02.06.08: EU disturbed by Macedonia violence - The Diigo Meta page

• 02 Jun 08
  

  Prof. Dr Wolfgang Schumann

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  • The European Union has voiced deep concerns over the ethnic violence which marked election day in EU-hopeful Macedonia, leaving one person dead and eight wounded.

      

    "The European Commission is very concerned about the use of violence during the election in the country," the EU's executive body said following Sunday's polls (1 June), widely seen as a test of Macedonia's democratic credentials.

  • Meanwhile, current prime minister Nikola Gruevski hailed the landslide victory of his centre-right VMRO-DPMNE party, with preliminary results suggesting it secured over 48 percent of the vote.

      

    The score is likely to translate to more than 60 seats in the 120-strong parliament, giving the winning party enough power to stir the agenda.

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