Macedonia&#39;s referendum fails to give Albanians more autonomy
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A referendum on territorial law that intends to give Macedonia&#39;s Albanian minority greater autonomy failed to pass the turnout minimum, the Macedonian State Election Commission (SEC) announced Monday.
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As Macedonian and Austrian Prime Ministers, Hari Kostov and Wolfgang Schuessel concluded at Wednesday's meeting in Vienna, Macedonia can rely on Austrian support on the road to EU and NATO, there are no open ...
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Macedonians began voting on Sunday in a  referendum that could decide if the country remains on a  pro-Western path and gives its Albanian minority more rights or  slips back on a nationalist course.
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SKOPJE : Macedonia&#39;s failed referendum to overturn EU-backed legislation giving more autonomy to the ethnic Albanian minority met European standards despite opposition claims of fraud, European observers said.
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BELGRADE, Feb 5 (IPS) - The long awaited United Nations proposal on the  status of the southern Serbian province Kosovo takes it towards  independence, but not all the way.
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Kosovo won the recognition of the United States and its biggest Western European allies, but was rejected by other states facing their own separatist movements.
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A referendum bid to block a law that gives Macedonia&#39;s Albanian minority more rights failed on Sunday, upholding a Western-brokered peace plan which ended ethnic fighting in 2001.
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With the international community at loggerheads over how to proceed, Kosovo's independence-hungry Albanians may be tempted to take matters into their own hands
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Voters in Hungary failed to turn out in sufficient numbers to pass a referendum to extend citizenship to millions of ethnic Hungarians living in the region, a motion that split the country and drew fire from neighboring governments.
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The Macedonian government survived a confidence vote on Saturday forced by the opposition lawmakers in the parliament, amid brewing political tensions in the Balkan republic.
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PRISTINA, Kosovo International efforts to determine Kosovo&#39;s future suffered an apparent setback Sunday as the province&#39;s Serb minority largely boycotted parliamentary elections.
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Uzbekistan&#39;s parliamentary elections have fallen significantly short of international standards, according to Europe&#39;s main human rights body.
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ATHENS  - The government said Friday it would block neighbouring Macedonia from joining NATO or the European Union unless a name dispute with the Balkan republic is resolved.
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Macedonians will vote Sunday in a referendum that is likely to determine whether a three-year peace agreement to end ethnic violence in this former Yugoslav state will remain in place.
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The visit of EU High Representative Javier Solana is taking place in a very significant moment for Macedonia, right after the referendum, i.e. passing of a serious exam of democracy and stability, President ...
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6 December 2004 -- Preliminary official results show that voters failed to approve a referendum on whether to give ethnic Hungarians living outside the country the right to become Hungarian citizens.
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An official of Macedonia&#39;s ruling coalition says Sunday&#39;s referendum challenging ethnic Albanian autonomy will go down to defeat for lack of sufficient turnout.