Gruevski sought asylum at Hungarian embassy outside FYROM

Ex prime minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Nikola Gruevski has sought asylum at a Hungarian representation outside FYROM, Budapest said on Thursday, after he fled to Hungary earlier this week.

Gruevski, who resigned in 2016 after 10 years in power, left for Budapest six months after he was sentenced to two years in prison on corruption-related charges.

FYROM police issued an arrest warrant for him after he failed to show up to begin his sentence, following a Nov. 9 court ruling against his motion for a reprieve.

At a news conference, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's cabinet chief declined to say in which country Gruevski had sought Hungarian asylum or how he made his way to the Immigration and Asylum Office in Budapest where he actually submitted his asylum documents and was heard.

"According to my knowledge he made a statement regarding...

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