/2023 (5 applicants) Vesna STANKOVSKA 1964 Suzana DENKOVIKJ 1963 Desanka JOVANOVSKA 1957 Ljubisha KUZMANOVSKI 1970 Violeta SAVREVSKA 1971 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 150 12000/23 07/03/2023 Stojanka JAKJIMOVIKJ 1963 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 30 29339/23 19/07/2023 (3 applicants) Slavica PETKOVSKA 1958 Magda SERAFIMOVIKJ 1958 Mica STOJANOVSKA 1948 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 90 29545/23 18/07/2023 (3 applicants) Radica STAMENKOVSKA 1956 Nedjati MURTEZI 1959 Svetlanka TRAJKOVSKA 1959 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 90 29558/23 18/07/2023 (3 applicants) Zorica PAVLOVSKA 1968 Sunchica GJORGIEVSKA 1953 Desanka SMILJKOVIKJ 1964 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 90 30283/23 24/07/2023 (4 applicants) Gordana NASKOVSKA 1960 Blage BOSHKOVSKI 1964 Olgica SPASOVSKA 1957 Momchilo SPASOVSKI 1952 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 120 30308/23 20/07/2023 (3 applicants) Zhivka SPASOVSKA 1954 Verica NIKOLIKJ 1956 Chedomir STOJKOVSKI 1955 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 90 30340/23 21/07/2023 (3 applicants) Momchil SPASOVSKI 1960 Ljubica GJORGJIEVSKA 1959 Dragan TASEVSKI 1954 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 90 30529/23 25/07/2023 (4 applicants) Matilda NIKOLOVSKA 1959 Predrag GIEVSKI 1958 Slagjana PETRUSHEVSKA 1966 Ljiljana STEFANOVSKA 1967 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 120 30914/23 27/07/2023 (3 applicants) Zhivka ALEKSOVSKA 1955 Svetlanka KRSTEVSKA 1959 Mirjanka NIKOLOVSKA 1954 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 90 30946/23 26/07/2023 (4 applicants) Ivica BLAGOJEVIKJ 1955 Slavica MLADENOVSKA 1956 Gordana POPOVIKJ 1954 Slavica SPASIKJ 1950 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 120 31320/23 01/08/2023 (4 applicants) Slunka DENKOVSKA 1964 Svetlana PETRUSHEVSKA 1956 Svetozar RISTIKJ 1971 Mirjana STOJMANOVSKA 1951 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 120 31326/23 28/07/2023 (4 applicants) Suzana MITEVSKA 1967 Nada PETRUSHEVSKA 1958 Zorica PETRUSHEVSKA 1953 Svetlanka STOSHEVSKA 1965 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 120 31506/23 04/08/2023 (3 applicants) Violetka JORDANOVSKA 1954 Javorka JAKIMOVSKA 1954 Vinka JOVANOVSKA-STOJMANOVSKA 1963 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 90 31548/23 08/08/2023 (4 applicants) Jovica ALEKSOVSKI 1964 Olivera ALEKSOVSKA 1970 Hristina JAKIMOVSKA 1949 Olivera PROKIKJ 1966 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 120 31553/23 07/08/2023 (3 applicants) Dragica DIMITRIEVSKA 1954 Jagoda KOSTADINOVSKA 1955 Slave MILENKOVSKI 1953 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 90 31860/23 10/08/2023 (3 applicants) Gordica STOILKOVSKA 1962 Marjonka MAKSIMOVSKA 1957 Zhanka STOKIKJ 1951 11/02/2025 27/11/2024 750 90 [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants. [2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.