Africa ; Majority backs Macedonia&#39;s multi-ethnic future
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The Socialist-led coalition government is committed to achieving membership of NATO and the EU, which has sent a questionnaire containing 3,000 questions that Macedonia must answer before talks about membership of the bloc can start.
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SKOPJE, Macedonia -- A referendum bid to block a law that gives Macedonia's Albanian minority more rights failed yesterday, upholding the Western-brokered peace plan that ended ethnic fighting in 2001.
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Macedonia's three-year peace process survived a key challenge after a referendum failed to overturn EU-backed laws to empower the ethnic Albanian minority, a ruling party official said.
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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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SKOPJE, Macedonia Voters are set go to the polls here Sunday in a referendum that will test the success of a three-year-long peace process to allay tensions between Macedonians and ethnic Albanians in this former Yugoslav republic.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (08/11/04) - A Sunday referendum in Macedonia against a government law granting the countryâs ethnic Albanian minority more political rights and powers has failed due to insufficient voter turnout.
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Early voter turnout was low in a referendum on Sunday in Macedonia, where nationalist opposition parties want to stop a Western-inspired law giving ethnic Albanians more power.
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Kosovo PM Agim Ceku with Macedonia PM Nikola Gruevski Kosovo's prime minister said Tuesday he is hopeful that talks now under way at the United Nations will soon lead to independence for the Serbian province ...
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US President George Bush sent a letter Friday to his Macedonian counterpart Branko Crvenkovski, expressing high appreciation for the relations between both countries.
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The international forum "Multiculturalism in Macedonia: Model in Creation", organized by the Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonia, was held Thursday in Skopje.
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TIRANA, Jul 4 (IPS) - People across the Balkans have much in common,  forget the conflicts of the recent or distant past, and the  efforts of politicians to convince them how "different"  or "distinctive" they are.
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The presidents of Bulgaria and Finland on Tuesday spoke in support of Turkey's bid to join the European Union and the international recognition of Macedonia by its constitutional name, state radio reported.
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A majority of voters in both Scotland and England back the break-up of the United Kingdom, according to a poll.
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Â· East Europeans 'pose integration challenge'Â· Councils urged to rethink strategies on diversity
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Most former Soviet countries - with the notable exception of Georgia - have endorsed the disputed result of the Ukrainian presidential election.
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Macedonian government intends to improve the position of Roma and prepares national strategy on this issue, Deputy PM Radmila Sekerinska said at the opening address of the regional conference on topic ...
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President Branko Crvenkovski sent a letter to US President George Bush, extending his and the gratitude of Macedonian citizens for the US recognition of the country's constitutional name.