Macedonian Police

Serbia in April warned Macedonia what is coming

The Military Security Agency (VBA) chief says Serbian security services had warned their Macedonian colleagues in April about a possible "attack" there.

"Greater Albania has some support from West"

BELGRADE -- The military security agency (VBA) chief says Serbian security services had warned their Macedonian colleagues in April about a possible "attack" there.

8 Macedonian police, 14 Albanian terrorist die in clashes

SKOPJE -- The Macedonian police have published footage of the arrest and identification of a group suspected of carrying out a terrorist attack in Kumanovo.

Border zone reinforced as 5 police die in Macedonia clashes

RISTOVAC, KUMANOVO -- Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Saturday that the police were doing everything to preserve stability and security of citizens.

The Macedonian police detained two protesters and filed misdemeanour charges against them after the anti-government demonstrations in front of the parliament building on Wednesday.

This was announced by Assistant Minister of Interior Ivo Kotevski on Thursday, when Police Day is observed in Macedonia.

Over 2,000 protesters clashed with Macedonian police officers in the center of the capital Skopje, as they demanded the resignation of the Prime Minister.

The main reason for the turmoil was a wiretapping scandal that involves Macedonian PM and leader of nationalist VMRO-DPMN party Nikola Gruevski, Reuters reported.

Albania's Foreign Ministry on Monday said it had summoned the Russian ambassador, Alexander Karpushin, demanding clarification about a Russian statement on the recently reported armed incident in Macedonia.

Macedonian police on 21 April said that gunmen speaking Albanian had stormed a remote border police post near Kosovo and taken four police officers hostage before releasing them.

Macedonian police said they had arrested one suspect in connection with the recently reported attack on a remote border post.

The suspect, aged 55 and from the border village of Brest, was found in possession of firearms and military uniforms during raids conducted over the  weekend.

Ali Ahmeti, head of the the main party representing Albanians in Macedonia, the Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, said on a visit to Kosovo on Monday that Albanians in Macedonia sought a peaceful solution to the country's problems.

KUMANOVO - Macedonian police authorities are conducting a large scale raid in the area near the Kosovo border, in the villages of Gosince, Brest and Malina Mahala, Deputy Minister of Interior Ivo Kotevski said.

Searching houses in this region, mostly abandoned, the police found weapons and ammunition, Kotevski said, MIA news agency reported.