Macedonians Edge Toward Vote on Albanian Powers
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Opponents of a Western-backed deal giving Macedonia's Albanian minority greater local powers say they are within striking distance of forcing a referendum on the issue.
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The referendum result has expressed Macedonia commitment to move towards the Euro-Atlantic institutions, British Parliament Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Donald Anderson said Thursday in Skopje.
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SKOPJE, Macedonia In a boost for the country&#39;s multiethnic coalition government, a referendum backed by Macedonian nationalists that would have blocked efforts to give the country&#39;s ethnic Albanian minority greater autonomy appeared likely to fail late
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Macedonia&#39;s national referendum on abolishing local autonomy for the country&#39;s restive ethnic Albanian minority appeared to have failed Sunday, early turnout figures suggested.
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The beleaguered Serbian minority in Kosovo spurned a legislative election yesterday, heeding claims by hard-line nationalists in Belgrade that voting would further the cause of ethnic Albanians' demanding ...
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Georgians vote in a snap presidential election, seen as a democracy test for the former Soviet republic.
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Slovenes vote in the first parliamentary poll since joining the EU, with the ruling coalition facing a stiff challenge.
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Kosovans anxiously await the publication of key proposals that will reportedly set them on the road to statehood.
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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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Top U.S. and European Union officials were scheduled to visit Macedonia on Friday to discuss regional stability and the Balkan republic's bid to establish closer ties with the West.
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Macedonia was a rung higher on the  ladder to European Union and NATO membership on Monday after  easily defeating a referendum bid to block a law giving its  Albanian minority more rights.
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Macedonian opposition parties looked headed for a flop on Sunday in their referendum bid to block a Western-inspired law that gives the ethnic Albanian minority more local autonomy.
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UK Europe Minister, Denis MacShane, has welcomed the decision of the Macedonian people in Sundayâs referendum. âThis is a clear signal that Macedonia wants to continue on its path towards full membership
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Voting got under way on Saturday in some  overseas French territories in the decisive round of  parliamentary elections which are expected to hand President  Nicolas Sarkozy a huge majority for his reform plans.
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The Macedonian parliament agrees to hold a referendum on a law to give greater power to ethnic Albanians.
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Macedonians showed the West they would  not slide back toward ethnic division, largely ignoring a  nationalist referendum that would have reversed a law giving  the Albanian minority more rights.
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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.