Presidential candidate Gjorge Ivanov wins election in Macedonia

Conservative Gjorge Ivanov surpassed his rival Social Democrat Ljubomir Frckovski in Macedonia's presidential eleciton, winning 63.14% of all votes. 42.61% of all eligible voters cast their vote, exceeding the required voter turnout of 40%. The voter turnout among ethnic...

Macedonia elections: preliminary results

Over half of all votes have already been counted in the presidential election in the former Yugoslavian state of Macedonia, and the preliminary counts show that conservative leader Gjorge Ivanov has a strong lead over his closest rival Social Democrat Ljubomir Frckoski,...

Macedonians plant six million trees today

In Macedonia today, thousands of people volunteered to plant six million trees as part of a reforestation campaign in the Balkan country.Macedonia has experienced many wild fires over the past two years and...

Military drills in north Greece (Aegean Macedonia)

An ordinary people will understand these things that are happening in region as quite an accident. But unfortunately it is not. Everything was started in year 1913, the year that Macedonia was partitioned on 3 pieces, but for now I won’t go in details and I will say that...

Montenegro, Macedonia recognize Kosovo statehood

In "a major blow to Serbia's diplomatic efforts to maintain a claim over Kosovo," both Montenegro and Macedonia recognised Kosovo. " © AP 2008-10-09 23:40:57 - PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) - Both Montenegro...

Conker shortage caused by moth invasion

As mchawk reported at the end of August, the beloved British Chestnut trees are under attack from a fungus. Well now it seems they have a new enemy. An invasion of foreign moths has hit the conker once...

Crime reporter suspected of murder found dead

A journalist has been charged for the murders of three women. Suspicion was aroused when he reported details about the cases not yet released to the national paper. "A Macedonian journalist jailed on suspicion of murdering at least two women in crimes he wrote about for his...

Journalist Reported on His own Murders

A journalist Vlado Taneski who reported on three murders in Macedonia has been arrested by police on suspicion of carrying out the killings himself. Police became suspicious when his newspaper articels included details of the crimes that had not been released by officials. ...

Journalist suspected in women's deaths

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWhat? Slow News day, so he decided to make his own news in order to scoop the competition? Journalists are ususally above suspicion and trusted when meeting the public,...

Macedonian journalist 'reported own murders'

A journalist in Macedonia has been arrested due to suspicion he is behind three murders he reported on.I suppose that's one way to guarantee getting a good story - sick though!"The journalist, Vlado Taneski, is accused of raping, torturing and killing three elderly women in...

Macedonia's ruling party wins general election

After an election day that was marred by violence, Macedonia's ruling party has emerged victorious in yesterday's elections. Even though the voting ended with a clear winner, it's thought that the images of...

Violence Casts Shadow on Macedonian Elections

" One person died and several were injured in separate shooting incidents that forced election officials to halt voting in at least 17 polling stations during Macedonia's snap parliamentary elections on Sunday."

Three Shot on Macedonia Election Day

One person was killed and two were wounded in an ethnic Albanian area in Skopje during Macedonia's parliamentary election. The vote has been hindered by several security issues, including a bomb thrown at a café.""We were attacked," said Izet Mexhiti, a senior official of...

Paul speaks of true life

" 15-19Here's a word you can take to heart and depend on: Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. I'm proof—Public Sinner Number One—of someone who could never have made it apart from sheer mercy. And now he shows me off—evidence of his endless patience—to...

Unprecedented Locust Plague Hits Afghanistan

"AfghanistanAn UNPRECEDENTED LOCUST PLAGUE has prompted local officials in some areas to offer wheat as a reward to residents for killing the insects. Some 300 tons of locusts have been killed by people in the...

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