After several months’ delay, Macedonia’s constitutional court is to deliberate challenges to the country’s controversial lustration law, aimed at rooting out former police collaborators.
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After two days of violent clashes in Skopje last week, police are closely monitoring social networks for fresh calls for more protests.
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Macedonia will soon file an extradition request to neighbouring Kosovo for two recently-arrested ethnic Albanians wanted for trial over high-profile killings near Skopje.
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Former officials suggested that heightened political tensions ahead of this month’s local elections helped to spark violent, ethnically-charged protests in Skopje.
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Politicians expressed revulsion after two days of violent, ethnically-charged protests gripped the capital, sparked by the controversial appointment of an ex-guerrilla as defence minister.
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Kosovo police detained the remaining two ethnic Albanian suspects wanted for killing five Macedonians in a politically-charged case that raised ethnic tensions.
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Riot police fired tear gas at Albanian protesters on another day of violent demonstrations in Skopje over the controversial appointment of an ex-guerrilla as defence minister.
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Riots broke out in Skopje after police tried to disperse an unruly protest against the appointment of former ethnic Albanian rebel Talat Xhaferi as Macedonia's new defence chief.
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A party representing war veterans has launched a campaign for a public vote to dismiss former ethnic Albanian fighter Talat Xhaferi from his new job as Macedonia’s defence chief.
The defence lawyer for Johan Tarculovski, the only Macedonian convicted of war crimes by the Hague Tribunal, said he could be given an early release as soon as next month.
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The appointment of a former ethnic Albanian fighter as Macedonia's defence chief has angered the party representing war veterans.
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The prosecution in the politically-charged case known as ‘Monster’ presented DNA analysis that allegedly links one of the ethnic Albanian defendants with the killings.
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Former police commander Johan Tarculovski, the only Macedonian national convicted for war crimes by the Hague Tribunal, is appealing for early release after completing eight of his 12-year sentence.
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The Albanian majority on Tetovo’s town council sparked controversy by declaring former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Ramush Haradinaj an honorary citizen.
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Witnesses in the politically-charged case known as ‘Monster’ recalled hearing late-night shooting but could not identify the defendants as the gunmen.
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