Macedonia
Refugees locked out as Balkans border shutdown closes route into Europe
Europe began closing its front door to refugees as the main route through the Balkans was shut down to all but the most desperate on Wednesday.
Migrant electrocuted on train as violence erupts at border for second day
A migrant has been electrocuted amid fresh scenes of violence at a border crossing between Macedonia and Greece.
Over to you: 5,000 migrants reach Serbia as Macedonia riot police let them pass
More than 5,000 migrants crossed into Serbia on Sunday, resuming a journey to western Europe after an overwhelmed Macedonia gave up its attempts to stem...
Police abandon the tear gas as migrants are finally told: ‘Welcome to Macedonia’
Hundreds of migrants crossed unhindered from Greece into Macedonia on Sunday after overwhelmed security forces appeared to abandon efforts to stop them. Riot...
Thousands of refugees rush past police into Macedonia as migrant crisis deepens
Thousands of rain-soaked migrants rushed past Macedonian riot police who were attempting to block them from entering Macedonia from Greece on Saturday,...
Thousands of desperate refugees break into Macedonia as Europe’s migrant crisis escalates
Thousands of rain-soaked migrants rushed past Macedonian riot police who were attempting to block them from entering Macedonia from Greece on Saturday,...
Thousands of desperate migrants breach police lines on Macedonia border
Thousands of migrants and refugees have broken through police lines on Macedonia’s southern border. A Reuters reporter said officers threw two...
Thousands of drenched migrants remain trapped on Macedonia border
The desperate scenes along Macedonia’s southern border have continued, as migrants and refugees are stopped from heading north towards western Europe.
Police fire stun grenades as thousands of migrants charge at border crossing
Special police forces fired stun grenades to disperse thousands of migrants stuck on a no-man’s land between Macedonia and Greece.
Macedonian protesters vow to occupy streets until leader quits
Anti-government protesters in Macedonia have vowed to occupy downtown Skopje until embattled conservative Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski resigns over a...
Macedonia ministers, intelligence chief resign after shootout: official
Macedonia’s embattled prime minister removed his interior minister and his intelligence chief quit on Tuesday, in an apparent bid to save the government...
Six policeman killed in Macedonia after clashes with ‘armed group’
Sporadic gunfire could be heard in an ethnic Albanian suburb of northern Macedonia on Sunday, after a day-long gun battle between police and an 'armed...
Developing: Macedonia policemen killed in battle with armed group
Five police officers died and dozens were wounded in a daylong gun battle in an ethnic Albanian suburb of northern Macedonia on Saturday, adding the threat...
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