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Speaking in front of thousands of supporters of his main ruling centre-right VMRO DPMNE party in Skopje on Sunday, the embattled Gruevski repeated his claims that criminal allegations made against him by the country's opposition have been "created" by unnamed foreign intelligence services and their domestic collaborators in order to destabilize Macedonia.

Macedonia's embattled Prime Minister has called a rally of the ruling VMRO DPMNE party in Skopje's Boris Trajkovski sports arena on Sunday when he and other speakers will address opposition demands for the government to resign.

Back on the 4th of March, the EU Foreign Policy High Representative Federica Mogherini called FYROM, Macedonia.

EU Foreign Policy High Representative Federica Mogherini chose the European Parliamnet to apologise for her previous mixup, calling the former Yugoslav Republic FYROM, Macedonia.

Russia's Stroitransgaz said on March 12 it will build a gas pipeline across Macedonia, which could eventually be used as part of a route to supply Europe with Russian gas via Turkey.

A number of Western officials have voiced their concern over the recent developments in Macedonia which include a tense political battle between the government and the opposition.

Speaking at the European Parliament's debate in Strasbourg on Macedonia's progress in 2014 on Tuesday, Commissioner Hahn said that the allegations contained in the tapes produced by the opposition must be examined.

A probe has been launched into Macedonian opposition leader Zoran Zaev's alleged involvement in a bribery scheme, the country's Interior Ministry has said.