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Starting Gun Fires For Macedonia Election
Macedonia's election campaign formally started on Monday and over the next 20 days the parties will be holding rallies and round tables and trying to visit as many places as they can.
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Macedonian Anti-Bulgarian Journalist 'Kicked Out of Govt Workgroups'
The controversial Macedonian journalist who claimed the desecration of a Bulgarian memorial plaque in September became a member of a number of governmental workgroups earlier this year, Macedonian media report.
Macedonia's Gruevski 'Using anti-Bulgarian Acts' to Win Elections' - MEP
The leader of Macedonia's main ruling party is trying to raise anti-Bulgarian sentiment to win the forthcoming elections in the country, a Bulgarian MEP opines.
Andrey Kovatchev (EPP/GERB)'s comment comes amid a row between the two counties over a memorial plaque which a Macedonian journalist claims to have destroyed.
Parallel Protests Take Place Across Macedonia
Tensions in Macedonia continued to run high on Tuesday, as thousands of pro-opposition protesters gathered in Skopje and other parts of the country, while parallel protests took place in several towns.
Protests were sparked by last week's decision of Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov to pardon 56 political figures for their alleged involvement in last year's wiretapping scandal.
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Macedonia Protests Demanding President's Resignation Continue
Thousands took to the streets of Macedonian capital Skopje on Friday evening, in the fourth protest following the President's decision to grant a blanket amnesty in a wiretapping affair.
The rally went peacefully ending in front of the government headquarters, local media report.
Macedonia opposition to boycott elections
Macedonia's main opposition party said it will boycott a "sham" election in June, as parliament dissolved ahead of the vote which is supposed to end a political crisis.
The June 5 election is part of a European Union-backed deal reached last year between the government and the opposition to end months of turmoil.
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Conditions for Holding Macedonia Elections 'Not in Place' - EU, US
United States and European Union envoys to Macedonia have cast doubt on whether an early general election could be held in the country on April 24, 2016, as planned.
Macedonia Political Talks 'Failed', Opposition Says
The head of Macedonia's opposition SDSM party vowed that the socialists will not take part in the early general election on April 24 if they are on scheduled.
Macedonian PM Submits Resignation in Compliance with Agreement
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski submitted his resignation to the Speaker of Parliament Trajko Veljanoski on Friday.
The resignation of Gruevski is part of the political agreements reached between the main political parties of Macedonia in June and July last year with the mediation of the EU.
Macedonian Parties Fail to Reach Agreement on Resolving Political Crisis
Working groups of the main Macedonian parties failed to reach an agreement on resolving the country's political crisis.
According to media reports, parties continue to disagree over the competencies of the new ministries and the deputy-ministers nominated by the opposition, MIA news agency informs.