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27 Mar 13

Protests Raise Ethnic Tensions in Western Macedonia

Several thousand Macedonians took to the streets and jeered the country’s PM after the ethnically-mixed town of Kicevo got its first Albanian mayor in Sunday’s municipal vote.

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25 Mar 13

Macedonia Ruling Party Takes Lead in Local Polls

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s party is on course for victory in the municipal vote that was held after a political crisis, although the opposition has alleged foul play.

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24 Mar 13

Macedonia Local Elections Calm Despite Political Tensions

Macedonians voted in municipal polls on Sunday which saw no serious incidents despite a political crisis and ethnic tensions that shook the country in recent months.

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22 Mar 13

Macedonia Parties Wrap up Local Election Campaign

The main political players will hold their final rallies on Friday before the election silence kicks off ahead of Sunday's vote.

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21 Mar 13

Macedonian Mall Caught in Roma Ban Row

Managers of a major shopping mall in Skopje say they may go to court over a leaked email that suggests they planned to remove all Roma employees - which they say is a fake.

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21 Mar 13

Howitt Upbeat About Resolution on Macedonia

The European Parliament rapporteur, Richard Howitt, says Macedonia can expect a positive resolution from the Parliament, now the recent political crisis has been defused.

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20 Mar 13

Macedonia Parties Abusing Election Campaign, NGOs Say

Politicians are routinely misusing public resources and offering electoral sweeteners to voters ahead of the March 24 polls, leading NGOs say.

19 Mar 13

Balkan Leaders Attend New Pope’s Inauguration

Presidents, Prime Ministers and others have flocked to Rome for the inauguration of the first Pope from the Americas.

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19 Mar 13

Members of Macedonian Commission of Inquiry Named

Government and opposition parties have named their proposed members of a commission of inquiry into the events in parliament on December 24 - events that caused a prolonged political crisis.

18 Mar 13

Macedonian Opposition Renews Call for Snap Polls

The opposition Social Democrats announced at a mass rally that they will renew their campaign for early general elections right after local polls are held on March 24.

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18 Mar 13

Macedonia Awaits Tarculovski’s Possible Release by Hague

Supporters of Johan Tarculovski, the only Macedonian convicted of war crimes by the Hague Tribunal, are counting down the days to a judgment that could see him released early.

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15 Mar 13

Greek WWI Cemetery Vandalised in Macedonia

Athens has protested to Skopje about a recent attack which damaged graves at a Greek military cemetery in the south-eastern Macedonian town of Valandovo.

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15 Mar 13

Macedonian Rivals Ally Against Albanians For Elections

Macedonia's - normally feuding - main ruling and opposition parties are uniting against Albanian candidates in two key towns in the west for the March 24 local elections.

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14 Mar 13

Detained Macedonia Mass Murder Suspects Still in Kosovo

Macedonia’s justice ministry has yet to issue an extradition request for two recently-detained ethnic Albanians wanted for trial over high-profile killings near Skopje.

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12 Mar 13

Macedonia Recalls Deportation of Jews to Camps

With the message that 'It can be forgiven, but not forgotten,' Macedonia on Monday marked the 70th anniversary of the deportation of the Jewish community to Nazi death camps.