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Love Hurts

05 February 2010 |

Simon Cottrell It's a shame that the internet is a virtual medium, because there are a lot of people out there that I'd like to express my deep feelings of friendship to, and having spent the last two years here in Serbia, I'd like to do it in a truly Serbian way.


Feith: 'New Beginning' for Mitrovica
05 February 2010 | Lawrence Marzouk

The International Civilian Representative in Kosovo, Pieter Feith, has said the appointment of a team to create a new Serb-majority municipality in the divided city of Mitrovica could herald a 'new beginning'.

Skopje: UN “Name” Mediator Arrives February 23
09 February 2010 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic

The UN envoy in the Athens-Skopje “name” dispute, Matthew Nimetz, will pay a visit to Skopje for a fresh round of talks with Macedonian leaders on February 23.

Koricanske stijene: Awareness of Security
09 February 2010 |

A member of the Intelligence-Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina says he spoke to Milorad Skrbic while investigating the murder at Koricanske stijene and "determined that he did not have any operational data about this event".



Macedonia Press Review – November 19

Skopje | 19 November 2009 |
 
Here are the top stories in Macedonia’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

DNEVNIK
The ruling VMRO DPMNE party says the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s memo that has been circulating the party urging its members to prepare for one last battle against the ‘’politicians of the past’’, does not refer to plans to call early elections. 
 
UTRINSKI VESNIK
The swine flu has taken the first casualty in Macedonia. A 32 years-old male died yesterday at the Skopje Infectious Disease Clinic from lung complications. He was admitted at the clinic in a serious condition, the daily reports.
VREME
The journalist and editor of the weekly trivia magazine Krema, Zoran Vasilevski was attacked on Tuesday by two unidentified persons wearing masks. He was struck with a metal pole in the head after stepping out of his car on his way home, the daily says.



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