An appeals court in Macedonia has upheld a lower court's sentencing of former conservative Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to two years in jail for unlawfully influencing officials over the purchase of a luxury bulletproof vehicle.
Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov has apologized to a correspondent of the Financial Times after she was threatened on Twitter by a journalist from Macedonia's state news agency.
What are the options for Skopje after low turnout grounded a referendum on a key compromise deal to rename the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia?
Macedonia has been plunged into further political uncertainty after a referendum on changing its name gained 90 percent support -- but was deemed invalid after only around 37 percent of people turned out to vote.
Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has vowed to keep pushing for a change to the Balkan nation’s name to end a decades-old dispute with neighboring Greece despite the failure of a referendum on the move to secure the required 50 percent voter turnout.
A referendum on changing Macedonia's name as part of a deal to end a decades-old dispute with neighboring Greece won overwhelming support on September 30 but failed to secure turnout of 50 percent required to make the vote valid.
Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has cast his ballot in the country's referendum over its possible name change.
Voters in Macedonia's capital, Skopje, are casting their ballots in a referendum over a possible change in the country's official name.
President Gjorge Ivanov has called for voters to boycott an upcoming referendum on Macedonia's name change, saying the country was being asked to commit "historical suicide."
A pro-democracy group says it has uncovered an extensive online effort to suppress voter turnout for a critical referendum in Macedonia on changing its name to accelerate its bid to join NATO and the European Union.
Macedonia is holding a referendum on September 30 that has provoked passionate protests in the country, as well as in neighboring Greece. The referendum asks whether the country's name should be changed to North Macedonia, opening the path to NATO membership for the Balkan country.
In Macedonia's shadowy "fake news" industry, it seems that what goes around comes around.
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