Skopje, Macedonia News

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With the conflicts that dominated life in the Balkans for years now in the past, academics, analysts and political leaders said the time has come to establish dialogue and co-operation to help citizens overcome the prejudices and stereotypes that have divided the region.

Macedonian high school graduates dance during the 13th Quadrille Dance Parade at the main square in Skopje, the capital of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia yesterday.

Macedonia Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said he is disappointed that members of the Islamic Religious Community chose to boycott a world religious conference in Skopje in protest of what they termed "marginalisation" of Muslims in Macedonia.

An intrepid cat was caught by his owners opening not one, not two, but FIVE closed doors to get outside.

Some 65 history, English, literature and ethics teachers from countries of the former Yugoslavia attended a seminar for Holocaust educators at the Holocaust Museum in Skopje, Macedonia.

Macedonian police struck a blow against organised crime and corruption with a recent operation that resulted in the arrests of 19 people on charges of theft and illegal trading of religious and historical artifacts.

Wizz Air inaugurated Skopje as the second south-eastern European destination it offers from Stockholm Skavsta .

One of Vancouver's two inimitable "Hobbit Houses" is on the market for an asking price of $2.86 million.

The low cost Wizz Air has inaugurated a new direct Skopje FYR Macedonia-Stockholm flight.

Bulgaria and Macedonia share a common past and should forge close neighborly ties, stressed Bulgarian caretaker PM and Foreign Affairs Minister Marin Raykov in a statement Tuesday.

This image provided by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum shows Bulgarian policemen overseeing the deportation in Skopje, Yugoslavia, of Macedonian Jews to the German death camps in March 1943 in Bulgarian occupied Skopje.

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An analyst says police are paying special attention to not anger peaceful Islamic followers as they investigate reports of violent extremism.

Regional countries have increased joint police co-operation and work on passing and implementing legislation to prevent counterfeit banknote circulation, which is a threat to Southeast European economies.

The Macedonian and Bulgarian academies of sciences are mulling ways to end decades of non-cooperation at a time when the two countries' political ties remain strained.

Bulgarians all over the country are honoring Saturday, May 4, the 110th anniversary since the death of the Bulgarian revolutionary hero from Macedonia Gotse Delchev .

Business Monitor International's recent report states that Macedonia's recent political deadlock still threatens to undermine the country's policy-making process and could become a significant setback to Skopje's EU accession hopes.

In this Oct. 20, 2011 file photo, the American jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter, left, performs with John Patitucci on bass during Skopje Jazz Festival, in Macedonia's capital Skopje.

Members of the National Liberation Army charged with war crimes during the Macedonian conflict in 2001 were given amnesty, and a venue is being sought for a retrial.