Zoran Zaev

Hours-long talks in Strasbourg between Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and opposition Socal Democrat leader Zoran Zaev ended at 3.30am Wednesday without resolution to Macedonia's political crisis.

The three MEPs that facilitated the dialogue said they heard frank discussions from both leaders and extracted a commitment to meet again, however.

Macedonia is subject to "dictatorship of the political minority", PM Nikola Gruevski told tens of thousands of supporters who attended the pro-government rally in Skopje on Monday evening.

Thousands of supporters of the ruling VMRO DPMNE party rallied in front of parliament to hear a defiant speech from the Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski.

The rally held under the motto "For a Strong Macedonia" aimed to show that many people still back Gruevski amid growing calls for his resignation.

A rally in support of embattled Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski started in Skopje on Monday evening - a day after a protest march organized by the opoposition nearby demanded his resignation.  

The second meeting of the leaders of Macedonia's four biggest political parties aimed at resolving the political crisis in the country ended inconclusively on Monday, telma.mk reported.

The leaders agreed to meet again on 26 May.

The leaders of Macedonia's four biggest political parties met on Monday in a fresh attempt to ease tensions and find a way for resolving the months-long political crisis.

Leaders of the four major parties in Macedonia are set to meet Monday in a renewed attempt at solving the political crisis in the country.

The protesters said they would not leave the tent camp until the resignation of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who they blame for installing an authoritarian regime in Macedonia, even though the premier's allies plan to stage a counter-demonstration on Monday.

The Macedonian governing party VMRO-DPMNE is set on organizing a counter-protest at 8 pm in front of the Parliament building. The organizers claim that Macedonia is currently facing '' a directed attack aiming at destabilization'' of the country.

A video recording purportedly showing Macedonian opposition Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev arranging for receiving a bribe of EUR 200,000 in his capacity of Mayor of Strumica has been published online, independent .mk has reported.