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At least five dead in storm and flood in Macedonian town

At least five persons, among them four children, died on Monday during a strong storm in the area of the town of Tetovo in southwestern Macedonia.

Macedonian MIA agency said that a ten-year-old child had died in the flooding, while the lifeless body of a 13-year-old girl "most likely from the village of Shipkovac" was brought to the hospital in Tetovo.

PM Gruevski Safe After Macedonian Govt Plane Makes Emergency Landing

The Macedonian government plane carrying Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to Skopje from Strasbourg has made an emergency landing in Zurich over an unspecified malfunction, MIA news agency reported on Thursday.

The prime minister and the other passengers on board are safe, MIA quoted government spokesman Aleksandar Gjorgiev as saying.

Protestors Call on Macedonia PM Gruevski to Step Down

Thousands of people have arrived in Skopje to join the protest rally called by the Macedonian opposition on Sunday with demands for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevsku.

The protest action in front of the government headquarters, led by opposition Social Democrats (SDSM) of Zoran Zaev, is backed by several civil organizations.

Macedonian Party Leaders Start Meeting to Resolve Crisis

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.

Police Officers Injured in Shoouout in Macedonia's Kumanovo

Three police officers have been hospitalized with gunshot injuries in Macedonia's Kumanovo, according to reports of local news agencies.

According to Macedonian news portal plusinfo, a doctor from a hospital in Kumanovo said that three police officers were receiving treatment for gunshot wounds and one was being treated for shrapnel injury.

Macedonian police conduct raid near Kosovo border

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.

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