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Zaev is mandated to form a new government in Macedonia

May 17, 2017May 17, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

President of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov mandated today the leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev to form a new government. Ivanov said that

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Parents of EU children can receive EU residency

May 11, 2017 Deutsche Welle

Non-EU citizens have a possibility to stay in the bloc if their children are EU nationals, the EU’s top court

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27 EU leaders unanimously agree negotiating guidelines for Brexit

April 29, 2017May 1, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

Meeting in Brussels on April 29, twenty-seven European Union heads of state and government unanimously – and rapidly – agreed

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Protesters rally at EU building in Skopje to demand new elections in Macedonia

April 29, 2017April 29, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

The night after a violent incursion by nationalists into Macedonia’s parliament after the election of an ethnic Albanian as speaker,

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Macedonian politicians turn parliament violence into war of words

April 29, 2017 VOANews Macedonia

Macedonia’s rival parties are trading blame for violence in parliament, while world powers are giving opposing reactions to the events.

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Macedonia crisis: European Commissioners condemn attacks on MPs in Skopje

April 28, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn have condemned the April 27 ongoing attacks

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Tension in Skopje, Talat Xhaferi is elected Assembly Speaker in a situation of chaos

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

In Skopje, Parliament approved on Thursday afternoon the election of its new speaker, following a political crisis which has been

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Macedonia crisis: Socialist leader Zaev injured as parliament in Skopje stormed over election of Albanian speaker

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

Socialist SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev and 10 police officers were injured in a confrontation as Macedonia’s parliament in capital

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End of roaming charges for travellers in the EU in 2017: Q and A

April 20, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission has released an updated set of questions and answers on the June 15 2017 end to roaming

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