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Dilaver Bojku aka Leku, a controversial local businessman, previously known as "the Balkan prostitution boss," has been killed in the Macedonian town of Struga.

Bojku was was shot to the head at around 17:00 hours CET on Monday on a Lake Ohrid beach that he held a concession for, in front of beachgoers.

On the Bulgarian-Turkish border, there is a 5km queue of cargo vehicles at Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint, Chief Directorate Border Police said, quoted by bTV.

At the Bulgarian-Serbian border at Kalotina border checkpoint and on the Bulgarian-Greek border at Kulata border checkpoint, the traffic is intensive by trucks leaving the country.

Fans of Bulgarian football club Botev on Thursday for several hours blocked the Kumanovo-Kriva Palanka road in northeastern Macedonia.

Beta is reporting that they did this "dissatisfied because the police wanted to bring them in for insulting the Macedonian state."

Bulgarian politicians have reacted sharply to claim of Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Slavonic alphabet had arrived in Russia from Macedonian land. Putin voiced this thesis while in a meeting with his Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov and his words were quoted on the Kremlin website, BNR reported.

А number of Bulgarian ministers and diplomats have condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin for telling his Macedonian colleague George Ivanov on May 24 - the Day of Slavic Literacy - that the Cyrillic script came from Macedonia.

"The Slavic alphabet and literature came to us from Macedonian soil", Putin told Ivanov during the Macedonian President's visit to Moscow.

Traffic is intense on the Bulgarian-Turkish border. At Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint, a 5km long queue of cargo vehicles formed at the exit, while a 2km long one formed at Lesovo border checkpoint, the press centre of Chief Directorate Border Police announced.

The traffic information on Bulgarian border checkpoints is by 06:00 local time. 

A 1km long queue of cars formed at Kulata border checkpoint at the entrance of the country, the press centre of Chief Directorate Border Police announced.

The information is by 06:00 Bulgarian time. The reason for the queue of cars forming is repairs being done on the roadway at the checkpoint.

A 2km long queue of cars has formed at the entrance of Bulgaria at Kulata border checkpoint, the press centre of Chief Directorate Border Police announced.

The information is by 06:00 local time.

The reason for the forming of the queue of cars is repairs being done on the roadway at the checkpoint.

Macedonian parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that the Macedonian parliament and he were open for cooperation with Serbian institutions.

Inflammatory language being used by politicians "in any case aggravate bilateral relations" he said.

BELGRADE - Serbia is not interfering in internal relations in Macedonia, Serbian PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic said Monday, appealing to all actors for calm and adding that stability in the Balkans was the most significant.