Macedonia
Vigilante migrants drag ‘paedophile’ through refugee camp to police after ‘raping child’
VIGILANTE migrants took the law into their own hands when they dragged a man through a squalid refugee camp after he 'raped' a seven-year-old child. The man was pushed and shoved through the Idomeni camp on the Greek and Macedonia border and handed straight to police. Images appeared today of a vigilante gang guarding...
Migrant crisis: Hundreds cross from Greece into Macedonia
Hundreds of migrants have crossed from Greece into Macedonia after finding a way through the border fence. Macedonian police are detaining them, saying they will be returned to Greece. Earlier, some 1,000 migrants, including children, left their sprawling camp in the Greek village of Idomeni and crossed a river near the border....
Macedonia closes border with Greece to migrants — report
Macedonia has closed its border with Greece to migrants, AFP reports, citing police. "The border is closed," a senior Macedonian police official told AFP. The move has left around 600 refugees stranded in Greece. A police spokesman in northern Greece told the agency that the border has been closed since Tuesday...
Macedonia open to changing its name to end 24-year dispute with Greece – The Guardian
The Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski says he would be open to changing his country's name, raising hopes of an end to one of the world's most unusual diplomatic spats – a 24-year linguistic dispute with Greece, according to The Guardian. Gruevski says he is willing to reopen dialogue on the issue with...