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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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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A referendum in Hungary on giving citizenship to millions of ethnic Hungarians living abroad has failed because of low voter turnout.
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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.
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International efforts to determine Kosovo&#39;s future suffered an apparent setback today as the province&#39;s Serb minority largely boycotted parliamentary elections.
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Voters on Sunday cast ballots on a referendum that would repeal a Western-brokered law that effectively grants local autonomy to the country's ethnic Albanians.
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A UN envoy stopped short of recommending the full independence sought by the province's ethnic Albanian majority.
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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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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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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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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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Albania will most probably be the first country after the US to recognize Macedonia under its constitutional name, Albanian President Alfred Moisiu said Thursday at a joint press conference with his Macedonian ...
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Politics: 6 November 2004, Saturday. Macedonia sank into contemplation on Saturday, prior to the crucial referendum on whether to grant local autonomity to ethnic Albanians in the country.
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LONDON/SKOPJE, 8 November 2004 - An anti-Muslim referendum forced by Macedoniaâs nationalist opposition VMRO-DPMNE party against added rights for the ethnic Albania minority is likely to fail due to low voter turnout yesterday.
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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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A weekend referendum that failed to revoke self-rule for minority ethnic Albanians in Macedonia met democratic standards, international monitors said Monday
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Albania&#39;s parliament failed to elect a  president on Sunday, keeping open the prospect of a snap  general election that would set back the country&#39;s European  Union hopes.