Macedonia

Traffic at some border checkpoints between Bulgaria and Turkey is intense on Holy Saturday, BNR reported.

TIR trucks formed four kilometer- long line at Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint. Cargo vehicles formed one kilometer- long  queue at Lesovo border crossing.

Traffic at Bulgaria-Macedonia, Bulgaria-Serbia, Bulgaria-Greece and Bulgaria-Romania checkpoints is normal.

Every year at Passover, Jacob Cohen leaves his home in Drama and heads to Thessaloniki to celebrate the holiday and attend services at a synagogue. Jacob is 75 years old and is not only the last living Jew in Drama, but in all of eastern Macedonia and Thrace.

A Thessaloniki appeals court has suspended a decision calling for the immediate arrest of the rebel abbot of Esphigmenou Monastery on Mount Athos, northern Greece, pending his appeal.

Growth of tourists of over 20% is expected from Macedonia, Greece, from Romania up to 40% increase in tourists compared to the Easter week last year, said the interim Minister of Tourism Stela Baltova for Hello, Bulgaria on Nova TV, quoted by Focus News Agency.

Macedonia should investigate threats of violence made by 'patriotic associations' that support the right-wing VMRO DPMNE party's fight against a proposed new, opposition-led coalition government, warn security experts.

An 8km long queue of cargo vehicles formed at the exit on the Bulgarian - Turkish border at Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint, the press centre of Chief Directorate Border Police announced. 

As the new opposition-led majority in Macedonia's parliament continues to press for the election of new speaker and a government, media outlets and organizations close to the former ruling VMRO DPMNE party have continued alarmist, threatening campaigns, calling on supporters to mobilise themselves.

A former communist-era official in Macedonia, Petar Karajanov, has won his case against the state before the European Court of Human Rights.

Traffic is intense at the Bulgarian-Turkish border, the press centre of Chief Directorate Border Police announced.

The Albanian ambassador in Skopje was on Monday "called to a meeting at Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs," the ministry has announced.

The reason are "the frequent offensive statements and comments by officials of the Republic of Albania, addressed to the Republic of Macedonia and its citizens."