The Macedonian parliament has confirmed the resignation of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and voted to dissolve parliament on February 24.
Macedonia’s Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has submitted his resignation under an agreement with the opposition, paving the way for an early parliamentary election.
The prime minister of the small Balkan nation of Macedonia has said he will submit his resignation on January 15 to pave the way for an early parliamentary election under a deal to end months of political uncertainty.
The flow of migrants across the Balkans continued, with around a thousand people crossing from Greece to Macedonia on January 12. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
Red Umbrella Day in the Macedonian capital, Skopje. Sex workers, and activists supporting them, marched through the city center on the International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers on December 17. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
A Moroccan man was electrocuted at the Greek-Macedonian border during a second day of clashes between police and protesting migrants.
Montenegro is a small country with a small army of about 2,000 soldiers. But its invitation to join NATO sends a strong message to Moscow that Russian cannot divide Europe into spheres of influence.
A group of migrants trying to enter Macedonia from Greece have pelted police with stones, injuring several officers.
Migrants staged a protest after Macedonia imposed new restrictions, preventing them entering the country from Greece. A number of Balkan countries have now decided that only migrants who can prove they are from conflict zones will be allowed to cross their borders. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
About 1,000 people, described by authorities in Skopje as economic migrants, have staged a protest on the border of Greece and Macedonia.
Around 1,000 so-called economic migrants protested on the Greek-Macedonian border near the city of Gevgelija after Macedonia started refusing to admit anyone without papers proving they originate from the war-torn regions of Afghanistan, Iraq, or Syria.
Migrants who have been blocked at the Greek-Macedonian border for three days protested on November 21 against restrictions by Macedonian authorities to turn away migrants who are not from war zones such as Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
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