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Junior Ruling Party Official Killed in Kumanovo
A member of Macedonia's junior ruling ethnic Albanian party, the DUI, was shot dead on Thursday in Kumanovo - scene of a shootout in May between Albanian militants and police.
Macedonia Govt Proposes Biggest Ever Budget
Macedonia's government proposed a rebalanced budget that enters parliament procedure on Thursday, which foresees increased spending of ?85 million and increased revenue of ?58 million.
The total budget tops ?3 billion, the biggest sum in 25 years of independence.
FM briefs parties on latest contacts in SE Europe
Greek FM Nikos Kotzias briefed political party representatives on Wednesday of recent visits of southeast European capitals, declaring afterwards that crisis-plagued Greece is “returning to the Balkans”.
The venue was a meeting of a national council on foreign policy, with Kotzias briefing participants on his talks and contacts in visits to no less than seven regional countries.
Macedonia Opposition Says Govt 'Stalling' Reforms
The vice-president of the opposition Social Democrats, Radmila Sekerinska, has slated the main ruling VMRO DPMNE party for cancelling a key meeting on implementing reforms only half an hour before it was due to start on Monday.
Macedonia Deal Means Changes For Key Bodies
Personnel changes and a boost to the powers of several important state offices are on the table of the inter-party working groups monitored by Brussels, which started work at last week after the government and opposition on Wednesday agreed on the formation of an interim government and early elections to be held on April 24.
Macedonian Army to Help Police Handle Migrant Inflow
Macedonian army units will be deployed to help police cope with an influx of migrants across its borders, President Gjorge Ivanov has said.
Macedonia Deputy PM's Attack on Journalist Slated
Members of the Journalists' Plenum, which mainly unites independent and anti-government reporters in Macedonia, have condemned Vice Prime Minister Pesevski for attacking the owner of a controversial news portal and have called on him to resign.
Kosovo Neighbours Pledge to Work Harder on Returnees
Representatives from Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia and Kosovo, dealing with the issue of displaced persons from the 1999 conflict, met in Pristina on Wednesday to discuss regional solutions to a problem persisting 16 years since the war in Kosovo ended.
Security situation "completely stable" - minister
Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic stated that at this point the security situation in Serbia is completely stable with regard to terrorist threats.
"After the attacks in Zvornik (RS) and Kumanovo (Macedonia), we started certain preparations and undertook certain measures, having followed the situation several months prior to the incidents," Stefanovic said late Wednesday.
Pro-ISIS Video Calls for Balkan Caliphate
A new video published on July 10 on YouTube, named "Put hilafa", which in Bosniak means "Way of caliphate", calls for the establishment of a caliphate in the Balkans - Serbia above all.
The video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with the video has been terminated.
Macedonia parties agree on path to April 2016 election, diffusing crisis
Macedonia's main opposition party will return to parliament and the prime minister, hit by a scandal over widespread phone-tapping, will resign ahead of an election next April under a deal brokered overnight by the European Union.
Leaders of Macedonian parties reach agreement
Leaders of the four biggest parties in Macedonia have reached an agreement meant to allow the country a way out of the political crisis.
The deal was reached on with the mediation of EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn.
Hahn Brokers Deal Ending Crisis in Macedonia
The EU Enlargement Commissioner has announced that a deal has been reached between Macedonia's warring political parties.
The breakthrough was announced after midnight on Wednesday, following protracted negotiations with the government and opposition in Skopje.
"Agreement reached by political leaders in the interest of the country and its citizens," Johannes Hahn tweeted.
Macedonia to Hold Early Elections on 24 April 2016
Leaders of the four biggest parties in Macedonia have contracted an agreement for the resolution of the political crisis in the country. The early parliamentary elections have now been scheduled for April 24, 2016, as reported by MIA news agency.
A mediator in the negotiations has been EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn who made a statement on the decisions agreed shortly after midnight.
Party Leaders Reach Agreement to End Political Crisis in Macedonia
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski announced on Wednesday that an agreement has been reached between the leaders of the four main parties to bring to an end the political crisis, which has gripped the country in the last several months.