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At last nights protest outside Parliament, 7 police officers were injured and 25 demonstrators were detained, stated the MOI. More details will follow today. "At yesterdays protest in Skopje, some of the protesters used explosive devices and violently pushed the protective fence, while forcefully trying to  enter Parliament. In order to prevent the situation escalating and a violent incursion of...

This afternoon, the parliamentary majority selected DUI MP, Talat Xhaferi as Parliament Speaker. The chairman of the constitutive session was MP Ferid Muhić, as the second in line, Branko Manojlovski was absent from today’s session. Muhić chose Goran Misovski and Dzevad Ademi as his deputies, and the selection for Xhaferi to become Speaker was chaired by Misovski. However, during this...

Demonstrators from the “Colourful Revolution” today tore down the protective sheets from the Triumphal Arch “Macedonia” and again hurled paint at it. The white sheet was put up earlier on in the day by city officials to stop protesters from throwing paint at the monument from the controversial project “Skopje 2014”. Before that, while demonstrators passed Parliament they again covered...

With messages "What dissolution, no relaxation" and "Vlado Mori Dusame" written with color on the streets of the capital by the"Colourful Revolution" showed just what thought of the Trajko Veljanoski's decision not re-convene Parliament and to postpone elections. The protest began as it does every night, in front of the Special Prosecutor Offices (SPO), where protesters marched to parliament. There...

A large portrait depicting the VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski, was painted in the colours of the"Colourful Revolution" before the they hurled paint at the building that is the home of the former Prime Minister. The protest ended there, which today, many protesters celebrated as a small anniversary - one month after the first protest ( in this link there is...

Protesters tonight paint bombed the building which houses the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (DKSK). Activists from the "I protest" movement hurled balloons of paint at the building in a sign of revolt because they believe the Commission is deaf to the corruption within the government's institutions. https://twitter.com/meta_agency/status/728646953416990720 Earlier protesters set up a " new monument" - a washing machine for...

The house arrest of Professor Zdravko Saveski, a member of the Levica party was extended for another 30 days, and two other protesters who were arrested during the protests in Skopje against President Ivanov’s decision to grant pardons to officials and their close associates also had their sentences extended, “SDK” announced. The court initially determined eight days house arrest for...

Today's protests came to a peaceful end where the public are still demanding the resignation of President Gjorge Ivanov and the withdrawal of his decision to pardon politicians under investigation. The final destination of protesters organized by the association "I protest" again was the the government, but tonight they did not throw paint, they only chanted "Nikola, you can not...

After a few minor provocations between police and protesters and broken glass on the editorial board of the weekly "Republika", the protest in front of the government building has come to an end. The Ministry of Interior informed that in today's protests, five policemen were wounded and one protester was arrested. Those with written messages addressed the cordon of police officers...

The atmosphere before TCC "Plaza" has become extremely tense after having come close to a clash between protesters and police. Demonstrators managed to lift the fence in front of the police cordon. Protesters threw lit torches, bottles and stones at the police cordon. They shouted "No justice, no peace," while they moved from Parliament, where the protest began, to the police station "Beko"...

Several people have been arrested tonight in a police operation as protesters ransacked the building of the Public Office of the President Gjorge Ivanov. According to an unofficial source, there have been several people injured, and ambulances have been constantly heard and seen throughout the city centre. For the present moment, the situation is calm, and protesters have been prevented gaining access to the...