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Macedonia ( ; ), officially the Republic of Macedonia (, transliterated: Republika Makedonija ), is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.
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Macedonia's conservative prime minister has won a general election in the Balkan country, but he will need to form a coalition to govern for another four-year term, according to final results released Monday by the State Electoral Commission.
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski called the election a year early, following an opposition walkout in Parliament sparked by the jailing of a popular TV channel boss for alleged fraud.A new government in this country of 2.1 million people will have to deal with a weak economy, a bitter name dispute with neighboring Greece , and ongoing tensions with the ethnic Albanian minority that makes up roughly a quarter of the population.Currently, unemployment stands at a staggering 32 percent in a country with an average monthly salary of wage of euro320 ($466).According to Monday's final results, Gruevski's VMRO DPMNE party won with 39 percent of the vote. The main rival Social Democrats, led by former prime minister and president Branko Crvenkovski, garnered...Tony Parker has France one win away from its first European championship.Parker scored 22 points to lead his team past Russia 79-71 Friday and set up a European cham...
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A German man allegedly snatched by the CIA in Macedonia and tortured at a secret prison in Afghanistan launched a claim in court Friday to demand official recognitio...
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Russia beat Macedonia 63-61 on Sergey Monya's 3-pointer at the buzzer Monday, setting up a quarterfinal with Serbia at the European basketball championship.Russia fi...
Macedonian authorities have filed criminal charges against 60 people involved in an ethnic clash over the weekend that left eight people injured.Police spokesman Ivo...
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