“The conditions for extradition, having seen the international arrest warrant and Macedonia’s extradition request, have not been fulfilled,” judge Eva Varhgyi said following a short closed hearing in Budapest.
Gruevski, 48, was allowed to walk freely from the courthouse, in a baseball cap and sunglasses.
He fled to Hungary in November via Albania, Montenegro and Serbia after being sentenced to two years in prison for using a Macedonia government Mercedes worth some 600,000 euros ($680,000) for personal travel.
After Gruevski fled, a special prosecution team appointed to probe alleged crimes committed by his administration, submitted two new charges against him.
He was accused of “illegal financing” of his VMRO-DPMNE party and unlawful construction of its headquarters.
Gruevski was prime minister of Macedonia from 2006 to 2016 and is a friend of Hungarian premier Viktor Orban.
Gruevski’s downfall came after evidence appeared to show a widespread wire-tapping scheme by his administration
In February, he claimed to have fled Macedonia after he heard that he would be killed in prison.
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