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Skopje News

11 Oct 2016

Thousands march against government in Macedonia

Several thousand people marched Tuesday along the streets of Macedonian capital Skopje protesting against the rule of conservative leader Nikola Gruevski`s VMRO-DPMNE party ahead of December snap elections.

11 Sep 2016

Series of quakes hit Macedonia capital causing panic

A moderate 5.3-magnitude earthquake, preceded by two and followed by several tremors, struck the Macedonian capital Skopje today, causing panic but only minor damage, officials said.

07 Sep 2016

Six dead in light plane crash in Macedonia

Four Italians and two nationals of Kosovo died in a plane crash near Macedonia's capital Skopje, officials said.

18 Apr 2016

Macedonia enters second week of anti-government protests

Macedonia has entered into a second week of protests with thousands marching peacefully in the capital after the country's president pardoned dozens of politicians who were facing criminal proceedings for alleged involvement in a wiretapping scandal.

President Gjorge Ivanov

16 Apr 2016

Thousands in fresh protest against Macedonian president

Thousands of Macedonian opposition supporters took to the streets for the fifth day today calling for President Gjorge Ivanov to resign and for legislative elections scheduled for June to be postponed.

16 Apr 2016

Protests after Macedonia snap elections set for June

Gruevski, who had been prime minister since 2006, resigned in January in order to pave the way for early elections.

14 Apr 2016

Macedonia braces for new protests as crisis deepens

Macedonia braced for fresh protests over the president's shock decision to halt probes into more than 50 public figures embroiled in a wire-tapping scandal.

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