Going to extremes: Europe's voters strike back Stock and Land That's what happened in Greece, says Ioannis Konstantinidis, associate professor of political science at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki. The huge number of Greeks who voted for the anti-migrant, anti-Muslim, neo-Nazi Chrysi Avgi (Golden ... |
![]() Al-Arabiya | Al-Qaeda on the up? Al-Arabiya There are also militant cells in Muslim Albania, the Muslim parts of Kosovo and Macedonia. Al-Qaeda was very active in Kosovo. Bosnia got off lightly in Western reporting of the war in ex-Yugoslavia that, in a lopsided way, concentrated on the attacks ... |
News of the world in photos: Centuries old shipwreck found Seattle Post Intelligencer Photo: BORIS GRDANOSKI, AP / AP Visitors review fresco paintings from the Old Episcopal Basilica dating from the second half of the 4th century in the ancient town of Stobi, presented after their restoration in an exhibition in Skopje, Macedonia, ... |
![]() Globe and Mail | Ratko Mladic: Brutal villain to many, hero to others CNN During the five-day orgy of slaughter at Srebrenica, which Mladic is accused of being directly involved in, up to 8000 Muslims were exterminated in what was described by the UN war crimes tribunal as "the triumph of evil." A judge at The Hague tribunal ... Ratko Mladic led ethnic cleansing, war crimes trial told |
BALKANS: Turks Increase Support For Syrian Rebels Strategy Page May 1, 2012: Macedonian police arrested 20 radical Muslim activists suspected of being involved in the murder of five Macedonians. The murders were committed in early April near a lake outside of Skopje. April 30, 3012: Turkey announced that Turkey's ... |
![]() Hurriyet Daily News | Turkey Stridently Supports Macedonia's NATO Bid Ahead Of Summit RTT News (RTTNews) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said Macedonia's NATO membership will greatly contribute to regional stability and that NATO's only Muslim member, Turkey will do everything to tackle barriers facing its membership. Macedonian FM Says No Room for Ethnic Tension |
Arabs, Iranians, and Turks vs. Balkan Muslims The Weekly Standard (blog) Arab Islamists gained greater room for maneuver in Macedonia, which left Yugoslavia in 1991, and where Muslims form a large minority, consisting mainly of ethnic Albanians. There, the Islamic clerical structure was soon under tight Arab control. |
![]() Atlanta Journal Constitution | Protests in Macedonia after arrests for 5 slayings Atlanta Journal Constitution Ethnic Albanians wave Albanian and Islamic flags protesting in front of the Government building in Skopje, Macedonia, on Friday, May 11, 2012. Large group of people protested after the Friday prayer, the arrest of the group identified as radical ... Thousands protest in Macedonia to demand fair trial for 5 suspects in ... Albanians in Macedonia protest over arrests |
![]() BBC News | Macedonian police file terrorism charges against 5 suspects in fishermen deaths Washington Post The killings of the fishermen near the Macedonian capital Skopje last month fueled tension in the Balkan country between majority Macedonians and the mostly Muslim ethnic Albanian minority. State Prosecutor Ljupco Svrgovski told media Wednesday that if ... Ethnic Tensions Rise in Macedonia as Five Ordered Held in Killings Albanians protest arrests, chant Allahu Akbar |
![]() CBS News | Macedonian police arrest 20 radical Islamists in deaths of fishermen Washington Post The killing last month fueled tension in the tiny Balkan country between majority Macedonians and the mostly Muslim Albanian minority. The suspects have been charged with terrorism, Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska said. She did not specify whether ... Macedonian police file charges in fishermen deaths |