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Resistance to government spreading in Macedonia
Resistance to government spreading in Macedonia
SKOPJE -- The second day of civil protests against the Macedonian government in Skopje was more massive and better organized that the previous day.
Because of strong police forces it did not take place in front of the Macedonian government, but outside the parliament.
"99.5 percent of asylum seekers returned to Serbia"
"99.5 percent of asylum seekers returned to Serbia"
BELGRADE -- Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic says that 99.5 percent of Serbian citizens seeking asylum in EU countries have been sent back.
The reason is that Serbia has been declared a country of safe origin, he told a news conference on Friday.
Train Hits Migrants in Macedonia, Kills Fourteen
A train hit a large group of about 50 migrants near the Macedonian city of Veles on Thursday, killing at least fourteen of them.
Migrants, who enter Macedonia from Greece on their way to western Europe, often use the railway as orientation through the unknown terrain, the Macedonian Information Agency (MIA) reports.
KLA claims responsibility for attack on Gosince watchtower
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.
HRW accuses Serbian police of mistreating migrants
HRW accuses Serbian police of mistreating migrants
BELGRADE -- The police in Serbia "mistreat and insult migrants and asylum seekers," Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
They were also denied protection and thrown out of the country, the NGO added and urged authorities in Belgrade to "conduct an investigation and brings those responsible to justice."
Greek PM at Health Ministry: New medical recruitments (photos + videos)
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras impromptu visit to the Health Ministry on Thursday was followed by a statement outside the ministry. He said that the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government is working hard to reverse the bad climate in the health sector.
Serbian police receives prizes for joint operations
BELGRADE - The Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC) Bi-annual Awards Committee awarded the Serbian Interior Ministry First and Second Prizes for conducting the most successful joint operations in the second half of 2014.