26. August 2022.
In the fourth of BIRN’s Balkan war photographer series, Gjorgi Licovski tells the story of his picture of two boys carrying ammunition to security forces, encapsulating the chaos of conflict in the North Macedonia town of Tetovo.
Siniša Jakov Marušić
24. February 2022.
Despite joining European Union restrictions on the Russian mercenary group, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania have yet to investigate Wagner Group ties in their countries.
20. August 2021.
The recent repatriation of families of ISIS fighters to Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia poses a tough challenge to all three countries to rehabilitate them back into society.
16. August 2021.
Governments in the Balkans are closely monitoring the unfolding situation in Kabul and making plans to ensure the safe evacuation of remaining nationals from the aiport, which Turkish troops are helping to guard.
16. August 2021.
After Taliban forces swept to power in Afghanistan, governments in Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia have accepted a US request to offer temporary refuge to some political refugees who are fleeing the country in fear of retaliation.
6. May 2021.
Thirty years after a Macedonian soldier was killed during clashes at a protest against the Yugoslav military’s presence in the Croatian city of Split, the perpetrator remains unknown and arguments continue about which side shot the teenage conscript.
23. February 2021.
Five ethnic Albanians were convicted of the 2012 killings of five ethnic Macedonians in Skopje after a high-profile retrial in a case that has sparked ethnic tensions in the country.
26. January 2021.
The seven-month armed conflict that erupted between rebels and security forces in North Macedonia in January 2001 is now seen as a turning point for ethnic relations between the country’s Macedonian majority and Albanian minority.
4. November 2020.
After the revelation that one of the Vienna terrorist attackers was a citizen of North Macedonia and that others may have been involved, authorities are waiting to hear if one of the victims also came from the Balkan country.
2. September 2020.
North Macedonian arrested three alleged Islamic State sympathisers and returnees from Middle East conflict zones, and seized a cache of explosives and weapons that they are suspected of having planned to use for attacks.
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