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22 hrs ago | International Herald Tribune

Macedonian opposition figure charged with corruption; critics claim the charge is political

SKOPJE, Macedonia : A key opposition figure in Macedonia has been released on bail a day after being arrested and charged in a corruption probe.

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Tue Jul 22, 2008

SETimes news

Aegean refugee children attend reunion in Skopje amid controversy

With Athens and Skopje in sharp disagreement over claims of a Macedonian minority in Greece, more than 6,000 refugees from the Greek civil war gathered to commemorate their exodus and to press for rights.

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Mon Jul 21, 2008

Balkan Times

Gruevski sends letter to EC's Barroso regarding Macedonian minority in Greece

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has written to European Commission President Manuel Barroso regarding the recognition of the Macedonian minority in Greece, local media reported on Sunday .

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EKathimerini

Greece slow in fight against noise

Greece is set to start a project later this year to map noise pollution levels in Athens and Thessaloniki, more than a year after a deadline set by the World Health Organization.

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Sun Jul 20, 2008

SETimes news

Greece blocks Macedonian journalists from entering its territory

Greece's border authorities refused to allow a group of Macedonian journalists to enter the country on Saturday , Macedonian media reported.

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Sat Jul 19, 2008

SETimes news

The Aegean question emerges in name dispute

The re-emergence of the so-called Aegean question, which the Macedonian government now insists on discussing with Greece, has raised anger in Athens and hopes among refugee children.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

International Herald Tribune

Murder probe ordered in prison death of journalist suspected in women's deaths in Macedonia

SKOPJE, Macedonia : Macedonian authorities launched a murder probe Friday into the prison death of a newspaper reporter who had been accused of slaying women and covering the killings for his newspaper.

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Balkan Times

Macedonian opposition parties leave parliament over arrest of Strumica mayor

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- The opposition Social Democratic Union of Macedonia , the Liberal Democratic Party, the New Social Democratic Party and the New Alternative party, all members of the Sun coalition, walked ...

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

SETimes news

Macedonia's Galicnik Festival keeps up tradition

This year marks the 45th staging of the Galicnik Wedding Festival in a village southwest of Skopje.

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Macedonian Radio Television

Expelled Macedonians from Greece with renewed trust

Macedonian state institutions have regained the trust of the Macedonian refugees, stirring their hopes they will be able to take back the lost properties and the land from which they were expelled during the ...

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Wed Jul 16, 2008

The Muslim News

Macedonia: Seventeen ethnic Albanians sentenced on terror charges

Skopje, : A Macedonian court sentenced on Friday seventeen ethnic Albanians for terrorism, police spokesman Ivo Kotevski told media, but but did not give any names.

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

American Chronicle

The Greece - FYROM dispute at a dead end

The recent letter of FYROMs Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to Greek Premier K. Karamanlis constitutes another major hurdle to the effort of finding a mutually acceptable solution to the name dispute.

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

SETimes news

The Hague acquits Macedonia's Boskovski, convicts Tarculovski

Freed by The Hague tribunal, former Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski received a hero's welcome in Skopje.

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Macedonian Radio Television

Consultations over Macedonia's name underway in New York

UN mediator Matthew Nimetz meets today with Greek negotiator Adamantios Vassilakis for a new round of consultations on name dispute between Macedonia and Greece.

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Balkan Times

17 ethnic Albanians sentenced in Macedonia on terrorism charges

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Seventeen ethnic Albanians received a total of 192 years in jail sentences on Friday on charges of terrorism.

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Sun Jul 13, 2008

International Herald Tribune

Passenger train, cargo train crash in central Greece; 6 injured

ATHENS, Greece : A passenger train with hundreds of people on board collided with a cargo train in central Greece early Monday, injuring 15 people, most of them lightly, authorities said.

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B92

One dead, two hurt in EXIT camp accident

One person died while two were seriously injured when a tree branch fell on them in the EXIT festival camp.

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Xinhuanet

Macedonia's prime minister proposes new gov't

Macedonia's Prime Minister Nikola Gruevksi submitted a proposal of a new government to the country's parliament on Saturday, news reaching here from Skopje reported.

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Sat Jul 12, 2008

News Press

Get a Taste of Greece without having to leave Cape

Cape Coral residents can now celebrate with an 'OPA!' for the newest - and only - Greek restaurant in the city.

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Fri Jul 11, 2008

International Herald Tribune

Macedonian court jails 2 men for attack on ethnic Albanian leader

SKOPJE, Macedonia : A Macedonian court on Friday jailed two men over a gunfire attack on an ethnic Albanian party leader during violence ahead of last month's national elections.

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