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Thursday, July 16, 2020

North Macedonia's Social Democrats grab slim election victory

Party now faces wrangle to form coalition government in run-up to EU accession talks North Macedonia’s Social Democrats eked out a razor-thin win over nationalist rivals, according to official election results, highlighting deep faultlines in a country preparing to start EU membership talks. The vote on Wednesday was the first parliamentary election since the Social Democrats added “North” to the Balkan country’s name last year – a move that ended a decades-old dispute with Greece but was highly controversial at home. Continue reading...


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