An early parliamentary election is underway in the Balkan state of Macedonia after a campaign marred by violence and allegations of fraud.
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's center-right party is expected to win but the 37-year-old leader hopes for a landslide victory that will give him a majority of parliament's 120 seats, enabling German President Underscores Israel's Right to Exist ...
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UN police retake Kosovo's court ... him to form a government without a coalition. The early election was called after the government failed to become a member of NATO after Greece vetoed the invitation because of a long-running row over the right to the name Macedonia, which is shared by a Greek province. Tensions arising from Macedonia's Albanian minority has also balked progress towards EU membership.
(Deutsche Welle)
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