Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia Court Jails Seven for MP's Attempted Murder
The Skopje Criminal Court on Thursday handed heavy jail sentences to seven men for a premeditated murder attempt on Ziadin Zela, an MP and leader of the small opposition Alliance for Albanians.
Fatal Shootout in Macedonia Blamed on Party Feud
Police in Tetovo, western Macedonia, on Friday confirmed that Naim Rexhepi, born 1971, died in a shootout that started around 6.20pm on Thursday in Mala Recica, the location of the governing DUI party's headquarters.
One other person with gunshot wounds was brought to the hospital in nearby Tetovo, the hospital said.
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Macedonia President Must Sign Language Law, Speaker Says
The speaker of Macedonian parliament, Talat Xhaferi, has told BIRN's TV show Jeta ne Kosove'that if President Gjorge Ivanov again refuses to sign the new language law, after parliament voted for it for a second time, he will breach his constitutional rights.
Macedonian president to veto Albanian as official language?
This happened without a debate on amendments, with 64 votes in favor, and none against or abstained.
This legal act introduces the Albanian language as the second official language in the country.
Assembly Speaker Talat Xhaferi, from the Albanian DUI party, thus carried out his plan and rejected a debate on amendments.
FYROM gov't partner calls for swift name solution in Kathimerini interview
The leader of the junior coalition party in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia believes Athens and Skopje should settle the ongoing name dispute with an agreement of good-neighborly relations rather than putting the issue to a public referendum.
FYROM: Opposition submits 35,000 amendments to language bill
FYROM (Macedonian) Assembly President Talat Xhaferi expects the opposition VMRO-DPMNE to withdraw more than 35,000 amendments that it submitted to the Bill on Language.
Earlier this month, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov refused to sign this bill, that would make Albanian the country's second official language, into law, and sent it back to parliament.
The Albanian Language is Now Official in Macedonia
The Albanian language is now official throughout Macedonia, the parliament in Skopje decided. The law was passed with 69 votes in favor of VMRO-DPMNE's deputies.
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Kosovo PM's brother threatens with activation of KLA
Member of the Kosovo Assembly Daut Haradinaj says that "the first arrest for the special court" would "activate" the former KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army.")
Kosovo MP Warns New War Court Against Arrests
MP Daut Haradinaj, a former Kosovo Liberation Army fighter and brother of the prime minister, said that arrests by the new Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers would cause a major backlash.
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Kosovo PM's brother threatens with "activation of KLA"
The brother of the Kosovo Prime Minister is mentioned as one of the first former members of the KLA to be brought before the Specialist Chambers, set up to deal with the crimes committed by the KLA during and after the war in Kosovo.