SKOPJE, MACEDONIA: The death toll from a passenger bus crash in North Macedonia climbed to 14 on Thursday, authorities said. Seven people died when the bus overturned on Wednesday and seven others in hospital, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told a press conference, updating an earlier toll of 13. The bus was carrying 51 people when it turned over 20km (12 miles) from the capital Skopje, the interior minister said. Most of them were treated in hospital. Witnesses quoted by local media said the driver appeared to lose control of the bus on the Skopje-Tetovo highway. Authorities have not yet commented on the cause of the crash. Workers in the capital Skopje often take the bus route to get home to the towns of Tetovo and Gostivar. — AFP ... » Learn More about North Macedonia bus crash death toll hits 14: Officials
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Conservatives fail to form government with Albanians
By Associated Press Gruevski’s party, VMRO-DPMNE, released a statement that calls for new elections and warns against any solution that would not include it. “A coalition agreement with the (ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration) has not been reached … The VMRO considers that holding new elections is the mature solution to overcome the crisis and set reform priorities. “Any other solution would lead only to new conflicts … in an already divided society,” said the party statement broadcast early Monday. Earlier, the DUI, the largest ethnic Albanian political party, announced it was unable to make a “clear decision” on a coalition with the conservatives. “We need more time and arguments to make a decision that will be useful to Macedonia’s people,” DUI spokesman Bujar Osmani told reporters in front of the party’s headquarters in Tetovo, minutes before the Sunday midnight (2300 GMT) deadline. Gruevski, ... » Learn More about Conservatives fail to form government with Albanians