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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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Europe 

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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Perspectives 

Opinion: Skopje violence the result of planned destabilization

April 29, 2017 Deutsche Welle Macedonia

The outbreak of violence in Skopje is hardly surprising. The attack on the Macedonian parliament is the result of a

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Europe 

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Borissov says external interference in Macedonia’s domestic affairs ‘unacceptable’

April 28, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia, Roumen Radev

Boiko Borissov, leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party and expected soon to become his country’s prime minister, has called for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament: Aggression against Macedonian MPs ‘unacceptable assault on parliament and democracy’

April 28, 2017May 1, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Krassimir Karakachanov, Macedonia, Roumen Radev, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgaria’s National Assembly adopted on April 28 a declaration strongly condemning the previous day’s assault on the parliament in Skopje,

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Europe 

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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Bulgaria 

Crisis in Skopje: Bulgaria’s Borissov calls Gruevski, Zaev to urge ‘normalisation’ of situation in Macedonia

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

The leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party, Boiko Borissov – expected within days to return to office as prime minister

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Europe 

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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