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Because of a bus accident in Northern Macedonia, at least 14 people were killed and 30 others were injured. The accident was on the highway between the capital Skopje and Tetovo.

The Greek Parliament has approved the deal on the name change of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. This will end the long-running conflict after decades...

Heavy snowfall has turned large parts of northern and central Greece into a winter landscape and caused considerable traffic problems. According to the state television ERT it was for...

Greece has responded with delight to the first round of voting on the name change of neighboring Macedonia. The Macedonian parliament voted Friday night with the new name Republic of Northern Macedonia. The majority of two thirds needed to implement the name change in the constitution was met exactly: 80 of the 120 deputies agreed. The change is not yet final, because more voting rounds will follow.

On Friday evening, the Macedonian parliament approved an amendment to the constitution that makes the name change of the Balkan country possible. That will then be when the Republic of Northern Macedonia go through life, as agreed with the Greeks.

The Macedonian government has adopted a bill to rename the small Balkan country to Northern Macedonia. The pro-prime minister Zoran Zaev, however, needs a two-thirds majority in parliament to make the agreement with Greece on the change of name. A referendum failed a week ago because the turnout was too low.

Gjorge Ivanov, the president of the country who now calls himself Macedonia, holds his heart. Tomorrow 1.8 million eligible voters will vote in a referendum on a name change of the Balkan state. And the president is very opposed to that.

Macedonia is invited to become a member of NATO once the name issue has been definitively resolved. The leaders of the 29 member states have given their green light at their summit in Brussels.

Thousands of people went into the streets of the Macedonian capital Skopje on Wednesday night as a protest against the proposed name change of the country. The demonstrators accuse the government of treason, write Macedonian media.

The Macedonian president Gjorge Ivanov refuses to give his approval to the name change of his country. 'My position is final and I will not go through the knees for pressure, blackmail or threats', he announced at a press conference. 'I will not support or sign such a harmful agreement.'

Athens and Skopje have reached an agreement about the name of Macedonia after decades. That said the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who spoke about a 'good deal' that meets the Greek concerns.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in Greece to demonstrate against a possible compromise on the name of neighboring Macedonia. Campaigners held demonstrations in 23 cities. They wore banners with inscriptions like ' Macedonia is Greek \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27; and ' respect our history \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27 ;.

Several thousand Macedonians went up the street on Saturday to protest against a possible change of name of the country. Supporters of mainly opposition party VMRO-DPMNE came together for the government building in the capital Skopje, where they waved the national flag. They demand early elections.

Macedonians are allowed to speak in a referendum this year about the possible name change of their country. The plebiscite must take place in September or October, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said.

The preliminary results of the parliamentary elections in Macedonia was the party of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski on Sunday in the lead. After about a third of the votes counted, the VMRO-DPMNE was at 41 percent. The Social Democratic SDSM leader Zoran Zaev of opposition was 36 percent.

A crashed jet, registered Tuesday in Germany near Veles in Macedonia and went up in flames. The aircraft was with six people on board en route from Treviso to Pristina, capital of Kosovo. All occupants, it would go to four Italians and two Kosovars, were killed.

Mother Teresa, the nun who worked in the Indian city of Calcutta with the poor and sick, is elevated to holy Sunday. During a special ceremony in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City Pope Francis appoints the Albanian nun to saint.

Greece puts the political disagreement with Macedonia aside and help the northern neighbor the effects of severe flooding cope. The Greek Government has, inter alia, water pumps and generators sent to the affected areas. In the EU context Athens will offer more assistance, informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Friday.

The European Union Tuesday sent a team to the flood-stricken Macedonia to identify what the damage is and what support is needed. A specialist in the field of humanitarian aid are traveling on Monday off to the capital Skopje.

By floods in the Macedonian capital Skopje in the night from Saturday to Sunday, several deaths. The exact number of victims is unclear.

The Macedonian police have arrested nineteen people, including five police officers, on suspicion of smuggling of migrants. The group is also suspected of robberies and arms and drug smuggling, said the Interior Minister on Wednesday.

Police in Macedonia on Saturday in the capital Skopje and Tetovo four persons arrested who are suspected of links with Islamic State. They would have joined the terrorist organization to fight in Syria and Iraq. There are computers, mobile phones and passports confiscated. In three other suspected IS involved is still being sought.

President Gjorge Ivanov of Macedonia has partly withdrawn its controversial amnesty for a large group of politicians. Instead of the planned 56 34 politicians remain immune from possible prosecution in connection with a hacking scandal.

The parliamentary elections in Macedonia go unreported. They were written for June 5, but the parliament has delayed the elections until further notice.

Thousands of Macedonia «rs are Wednesday took to the streets of Skopje to protest a controversial decision by President Gjorge Ivanov. Thereby were riots in which protesters clashed with police. A large number of people arrested, reported the Macedonian news agency Kurir. Exact numbers are not known.

Macedonia holds its limits at least until the end of this year close to refugees. That the parliament in Skopje, according to Macedonian media decided Monday. Parliament extended the state of emergency declared in August 2015, which approves the deployment of troops to the border.

Macedonia has returned hundreds of migrants to Greece. It is about six hundred refugees Monday through an opening in the fence on the border illegally into the country had entered.

Macedonia has completely closed its border for illegal immigrants. That said a source in the police Wednesday. The authorities' decision follows similar steps by Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia.

Several central and eastern European countries want to help Macedonia to close the border to refugees. Slovenia and Croatia have already sent policemen to Macedonia and Austria offers both agents and equipment.