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Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama waves to his supporters during a rally in Tirana, Albania, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Albania's left-wing Socialist Party has secured a third consecutive mandate in a parliamentary election, winning a majority of seats in parliament, Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)
Albania's Socialists win election, gain 3rd straight mandate

By Llazar Semini Apr. 27, 2021 01:51 PM EDT

North Macedonia: Census postponed due to coronavirus spread

Mar. 29, 2021 01:45 PM EDT
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Political leaders in North Macedonia have agreed to postpone a census planned for the beginning of April due to the rapid spread...

A visitor wears a mask while doing pushups on a park bench with a view of the Hollywood sign from Griffith Park amid the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
The Latest: Alaska opens vaccines to all 16 or older

By The Associated Press Mar. 09, 2021 06:19 AM EST

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic, left, and North Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, right, hold a news conference during a handover of COVID-19 vaccines, at the border crossing Tabanovce, between North Macedonia and Serbia, on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. Serbia which has launched a successful vaccination campaign has donated some 8,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 shots to North Macedonia which is yet to deliver its first shots. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
Serbia donates Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to North Macedonia

Feb. 14, 2021 06:39 AM EST

In this picture taken on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, health workers wheel out a patient from an ambulance, at the entrance of the University Clinic complex in Skopje, North Macedonia. When thousands of people across the European Union simultaneously began rolling up their sleeves last month to get a coronavirus vaccination shot, one corner of the continent was left behind, feeling isolated and abandoned: the Balkans. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
Vaccine delay in North Macedonia stirs political tension

By Konstantin Testorides And Dusan Stojanovic Feb. 12, 2021 10:18 AM EST

Lawmakers and candidates for ministers of the ethnic Albanian DUI party walk towards the parliament building in Skopje, North Macedonia, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. North Macedonia's parliament continues Sunday the debate on a vote of confidence for a new left-wing coalition government after the Social Democrats and their ethnic Albanian partners secured a majority of seats in July's general election. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
North Macedonia government wins confidence vote

By Konstantin Testorides Aug. 30, 2020 07:11 PM EDT

A reflection of a man riding an electric vehicle is pictured in a displayed mirror in the Old Bazaar in Skopje, North Macedonia on Thursday, July 16, 2020. The pro-Western SDSM party in North Macedonia is poised to try to form a coalition government following a narrow election victory. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
North Macedonia: Complex coalition talks to follow election

By Konstantin Testorides Jul. 16, 2020 03:24 AM EDT

A young woman wearing face mask to protect from coronavirus, casts her ballot in the parliamentary elections in a polling station in Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Voters in North Macedonia headed to the polls on Wednesday in the country's general election despite an alarming spike in coronavirus cases in the tiny Balkan nation. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
North Macedonia election commission site hacked on poll day

By Konstantin Testorides Jul. 15, 2020 09:23 AM EDT

A couple wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, walk under an electoral poster of the leader of the ruling Social Democrats Zoran Zaev, in a street in Skopje, North Macedonia on Saturday, July 11, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
North Macedonia: Ballot boxes carried to quarantined homes

By Konstantin Testorides And Boris Grdanoski Jul. 13, 2020 02:43 AM EDT

North Macedonia leaders set July 15 date for early poll

By Konstantin Testorides Jun. 15, 2020 01:17 PM EDT
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Political leaders in North Macedonia have agreed to hold a national election on July 15 after the poll was delayed due to the...