Pero stojanovski biography channel

LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: It's the case of the ambassador, his jilted lover and the laptop containing sensitive state secrets.

When Perro Stojanovski arrived in Australia as the Macedonian ambassador, he couldn't have guessed the path that lay ahead.

He ended up in the Supreme Court accusing his former lover of stealing his computer and blackmailing him.

Earlier this month the case fell apart after the ambassador's credibility was challenged.

Now, his former partner has spoken for the first time, as Hayden Cooper reports.

HAYDEN COOPER, REPORTER: It's just after Christmas, and Lidija Dumbaloska arrives at her partner's Canberra home.

The couple is well known on the diplomatic circuit. He, the Macedonian ambassador in Australia, Pero Stojanovski; she, often by his side at official events.

LIDIJA DUMBALOSKA: Used to go to functions together, some organised by the Macedonian