Kumanovo

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.

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.

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.

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