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An increase in official inspections in municipalities led by mayors from the Democratic Union for Integration, DUI has raised suspicions after the party on Sunday declined to support a renewed governing alliance with former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday dismissed as frivolous a "union" of Albanian municipalities allegedly formed by Tirana, Pristina, Tetovo, Ulcinj and Presevo on Monday, November 28 - Albanian Flag Day.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has commented on the creation on Monday of the Union of Albanian Municipalities.

This union includes Tirana, Pristina, Tetovo, Ulcinj, and Presevo.

The Union of Albanian Municipalities in the Region has been formed in Tirana, Albania, on the occasion of the Albanian national holiday, November 28.

This union is made up of Tirana, Pristina, Tetovo, Ulcinj, and Presevo, with an agreement of cooperation signed by the mayors of the five towns.

Macedonia's Environment Inspectorate has proposed closing an important factory in the country, which contributes 1 per cent of Macedonia's GDP, following its failure to meet Monday's deadline to install air filters.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said his Macedonian counterpart Emil Dimitriev assured him there would be a response from authorities to the desecration of a memorial plaque allegedly committed by a Macedonian journalist.

"I don't want to comment," he has told reporters after a summit in Vienna.

Protestors wearing the movement's signature vibrant clothes threw paint balls at the Justice Ministry and President's contact office in downtown Skopje as they marched along their usual route.

A coalition of 21 environmentalist groups and NGOs from across Macedonia is considering more protest marches as well as possible blockades of institutions and streets during February.

They accuse the authorities of failing to take relevant action against extremely high levels of air pollution in the capital and in several other towns.

Hundreds of Kosovars in the southern town of Prizren joined the celebration of the Justice and Development (AK) party's victory on Sunday, some carrying banners with Erdogan's picture and chanting his party's slogans, others driving around waving Turkish flags.

Police conf irmed on Thursday that they have arrested nine people suspected of having links with Islamic State during raids in Skopje's districts of Gazi Baba and Cair, as well as in the towns of Tetovo, Struga, Kumanovo and Gostivar.