FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Applications nos. 22793/07, 25173/07, 27009/07, 27140/07, 27162/07, 29672/07, 29705/07, 31130/07 
by Ilinka NIKOLOVSKA and Others
against the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 21 September 2010 as a Committee composed of:
and Stephen Phillips, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
PROCEDURE
All applicants are Macedonian nationals. Their personal details are listed in the Annex I. They are all represented before the Court by Mr B. Grozdanovski, a lawyer practising in Skopje. The Macedonian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mrs R. Lazareska Gerovska. On 23 March 2010 the Court decided to communicate the applicants' complaint concerning the length of civil proceedings in which they claimed unpaid salary, pension and disability contributions. The essential information as to the domestic proceedings in respect of each application is indicated in Annex II. 

On 30 April 2010 and 16 June 2010 respectively, the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in respect of the facts giving rise to the applications against an undertaking by the Government to pay each of them the amounts specified in the table below to cover any non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which would be converted into Macedonian Denars at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. This sum would be payable to the personal accounts of the applicants from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article 37 § 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In the event of failure to pay this sum within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on it, from 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 case.

 No.	Application nos.	Non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses to be paid to each of the applicants	
1. 	22793/07	3,000 euros	
2.	25173/07	3,550 euros	
3.	27009/07	3,557 euros	
4.	27140/07	2,612 euros	
5.	27162/07	2,636 euros	
6.	29672/07	3,550 euros	
7.	29705/07	2,628 euros	
8.	31130/07	2,657 euros	
THE LAW
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 its Protocols and finds nopublic policy reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications (Article 37 § 1 in fine of the Convention).
In of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court unanimously
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.
	
	Stephen Phillips	Rait Maruste
	Deputy Registrar	President

ANNEX I

Application number(s)	Applicant(s)	Date of Birth
	Place of Residence	
22793/07	Ms Ilinka Nikolovska	      1956	

Veles	

25173/07	Ms Marijonka Skrtova
Ms Julijana Jovanovska
Ms Nadica Ignatovska
Ms Bosilka Gorgieva
Ms Marija Stojanovska
Ms Evka Todorova
Ms Dragica Slavevska
Ms Rodna Srebrenovska	1954
1964
1948
1949
1956
   1948
   1942
1957		

27009/07	Ms Lena Andreevska
Ms Ljubica Vilarova
Ms Mirjanka Pavlovska
Ms Suzana Ismailova
Ms Olga Lazarovska
Ms Mirjana Todorovska
Ms Zorka Milanovska	1956
1953
1963
1961
1951
1965
1963		

27140/07	Ms Bojana Milenkova
Ms Stojna Pavlovska
Ms Violeta Pupulieva
Ms Aleksandra Bukovska
Ms Dragica Koceva
Ms Gordana Gorgieva
Ms Lence Tocinova
Ms Roska Trajkovska
Ms Milica Krsteva
Ms Ljubenka Velkova
Ms Grozda Nanova
Ms Liljana Manevska
Ms Marika Nikolova
Ms Menka Kodzobanova
Ms Slobodanka Ignovska
Ms Lence Ignova
Ms Todora Cvetkova
Ms Liljana Mitreva
Ms Borjanka Hristova
Ms Nada Rizovska
Ms Cvetanka Gorgievic
Ms Snezana Smileva
Ms Bojanka Stoeva
Ms Acka Dimova
Ms Todorka Josifovska
Ms Zora Kuzmanova
Ms Vasilina Krsteva
Ms Darinka Karakoleva
Ms Violeta Ilkova
Ms Nada Trajkova
Ms Vesna Lazevska
Ms Gordana Nestorova
Ms Milica Petruseva	1949
1960
1959
1963
1963
1960
1959
1959
1945
1958
1960
1950
1953
1950
1951
1955
1957
1950
1950
1962
1955
1959
1957
1958
1949
1949
1952
1957
1961
1945
1959
1955
1953		

27162/07	Ms Vera Durceva
Ms Ubavka Josifovska
Ms Olga Kostovska
Ms Cveta Mijova
Ms Marika Ilieva
Ms Slavica Soleva
Ms Snezana Dimovska
Ms Zora Dimovska
Ms Ruzica Angelkovska
Ms Sloboda Apostolovska
Ms Spaska Causovska	1954
1962
1949
1953
1942
1949
1955
1955
1956
1952
1946	

Veles	

29672/07	Ms Maruska Damjanovska
Ms Dobrinka Dimitrovska
Ms Velika Stojanovska
Ms Liljana Strahinic
Ms Vase Manevska Sazdovska
Ms Vojdana Todorova
Ms Liljana Davceva
Ms Nikolina Dimovska	 1951
 1953
 1952
 1959

 1958
 1953
 1961
 1952		

 29705/07	Ms Sneza Atanasova
Ms Gorica Acevska
Ms Marika Nastova
Ms Sranika Bozinovska
Ms Lidija Velickovska
Ms Mirjana Koceva
Ms Vesna Stojanova
Ms Natka Vasileva
Ms Rosa Temelkova
Ms Petrana Todorovski
Ms Trajanka Trajkovska
Ms Vera Macavelova
Ms Nikolina Atanasova
Ms Marika Apostolovska	 1965
 1965
 1952
 1956
 1964
 1958
 1963
 1950
 1943
 1958
 1953
 1963
 1968
 1955		

31130/07	Ms Silvana Nastova
Ms Stojna Simonova
Ms Gordana Joldasova
Ms Rumena Jordanova
Ms Cveta Stanceva
Ms Zora Ristovska
Ms Roska Andonovska	 1960
 1948
 1949
 1947
 1947
 1947
 1949		

ANNEX II

No.	Appl. Nos.	Date of lodging the application with the Court	Court proceedings initiated on	
Subject matter	Final decision 	
1.	

22793/07	

23 May 2007 	

27 February 1997

Compensation of pension and disability contributions	30 November 2006 	
2. 	

25173/07	

28 May 2007	

18 December 1996	

Compensation of unpaid salary and pension and disability contributions
	7 December 2006	
3.	
27009/07	
6 June 2007			7 February 2007	
4.	
27140/07	
28 May 2007	
16 January 1997		14 December 2006 (served on 9 January 2007)	
5.	
27162/07	
31 May 2007	

18 December 1996
		25 January 2007	
6.	
29672/07	
22 June 2007 			1 February 2007	
7.	
29705/07	
22 June 2007	
10 August 1996		15 February 2007	
8.	
31130/07	
12 July 2007	
10 September 1996		18 January 2007 (served on 1 February 2007)