Albanian Democratic Union for Integration

Lawmakers from the ruling parties on Monday gave the thumbs up on an interim Macedonian government, local media report.

The caretaker cabinet, which is to help the country prepare for early elections on April 24, was approved by lawmakers from the main ruling VMRO-DPMNE and its coalition partner in the previous government, the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration (DUI).

Political party representatives expect a deal between the government and opposition on a set of electoral reforms to be reached by the end of this week at the latest.

A deadline of October 6 was set by the EU Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn, during his last visit to Macedonia last month.

With nearly all opposition MPs still boycotting parliament, the commission overseeing the secret police - which was intended to be dominated by opposition legislators - got underway, chaired by an MP from the ruling VMRO DPMNE party, Pavle Sazdov, and adopted its rules of procedure.

The second meeting of the leaders of Macedonia's four biggest political parties aimed at resolving the political crisis in the country ended inconclusively on Monday, telma.mk reported.

The leaders agreed to meet again on 26 May.

The leaders of Macedonia's four biggest political parties met on Monday in a fresh attempt to ease tensions and find a way for resolving the months-long political crisis.

The leaders of the four biggest political parties in Macedonia have agreed to continue their talks on Monday to make another attempt to ease political tensions in the country, MIA news agency reported.

The leaders of the four biggest political parties in Macedonia have started a meeting in a bid to start a dialogue aimed at defusing the political tensions, MIA news agency reported on Thursday.

US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Baily and the head of the EU Delegation in Skopje Aivo Orav are attending the meeting as observers.

The leaders of the four biggest political parties in Macedonia will meet on Thursday in a bid to reduce the political tensions, the country's private TV channel Telma has reported.

Child injured in explosion near Albanian party HQ

TETOVO -- An explosive device activated near the local headquarters of the Albanian Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) in Mala Recica near Tetovo has injured a child.

The DUI, led by Ali Ahmeti, is together with the VMRO DPMNE in power in Macedonia on the state level.

Labenishta tendered his resignation at the weekend from the junior ruling party, the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, together with the party's longstanding organisational secretary Hazbi Lika and Shefik Duraki, the head of the DUI's branch in the village of Arcinovo near Skopje.