The Macedonian Parliament approved on Wednesday the reshuffles in the government of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, which were necessitated after the resignations of the interior and transport ministers.
There are no immediate threats to Bulgaria from the situation in Macedonia, the country's Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev has said.
Forty-five asylum seekers and 4 traffickers have been detained while trying to cross into Bulgaria from the Turkish side of the border.
Macedonian Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska, Transport and Communications Minister Mile Janakieski and the Director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) Saso Mijalkov all resigned on Tuesday evening.
Members of the armed group that surrendered after clashes with Macedonian police in Kumanovo over the weekend have admitted they had been involved in an earlier attack on a police station in the village of Gosince, Macedonian news agency MIA reported on T
Bulgaria calls for a new dialogue between the government and the opposition in Macedonia to avoid further destabilization of the country.
Macedonia's government is not doing enough to account for the opposition's allegations of wrongdoing, several Western ambassadors have warned.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday expressed alarm over the recent deadly clashes in Macedonia and called on the authorities in Skopje “to fully investigate the events in an objective and transparent manner”.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called for a transparent investigation of clashes between police and an armed group in Macedonia that took place over the weekend.
Macedonia warned early this year 17 European states of the activities of the group whose attack in Kumanovo left 8 police officers dead, the country's President has said.
Macedonia's Interior Ministry Spokesman has confirmed 8 police officer are dead as of Sunday afternoon after the developments in Kumanovo the previous day.
Intelligence services in Bulgaria are closely following developments in neighboring Macedonia, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said.
More police officers have died of their wounds after the Saturday attack in Kumanovo, northwestern Macedonia, local media reports suggest.
Bulgaria's government is calling for a "quick, transparent and full" investigation into Saturday's events in Kumanovo, Macedonia in which police officers were killed.
Saturday's special operation in the town of Kumanovo has claimed the lives of 5 police officers, Macedonian Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska has announced.
Attackers who opened fire on police in the Macedonian town of Kumanovo have turned themselves in to police, local news outlets report.
Over 10 people have reportedly been injured in a firefight between police officers and an armed group in Macedonia’s Kumanovo.
Three police officers have been hospitalized with gunshot injuries in Macedonia’s Kumanovo, according to reports of local news agencies.
EU Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn called on the Macedonian opposition to return to parliament in order to defuse the heightened political tensions, which have recently gripped the country.
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has ruled out an option of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline crossing Serbian territory.
The Macedonian police detained two protesters and filed misdemeanour charges against them after the anti-government demonstrations in front of the parliament building on Wednesday.
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