Kumanovo

FYROM looks like a battlefield, with Kumanovo’s albanian neighborhood being the focal point, after the clashes over the weekend between armed Albanians and government forces, over which 22 people lost their lives.

"Greater Albania has some support from West"

BELGRADE -- The military security agency (VBA) chief says Serbian security services had warned their Macedonian colleagues in April about a possible "attack" there.

"Lack of EU and NATO integration to blame for conflict"

SKOPJE, KUMANOVO -- NATO and the EU must realize Macedonia being "outside of EU integration" is the reason for the armed conflict in Kumanovo, Gjorge Ivanov has said.

NATO and the EU called for a return to calm in Macedonia May 10 after clashes between police and an armed group left at least 22 people dead, raising concerns about presumed ethnic-Albanian unrest in the Balkan region.

President, PM offer condolences to Macedonian leaders

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic sent a telegram of condolences to Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov on Sunday in the wake of the clashes in Kumanovo.

8 Macedonian police, 14 Albanian terrorist die in clashes

SKOPJE -- The Macedonian police have published footage of the arrest and identification of a group suspected of carrying out a terrorist attack in Kumanovo.

Macedonia warned early this year 17 European states of the activities of the group whose attack in Kumanovo left 8 police officers dead, the country's President has said.

Macedonia's Interior Ministry Spokesman has confirmed 8 police officer are dead as of Sunday afternoon after the developments in Kumanovo the previous day.

At a press conference Ivo Koteski made clear that the operation against the attackers had now ended, with some of the assaulters "eliminated".

Macedonian Deputy PM on European Affairs Fatmir Besimi has canceled his May 11 visit to Bulgaria, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia has said.

More police officers have died of their wounds after the Saturday attack in Kumanovo, northwestern Macedonia, local media reports suggest.

Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska earlier said the shootout between gunmen and police had claimed the lives of 5 officers and had left 30 injured.