Skopje

Macedonian police said 14 migrants were killed on Thursday night on the railway line that runs from the central Macedonian town of Veles towards the capital, Skopje.

Authorities said they fear the final death toll might be higher.

Macedonia: Train kills at least 14 migrants

SKOPJE -- A train traveling on the Gevgelija-Belgrade line has killed at least 14 migrants near the station in Pcinj, Macedonia.

It is feared that the number of victims is higher.

BELGRADE - Capital Summit 2015 is only the first step towards a closer and more efficient regional cooperation, Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali said on Thursday.

Some ten thousand pupils and students on Thursday demanded the resignation of Macedonia's Education Minister, Abdualaqim Ademi, and a halt to externally controlled state-run graduation exams.

BELGRADE - Skopje Mayor Koce Trajanovski, who is attending the Capital Summit in Belgrade, has voiced readiness to help Serbia by sharing with it the experience concerning the introduction of building e-permits.

BELGRADE - Mayors and officials of the cities partaking in the the Summit of Capital City Mayors of Central and South East Europe in Belgrade presented on Thursday projects, investments and plans for accelerated development and positioning on the map of Europe and exchanged experience in managing capitals.

Central and SE Europe mayors gather in Belgrade

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said at the opening of Capital Summit 2015 that Belgrade is "the seat of the cosmopolitan spirit in the Western Balkans."

Macedonian journalists staged protests in the capital Skopje Wednesday evening, following the death threat sent to journalist Borjan Jovanovski, Reuters reported.

OSCE media rep calls on Skopje to investigate threats

VIENNA -- Dunja Mijatovic has called on Macedonia's authorities to immediately investigate the death threat against the NOVA TV editor Borjan Jovanovski and his family.

SKOPJE - Certain Commander Fljamuri has claimed the responsibility on behalf of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) for late Tuesday's attack on Gosince border watchtower in northern Macedonia and beating of three out of four on-duty police officers, Macedonian online edition of Press24 reported.