SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 2472/23
Dragica STOJANOVSKA and Others against North Macedonia
and 7 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.

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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]
	2472/23 29/12/2022 (23 applicants)	Dragica STOJANOVSKA 1955 Olivera CONEVSKA 1965 Zhaklina CVETANOVSKA 1969 Lozanka DIMITRIJEVSKA 1959 Elka IVANOVSKA 1960 Svetlanka JAKIMOVSKA 1959 Vera JOVANOVIKJ 1955 Slavica MANIKJ 1956 Vinka MILOSHEVSKA 1952 Valentina MITEVSKA 1966 Zoran NIKOLIKJ 1960 Ivan PAVLOVIKJ 1965 Svetlana PAVLOVSKA 1961 Vesna PECULANOVSKA 1968 Zorka RISTOVSKA 1959 Slavica SOTIROVA 1967 Suzana SPASOVSKA 1967 Milka STANOJKOVSKA 1951 Olga TASIKJ 1962 Mosho TRAJKOVSKI 1957 Snezhana TRENCHEVA 1958 Valentina TRIFUNOVA 1968 Vidoja VЕLICHKOVSKI 1964	29/01/2025	27/11/2024	750	250
	3079/23 03/01/2023 (20 applicants)	Vesna TRENDAFILOVSKA 1968 Snezhana ANGELOVSKA 1963 Miroslava ANTEVSKA 1960 Slagjana APOSTOLOVSKA 1967 Slagjana DESPODOVSKA 1970 Stanka DIMITRIJEVSKA 1962 Aco DIMKOVSKI 1962 Stanka JANEVIKJ 1958 Zoran JANEVSKI 1963 Rosanka JORDANOVSKA 1959 Jasmina JOVANOVSKA 1971 Snezhana JOVANOVSKA 1970 Robert KRALJEVSKI 1968 Novcha KRSTEVSKI 1963 Jadranka LEVTEROVSKA 1961 Jovica MANEVSKI 1964 Biljana MILENKOVIKJ 1958 Javorka NIKOLIKJ 1960 Marjan SERAFIMOVSKI 1967 Rozeta SPASEVSKA 1967	29/01/2025	27/11/2024	750	250
	3410/23 04/01/2023 (20 applicants)	Svetlana STEFANOVSKA 1965 Snezhana BOJKOVSKA 1966 Snezhanka BOSHKOVSKA 1963 Mile DIMKOVSKI 1954 Marica DODEVSKA 1959 Verica DODEVSKA 1964 Nada JORDANOVSKA 1956 Marina JOVANOVIKJ 1966 Suzana KRSTEVSKA 1965 Persa LAZAREVSKA 1956 Dobrinka MILOSHEVSKA 1959 Chaslav NASKOVIKJ 1952 Mira NASKOVSKA 1959 Vera NIKOLIKJ 1953 Verica NIKOLOVSKA 1955 Desanka PETKOVIKJ 1950 Slavica RISTIKJ 1956 Dragica SARAFINOVSKA 1967 Petar TODOROVIKJ 1953 Zorica TRAJANOVIKJ 1958	29/01/2025	27/11/2024	750	250
	3412/23 05/01/2023 (19 applicants)	Dragan STOJMANOVSKI 1961 Veljko ARSOVSKI 1951 Vaska CVETKOVSKA 1961 Toni JOVANOVSKI 1967 Vera KARANFILOVSKA 1960 Suzana KITANOVIKJ 1958 Angjelko KOSTOVSKI 1962 Slavko KOSTOVSKI 1949 Svetlanka KUZMANOVSKA 1957 Gjurgja LAZAREVSKA 1951 Gordana LAZAREVSKA 1967 Gordica MANEVSKA 1958 Zlate MIHAJLOVSKI 1965 Slavica MITKOVSKA 1957 Silvana STOJKOVSKA 1959 Shikerinka TODOROVSKA 1961 Paunka TRAJKOVIKJ 1957 Snezhana TRAJKOVSKA 1965 Ljubinka VUKADINOVIKJ 1960	29/01/2025	27/11/2024	750	250
	3413/23 09/01/2023 (19 applicants)	Vesna MILANOVSKA 1972 Samet AMETI 1967 Zorica ANTOVSKA 1966 Aco ARSENOVSKI 1962 Suzana DIMITRIJEVSKA 1967 Gordica IVANOVSKA 1958 Gjurgja KIPRIJANOVIKJ 1961 Danka MENKOVSKA 1957 Vesna MITROVIKJ 1968 Blagorotka MLADENOVSKA 1953 Venco NIKOLOVSKI 1952 Vera OBRADOVSKA 1948 Marjancho PAUNOVSKI 1967 Dragica PETRINSKA 1956 Laste RADEVSKI 1966 Radunka SERAFIMOVSKA 1954 Goran SPASOVSKI 1966 Stojcha STOILKOVSKI 1954 Ljiljana STOSHIKJ 1955	29/01/2025	27/11/2024	750	250
	4073/23 10/01/2023 (20 applicants)	Jagotka ANTONIEVSKA 1963 Snezhana ANDONOVSKA 1951 Zhivka ANGJELOVSKA 1959 Margarita ATANASOVSKA 1959 Snezhanka DIMCHEVSKA 1950 Stanka DIMOVSKA 1964 Cvetanka GJORGJEVIKJ 1951 Bogica ILIEVSKA 1960 Snezhana JOVANOVSKA 1961 Suzana KOVACHEVSKA 1964 Slavica KUZMANOVSKA 1960 Tatjana NIKOLOVSKA 1968 Trajka SMILJKOVSKA 1948 Jadranka SPASOVSKA 1960 Menka SPIROVA 1957 Snezhana STANKOVSKA 1957 Marija STANOEVSKA MILENKOVIKJ 1962 Gorjanka STOJMANOVSKA 1958 Slobodanka TODOROVSKA 1968 Risimka TRICHKOVIKJ 1954	29/01/2025	27/11/2024	750	250
	5992/23 24/01/2023 (16 applicants)	Slavica ANTEVSKA 1957 Snezhanka CVETKOVIKJ 1954 Mare DESPOTOVSKA 1960 Letka DIMITRIEVSKA 1959 Dobrica DIMITRIJEVSKA 1955 Radica DONCHEVSKA 1958 Suzana GJUREVSKA 1971 Gordica JANCHIKJ 1964 Mirjana KARANFILOVSKA 1961 Strumka KRSTEVSKA 1955 Ankica MIHAJLOVIKJ 1959 Marina MIHAJLOVSKA 1961 Verka MLADENOVSKA 1954 Vesna RADEVSKA 1964 Slavna TRAJKOVSKA 1956 Lidija ZAFIROVSKA 1965	29/01/2025	27/11/2024	750	250
	14131/23 22/03/2023 (24 applicants)	Trajcha VELICHKOVSKI 1950 Ragbi ALIEVSKI 1957 Raif AVDII 1965 Jadranka BOGOJEVSKA 1958 Verica CVETKOVSKA 1955 Lepa DAVIDOVSKA 1958 Stefanija DIMOVSKA 1984 Rotka JAKIMOVSKA 1957 Grozdana JOSIFOVIKJ 1953 Vesna KIMEVSKA 1963 Ridvan KJAZIMI 1953 Aleksandar MANCHIKJ 1949 Marjan MANOJLOVSKI 1967 Zoran MURGOVIKJ 1957 Lidija POPOVSKA 1966 Vladanka POSTOLOVSKA 1956 Biljana RISTOVSKA 1965 Aslan SALIEVSKI 1953 Milorad SPASIKJ 1965 Nevenka SPASOVSKA 1955 Milan STANKOVSKI 1951 Biljana TRAJKOVSKA 1969 Fidanka TRAJKOVSKA 1962 Mironka TRAJKOVSKA 1954	29/01/2025	27/11/2024	750	250

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.

[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.