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Tendering Underway for Phase 2 of Macedonia - Bulgaria Link
MACEDONIA: Companies have been invited to prequalify for a contract to complete Phase 2 of the planned rail link from Kumanovo to the Bulgarian border, which is being developed as part of Pan-European Corridor VIII from the Adriatic to the Black Sea.
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 Minister Quits Amid Child's Death Case Protests
About 1,000 people, mostly ethnic Albanians, protested on Wednesday in front of the Macedonian government building in Skopje, outraged by the prosecution's last minute decision to drop charges of premeditated murder against an ethnic Macedonian who slammed his car into a four-year old ethnic Albanian child in 2016.
Kosovo Veterans Protest at Macedonia Shootout Convictions
Kosovo Liberation Army veterans marked Albanian independence day by protesting against the convictions of 33 ethnic Albanians found guilty of involvement in a deadly gun battle with police in Kumanovo, Macedonia.
Kosovo Aids Families of Macedonia Shootout Convicts
The Kosovo government will give 219,000 euro in aid to family members of ethnic Albanians convicted of terrorism or killed during the two-day Kumanovo gunbattle with police in Macedonia in 2015.
Haradinaj wants "international investigation" in FYROM terror case
Ramush Haradinaj has called for "an international investigation" after a FYROM (Macedonian) court sentenced 33 members of the "Kumanovo Group" to lengthy prison terms.
The Kosovo prime minister said on Friday he was following the trial in the wake of "the tragic event in Kumanovo in May 2015" with "increased attention."
Haradinaj wants "international investigation" in terror case
Ramush Haradinaj has called for "an international investigation" after a Macedonian court sentenced 33 members of the "Kumanovo Group" to lengthy prison terms.
The Kosovo prime minister said on Friday he was following the trial in the wake of "the tragic event in Kumanovo in May 2015" with "increased attention."
Macedonia Shootout Verdicts Trigger Protests in Kosovo
Dozens of protesters gathered in Peja, Kosovo, on Thursday to condemn the heavy jail terms bestowed on 37 Albanians accused of taking part in a bloody two-day gun battle with police in the northern Macedonian town of Kumanovo in May 2o15.
Kosovo's Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, said he had recalled Kosovo's ambassador to Macedonia for consutations.
Macedonia Gives Kumanovo Gunmen Heavy Jail Terms
The Skopje Criminal Court on Thursday gave life sentences to seven of the 37 ethnic Albanian defendants accused of involvement in a two-day shootout with police in Kumanovo in 2015, while most of the rest got long jail terms.
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Zoran Zaev's Party Won the Local Elections in Macedonia
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev's party successfully passed its first serious test on Sunday, winning the local elections in the country, reports Mediapool.