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Macedonia Albanians Stage Terror Trial Protest
Police established a high-profile presence in the city centre on Friday ahead of the demonstration, which is being seen by the authorities as high-risk and a potential flashpoint for violent confrontation.
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Macedonia Albanian Activists Slam ‘Terrorism’ Murder Verdict
An ethnic Albanian NGO said that the terrorism convictions of six alleged Islamic extremists over the killings of five ethnic Macedonians in Skopje was a political set-up.
Six Albanians Jailed for Macedonia ‘Terror’ Murders
Alil Demiri, Afrim Ismailovic, Agim Ismailovic, Fejzi Aziri, Haki Aziri and Sami Ljuta were found guilty on Monday of killing five ethnic Macedonians at Orthodox Easter in 2012 and given the longest possible sentence for terrorism offences, life in prison.
The court said that the murder was planned and carried out in a “vicious manner”.
Billy Idol sets Belgrade's Kalemegdan alight
BELGRADE - British rocker Billy Idol delivered a rousing performance at Kalemegdan late Thursday in front of around 18,000 people at the 2014 Belgrade Calling festival.
With his sideman Steve Stevens, Idol played a selection of his classic hits.
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Billy Idol postpones gig at Belgrade Calling 2014
BELGRADE - Rock'n'roll star Billy Idol's gig at the Belgrade Calling 2014 music festival originally scheduled for Wednesday night was postponed for Thursday.
The concert taking place at Donji Kalemegdan was postponed due to bad weather, organizers told Tanjug.
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Giant Macedonia Cross ‘Not Anti-Muslim Symbol’
The towering cross in the Aerodrom municipality of Skopje, which was sanctified this week, is a cultural artefact and not meant to cause religious or ethnic offence, said Todor Petrov, the head of the World Macedonian Congress, the NGO behind its construction.
“The cross is not erected to provoke and it is not an anti-Albanian or anti-Muslim symbol,” Petrov said.
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Croatia, Macedonia and Bulgaria link their stock exchanges
Billy Idol to perform at Calling 2014
BELGRADE - Rock'n'roll icon Billy Idol will be headlining the Belgrade Calling 2014 music festival at Donji Kalemegdan on Wednesday night.
The English superstar, who recently confirmed that his new studio album will be released in October, is on a tour of Europe this summer with his band, which includes guitar legend Steve Stevens.
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Macedonian Leaders Meet to Tackle Post-Election Feud
Prime minister and ruling VMRO DPMNE party leader Nikola Gruevski and Zoran Zaev, the head of the main opposition party, the Social Democrats, SDSM, are starting talks on Tuesday in Skopje to discuss ending the crisis that erupted when the opposition disputed the April elections.
Macedonian Roma Actress to Sue Police for Bias
Twenty-eight-year-old Kurtishova, an actress with Skopje’s state-owned Children’s and Youth Theatre, said she was convinced that a police officer at Skopje airport prevented her from boarding a plane simply because she is Roma.
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