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1 week, 5 days ago

North Macedonia court delays language law ruling amid ethnic tensions

North Macedonia — North Macedonia’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday postponed a ruling on a controversial law concerning the use of minority languages, triggering a new round of ethnic tensions in the tiny Balkan country. Ethnic Albanians make up roughly a quarter of North Macedonia’s 2 million population, in a country slightly larger than the U.S. state of Vermont. Several hundred …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Hundreds march in North Macedonia against air pollution

Deccan Chronicle

SKOPJE: Several hundred people marched on Tuesday in Skopje demanding immediate action from the government to tackle high levels of air pollution in the North Macedonian capital. "I'm protesting because we don't have clean air, because they systematically kill every one of us and because it's time for the government to do something," 22-year-old student Anastasija Pavlovska told AFP. Almost …

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2 weeks ago

New TikTok challenge leaves users across the world in hospital

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The country saw several young people injured in connection with the popular “Superman challenge” …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

North Macedonian political party demands ban on TikTok after at least 17 students injured

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — A political party in North Macedonia on Saturday demanded authorities ban social networks whose content incites violence and self-destructive behavior after several young people were seriously injured in connection with the popular “Superman challenge” on TikTok. The Liberal-Democratic Party, which was part of the left-led coalition that ruled the country from 2016 to earlier in 2024, …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

North Macedonia arrests man suspected of intending to join Russian army and fight in Ukraine

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Police in North Macedonia have arrested a Macedonian national suspected of intending to join the Russian army and fight in Ukraine, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. The ministry said the suspect had been in online contact with a person who had introduced himself as tasked by the Russian army to recruit soldiers for a compensation …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Arrests in North Macedonia after raucous celebrations by members of ethnic Albanian minority

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Police in North Macedonia have arrested 10 people following raucous celebrations — allegedly including gunfire — by members of the country’s ethnic Albanian minority to mark an Albanian national holiday, officials said Friday. Hundreds of people took part in celebrations late Thursday of Albanian Flag Day in North Macedonia’s capital, Skopje, and other cities. Thursday night’s …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Keir Starmer to crack down on migrant smugglers by signing deals with three Balkan countries in HOURS

Daily Mail

New deals to crack down on migrant smugglers will be signed with three Balkan countries tomorrow, Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed. A No10 spokesman said the deals would ‘increase intelligence sharing, expertise and co-operation’ in a bid to smash organised crime gangs behind the small boats crisis. The Prime Minister will finalise agreements for closer co-operation with Serbia, North Macedonia …

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2 months ago

Salmond's coffin draped in Saltire as his body is flown home to Scotland

Daily Mail

Alex Salmond's coffin was draped in a Saltire as the plane bringing him home to Scotland took off from North Macedonia. Alex Salmond 's Saltire-draped coffin was loaded on board a charter flight to Scotland Alex Salmond pictured at a cultural forum event in North Macedonia last Friday Former SNP MP and Alba Party chairwoman, Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, was among those …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Ministers under growing pressure to allow RAF to repatriate Alex Salmond's body from North Macedonia... as allies contrast 'delay' to Labour's eagerness to provide Taylor Swift with personal security

Daily Mail

Ministers are under growing pressure to authorise the use of an RAF plane to repatriate Alex Salmond's body from North Macedonia. Sir David Davis, the veteran Tory MP, is among those to have pushed the Foreign Office to use RAF planes to bring home his close friend's body. Ministers are under growing pressure to authorise the use of an RAF …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Revealed: Alex Salmond collapsed after suffering 'heart attack' during lunch at conference in Macedonia - before witnesses desperately tried to revive him

Daily Mail

Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond died of a suspected heart attack during lunch at a conference in Macedonia - where horrified witnesses desperately tried to revive him. Alex Salmond can be seen smiling cheerfully in the center of what is believed to be his last photo alongside his Alba Party chair Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, who is wearing a tartan dress …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Devin Nunes' unexplained meeting with Balkans leader raises specter of new conflict

Raw Story

Earlier this summer, Devin Nunes, the CEO of Trump Media and a former California congressman, touched down just outside Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The spokesperson provided a statement saying only, “The ProPublica geniuses, much to our dismay, have discovered Devin Nunes’ secret plan to reconstitute Alexander the Great’s empire and get Chris Pavlovski named King of Macedon.” Spokespeople …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Italy says Russia or China could gain influence in Western Balkans if EU dream fails

The Independent

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

How the Balkans region grappled with the hottest summer in more than a century

Associated Press

BELGRADE, Serbia — Jelena Popovic normally loves summer and all it brings along, including the hot weather. “It was like a tropical summer, like we live in Africa and not in Europe.” This was true for much of the Balkans, a region in southeast Europe that is used to hot summers but where this one broke previous records with repeated …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Turkey hopes to double its trade with North Macedonia to $2 billion

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Thursday his country hopes to boost its trade with North Macedonia to $2 billion a year, or roughly double the current volume with the Balkan country. Fidan said following talks in the North Macedonian capital with North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Timcho Mutsunski that Ankara wants to establish a “strategic council …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Molly-Mae Hague says she will always love Tommy Fury as she reflects on her 'very real' two weeks since ending their engagement - but former Love Island star insists she will NEVER reveal details of t

Daily Mail

Molly-Mae Hague said she will always love Tommy Fury as she reflected on the 'very real' two weeks since they ended their engagement in a new YouTube video on Thursday. Molly-Mae Hague said she will always love Tommy Fury as she reflected on the 'very real' two weeks since they ended their engagement in a new YouTube video on Thursday …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Exec at Trump Media jumped the line for U.S. Visa after company lobbied GOP lawmaker

Raw Story

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. “It was just one thing after another.” Before Trump Media reached out to Bacon’s office, the company had already helped get the executive, Vladimir Novachki, approved for the visa. “Politics don’t come into play for official congressional work.” A spokesperson for Trump Media declined to answer detailed questions but said in a statement: …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Danish woman at the centre of Tommy Fury cheating rumours breaks social media silence after falling victim to fake Instagram account which claims she did kiss the boxer

Daily Mail

The Danish woman Tommy Fury was accused of 'brazenly kissing' during his boozy holiday has broken her silence. The Danish woman Tommy Fury was accused of 'brazenly kissing' during his boozy holiday has broken her silence Tommy jetted abroad for a holiday in North Macedonia earlier this year where he was linked to Milla, ahead of his split from Molly-Mae …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Danish woman at the centre of Tommy Fury cheating rumours falls victim to fake Instagram account which claims she did kiss the boxer

Daily Mail

The Danish Woman Tommy Fury was accused of 'brazenly kissing' during his boozy holiday has fallen victim to trolls. The Danish Woman Tommy Fury was accused of 'brazenly kissing' during his boozy holiday has fallen victim to trolls Tommy jetted abroad for a holiday in North Macedonia earlier this year where he met Milla The boxer's partner Molly-Mae Hague announced …

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4 months ago

Danish woman at the centre of Tommy Fury cheating rumours reveals what really happened with boxer in Macedonia club and says she is keen to speak to Molly-Mae Hague

Daily Mail

The Danish partygoer who Tommy Fury reportedly kissed during a wild holiday before his split from Molly-Mae Hague has spoken out. Boxer Tommy, 25, jetted abroad for a holiday in Ohrid, North Macedonia earlier this year where he reportedly kissed a blonde woman in a nightclub, leading Molly-Mae to announce their split last week after five years together. Danish partygoer …

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4 months ago

Tommy Fury poses with fans during his lads holiday in North Macedonia amid claims he 'kissed a blonde during a night out' before split from Molly-Mae Hague

Daily Mail

Tommy Fury posed for snaps with fans during his lads holiday in North Macedonia, before it was claimed he cheated on his fiancée Molly-Mae Hague during a night out. Tommy Fury posed for snaps with fans during his lads holiday in North Macedonia, before it was claimed he cheated on his fiancée Molly-Mae Hague during a night out Molly-Mae is …

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4 months ago

Molly-Mae Hague breaks her social media silence with just two words after shock Tommy Fury split as she 'braces for more girls to come forward and claim the boxer cheated with them'

Daily Mail

Molly-Mae Hague has finally broken her social media silence after announcing her shock split from fiancé Tommy Fury. Molly-Mae Hague has finally broken her social media silence after announcing her shock split from fiancé Tommy Fury The influencer, 25, took to social media last week to reveal the shock news, with claims since surfacing that Tommy cheated and was spotted …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Taylor Swift concert bomb plot terrorist 'was repeatedly violent towards female students

Daily Mail

A teen terror suspect who plotted a bloodbath at a Taylor Swift concert in Austria was repeatedly violent towards female students and groped girls while attending business school, it has been alleged. The 19-year-old ISIS fanatic has been identified as Beran A., who lived in Ternitz south of Vienna Beran A., the 19-year-old ISIS fanatic, was reportedly building a bomb …

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5 months, 1 week ago

New heat wave in Greece expected to last at least a week. North Macedonia also swelters

Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece — Greek authorities on Friday warned of an impending weeklong heat wave during the summer tourist season, with a high risk of dangerous wildfires, as much of southern Europe sweltered under high temperatures. The new heat wave comes on the heels of the hottest June on record in Greece, according to preliminary weather service data. In neighboring North …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Greece claims neighboring North Macedonia broke historic name deal, warns its EU hopes may suffer

Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece — Greece on Monday accused neighboring North Macedonia’s new center-right government of breaking a historic deal on the country’s name, warning that this could harm its hopes of one day joining the European Union. Athens was responding a day after North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski repeatedly used the old name, Macedonia, saying he found his country’s new …

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North Macedonia court delays language law ruling amid ethnic tensions

Hundreds march in North Macedonia against air pollution

New TikTok challenge leaves users across the world in hospital

North Macedonian political party demands ban on TikTok after at least 17 students injured

North Macedonia arrests man suspected of intending to join Russian army and fight in Ukraine

Arrests in North Macedonia after raucous celebrations by members of ethnic Albanian minority

Keir Starmer to crack down on migrant smugglers by signing deals with three Balkan countries in HOURS

Salmond's coffin draped in Saltire as his body is flown home to Scotland

Ministers under growing pressure to allow RAF to repatriate Alex Salmond's body from North Macedonia... as allies contrast 'delay' to Labour's eagerness to provide Taylor Swift with personal security

Revealed: Alex Salmond collapsed after suffering 'heart attack' during lunch at conference in Macedonia - before witnesses desperately tried to revive him

Devin Nunes' unexplained meeting with Balkans leader raises specter of new conflict

Italy says Russia or China could gain influence in Western Balkans if EU dream fails

How the Balkans region grappled with the hottest summer in more than a century

Turkey hopes to double its trade with North Macedonia to $2 billion

Molly-Mae Hague says she will always love Tommy Fury as she reflects on her 'very real' two weeks since ending their engagement - but former Love Island star insists she will NEVER reveal details of t

Exec at Trump Media jumped the line for U.S. Visa after company lobbied GOP lawmaker

Danish woman at the centre of Tommy Fury cheating rumours breaks social media silence after falling victim to fake Instagram account which claims she did kiss the boxer

Danish woman at the centre of Tommy Fury cheating rumours falls victim to fake Instagram account which claims she did kiss the boxer

Danish woman at the centre of Tommy Fury cheating rumours reveals what really happened with boxer in Macedonia club and says she is keen to speak to Molly-Mae Hague

Tommy Fury poses with fans during his lads holiday in North Macedonia amid claims he 'kissed a blonde during a night out' before split from Molly-Mae Hague

Molly-Mae Hague breaks her social media silence with just two words after shock Tommy Fury split as she 'braces for more girls to come forward and claim the boxer cheated with them'

Taylor Swift concert bomb plot terrorist 'was repeatedly violent towards female students

New heat wave in Greece expected to last at least a week. North Macedonia also swelters

Greece claims neighboring North Macedonia broke historic name deal, warns its EU hopes may suffer