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Macedonia's ruling conservatives win local polls

March 25, 2013 12:30
Macedonia's ruling conservatives overwhelmingly won local elections held amid tensions with opposition socialists and against a backdrop of ethnic tensions, the electoral commission said Monday. Both the commission and interior ministry have said Sunday's elections were held without major problems, despite fears that ethnic tensions and an ongoing political crisis could mar the polls.

Macedonians vote amid political crisis

March 24, 2013 15:45
Macedonians on Sunday cast their ballots in local elections held against a backdrop of ethnic tensions and an ongoing political crisis between the conservative government and opposition socialists. Relations between Macedonians and ethnic Albanians have been strained since the end of a seven-month conflict in 2001 that pitted Macedonia's armed forces against ethnic Albanian rebels.

EU raps Macedonia over political impasse, cancels visit

February 15, 2013 11:30
* Opposition boycotting parliament since brawl * Ex-Yugoslav republic seeking EU accession talks By Kole Casule SKOPJE, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The European Union's enlargement commissioner cancelled a visit to Macedonia next week over a political dispute that he warned could undermine the ex-Yugoslav republic's bid to start membership talks with the bloc.
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