In fall 2009 Janakieski offered his resignation to Prime Minister Gruevski after the 2009 Lake Ohrid boat accident.
[2] Prime Minister Gruevski praised Janakieski for liberalizing the telecom market, reducing phone and data costs, and starting construction of three highways and a railway to Bulgaria.
[3] On 12 February 2016, the special prosecution for organized criminal in Skopje lifted accusation against Mile Janakieski and 8 other persons for falsifying elections and criminal association.
[4] In 2021, Janakieski was convicted in 2021 and sentenced to up to 6.5 years' imprisonment for his role in organizing the 2017 storming of the Macedonian Parliament.
He was ordered released by a court in Skopje in 2025, citing a 2018 amnesty law.