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Arrests in North Macedonia after raucous celebrations by members of ethnic Albanian minority
3 weeks, 4 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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Devin Nunes' unexplained meeting with Balkans leader raises specter of new conflict
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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Russian FM says he plans to attend OSCE meeting in North Macedonia
1 year ago

Russian FM says he plans to attend OSCE meeting in North Macedonia

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that he plans to travel to North Macedonia later this week to attend a conference, a trip that would mark his first visit to a NATO member country since Moscow sent troops to Ukraine. North Macedonia, which holds the group’s rotating chairmanship, last week invited Lavrov to an OSCE foreign ministers’ …

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Albania’s prime minister calls for more NATO troops in neighboring Kosovo following ethnic violence
1 year, 1 month ago

Albania’s prime minister calls for more NATO troops in neighboring Kosovo following ethnic violence

Associated Press  

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama urged NATO on Wednesday to further boost its military forces in Kosovo and secure the country’s borders with Serbia, warning that recent ethnic violence in Kosovo could potentially trigger a wider Balkan conflict. Kosovo’s border with Serbia was “out of control,” Rama said after an informal meeting of Western Balkan NATO …

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EU expanding border guard presence along busy Balkan route
2 years, 1 month ago

EU expanding border guard presence along busy Balkan route

Associated Press  

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — The European Union signed an agreement Wednesday with North Macedonia to deploy officers from the bloc’s border protection agency Frontex in the small Balkan country as it expands its reach into nearby non-member states. The signing ceremony in North Macedonia’s capital Skopje was attended by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Home Affairs Commissioner …

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Germany’s Scholz tries to unblock North Macedonia’s EU bid
2 years, 6 months ago

Germany’s Scholz tries to unblock North Macedonia’s EU bid

Associated Press  

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited North Macedonia and Bulgaria on Saturday in a bid to resolve the dispute between both countries that has seen European Union membership talks with both North Macedonia and Albania blocked. Bulgaria refuses to approve the EU’s membership negotiation framework for North Macedonia, effectively blocking the official start of accession talks with …

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Bulgarian PM visits North Macedonia to boost battered ties
2 years, 11 months ago

Bulgarian PM visits North Macedonia to boost battered ties

Associated Press  

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — The new prime ministers of North Macedonia and Bulgaria agreed Tuesday to redouble efforts to improve relations between the Balkan neighbors, which soured after Bulgaria blocked North Macedonia’s bid to join the European Union. Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s visit to Skopje came only two days after North Macedonia’s parliament confirmed the country’s new cabinet, led …

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