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May 25, 2007

Albanians in Macedonia: EU Supports Ohrid Agreement

The European Union has suggested the implementation of the power-sharing Ohrid agreement is a prerequisite for Macedonia’s potential EU membership. Below are extracts from an article written by Andrew Rettman and published by the EU Observer: […] "I am afraid we are heading back to the 1990s when we had hundreds of problems and the EU said Macedonia is an oasis of peace,"...

May 25, 2007

Albanians in Macedonia: EU Supports Ohrid Ag...

The European Union has suggested the implementation of the power-sharing Ohrid agreement is a prerequisite for Macedonia’s potential EU membership.

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Apr 16, 2007

Albanians in Macedonia: ICTY Hears Case

Below is an excerpt from an article written by Garentina Kraja published by Howell Times and Transcript: Residents of this close-knit, predominantly ethnic Albanian community still remember the day when...

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Sep 15, 2006

Albanians in Macedonia: EU Warns Macedonia on...

The EU has urged the new government of candidate member state Macedonia to respect the a 2001 agreement on Albanian minority rights if it wants to stay on track in its EU accession bid, Balkans news agency...

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Aug 28, 2006

Albanians in Macedonia Protest New Governmen...

Thousands of ethnic Albanians protested in front of the Macedonian parliament building in Skopje on Friday 25 August as legislators gathered to vote in the new government of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski....

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Aug 24, 2006

Albanians in Macedonia: Arben Dzaferi Retreats...

Below is an excerpt from an article published on Maxfax: On Wednesday, Arben Dzaferi, leader of the Democratic Party of Albanians of Macedonia (DPA) announced his retreat from politics. "I intend...

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Aug 22, 2006

Albanians in Macedonia Enlist U.S. Help to Form...

A group of ethnic Albanian "independent intellectuals" in Macedonia has asked United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to intervene in the formation of a new government that will protect the rights...

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Jul 05, 2006

Albanians in Macedonia Want More Say, Better...

Enter Macedonia by night from Kosova and the giant cross on the black hill above Skopje appears to hover over a capital draped in election fare. Its lights blaze the message that this is a Christian...

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