Skopje

The EU has confirmed that Friday's planned meeting in Vienna of Macedonian party leaders, aimed at resolving the crisis in the country, will not now take place.

Tensions in Macedonia continue to run high as protests took place in Skopje for the eighth consecutive day on Wednesday.

Protests were sparked by last week's decision of Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov to pardon 56 politicians for their alleged involvement in last year's wiretapping scandal.

BELGRADE- Former Yugoslav diplomatic and consular offices in New York, Bonn, Bern and Tokyo, worth USD 70-80 million, are to be put up for sale, with Serbia to receive around USD 35 million of the total.

BELGRADE - Several thousand people protested in FYROM's (Macedonia) capital, Skopje, for the eighth day on April 19, calling for President Gjorge Ivanov to resign.

The country's political crisis began last year when the opposition accused the government of illegally wiretapping some 20,000 people, including politicians, judges, police, journalists, and diplomats.

Tensions in Macedonia continued to run high on Tuesday, as thousands of pro-opposition protesters gathered in Skopje and other parts of the country, while parallel protests took place in several towns.

Protests were sparked by last week's decision of Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov to pardon 56 political figures for their alleged involvement in last year's wiretapping scandal.

BELGRADE- Former Yugoslav diplomatic and consular offices in New York, Bonn, Bern and Tokyo, worth USD 70-80 million, are to be put up for sale, with Serbia to receive around USD 35 million of the total.

Migrants in Idomeni, Greece, on the border with Macedonia, have once again blocked the railroad tracks, Skopje-based media have reported.

According to the reports quoted on Tuesday by the Beta agency, the migrants blocked the tracks again yesterday, shortly after the Greek police moved in to clear it up after 30 days of blockade.

Demonstrators took to the streets of Skopje for yet another evening to call for the resignation of President Gjorge Ivanov, but also demanding he reverse a blanket amnesty for 56 politicians over a case of massive wiretapping.

EU spokesperson Maja Kocijancic said on Monday that the EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn is hoping to meet the leaders of four main political parties very soon to discuss the recent escalation of the crisis which has seen daily protests on the streets of Skopje.

Thousands took to the streets of Macedonian capital Skopje on Friday evening, in the fourth protest following the President's decision to grant a blanket amnesty in a wiretapping affair.

The rally went peacefully ending in front of the government headquarters, local media report.