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Student Protest Blocks Macedonian Capital
Thousands of students, university professors and others supporters said "No" on Wednesday to a government plan for state-supervised tests graduates, in what was arguably the biggest student protest to take place in Macedonia in two-and-a-half decades of independence.
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Jordan Kamchev: Bulgaria, Macedonia Should Perform Jointly on Western Balkans
An interview of Novinite.com with Jordan Kamchev, a Macedonian businessman , on the challenges ahead of Macedonia and its relations with Bulgaria.
EU Slows Macedonia Plan for Tax Haven
Macedonian Justice Minister Adnan Jashari said that Brussels' call for Skopje to not rush into its plan to establish a tax haven will postpone but not stop the government-backed package of constitutional reforms.
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Turks May Help Macedonia Form National Airline
Turkish Airlines' Senior Vice President for Marketing and Sales, Ziya Taşkent, has said the company is willing to consider a joint venture in Macedonia aimed at setting up a new national carrier.
MAT, Macedonian Airlines, the last government-backed national carrier, collapsed in 2009. Mat Airways, Macedonia's last privately-backed national airline, folded in 2011.
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No progress in FYROM name talks at UN
United Nations mediator Matthew Nimetz admitted on Wednesday that no progress was made in the latest round of talks between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) aimed at resolving their name dispute.
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Firefighters Tackle Macedonia Government HQ Blaze
Four fire engines arrived to tackle the blaze as smoke rose from the front of the government building on Monday morning at around 9am. Firefighters were forced to climb onto the building's façade and smash some parts of it to extinguish the flames.
An electrical fire which spread to building material was the most probable cause for the fire, initial reports have suggested.
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FYROM FM says Athens, Skopje ‘nowhere near a solution’
Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) are nowhere near a solution to the name dispute, the Balkan statelets foreign minister, Nikola Poposki, said on Saturday.
Reports: RPGs used in attack on government HQ
Reports: RPGs used in attack on government HQ
SKOPJE -- Two projectiles that hit the government building in Skopje earlier this week were likely fired from an RPG launcher, the local media said citing expert sources.
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Missiles fired at government building in Skopje
Missiles fired at government building in Skopje
SKOPJE -- Two missiles have been fired at the Macedonian government building, reports from Skopje said on Wednesday.
The incident happened late on Tuesday. The police have collected the evidence and sent it for analysis.
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Serbia, Macedonia to have joint diplomatic missions
SKOPJE - Macedonian and Serbian Foreign Ministers Nikola Popovski and Ivica Dacic signed in Skopje on Monday an Agreement on rational use of resources in joint diplomatic and consular missions abroad, announcing that the locations and countries where the joint missions are to be set up will be defined soon.