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• Apr 06, 2009: FYROM: Great Victory for Ivanov, ERTonline (2009) George Ivanov won the majority of votes on Sunday elections.
• Apr 06, 2009: Ivanov wins Macedonia elections, BBC (2009) George Ivanov, the conservative candidate won the presidential election.
• Mar 23, 2009: Macedonia holds peaceful elections, EUObserver.com (2009) Macedonia on Sunday (22 March) voted in presidential and local elections seen as crucial for its EU bid, with no sign of the violence that marked last year's parliamentary elections. The article contains first reflections on Sunday elections.
• Mar 18, 2009: Macedonia Stages Most Complex Election Ever, BalkanInsight.com (2009) Many experts and authorities say the voting process in Macedonia's upcoming presidential and local election will be the most complex ever staged in Macedonia’s democratic history.
• Oct 27, 2008: 'Irregularities' in Macedonia Poll Campaign, Balkaninsight (2008) n an interim report on the campaign for Macedonia's June 1 parliamentary election OSCE monitors have pointed to a series of irregularities.
• Oct 27, 2008: In Macedonia, outgoing Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's party wins the general elections that were spoiled by serious incidents, Foundation Robert Schuman (2008) Analysis on early parliamentary elections in Macedonia.
• Jul 28, 2008: Pro-EU government takes power in Macedonia, EUObserver.com (2008) The Macedonian parliament on Saturday (26 July) approved the country's new government and pledged to do its utmost to speed up Macedonia's EU integration.
• Jun 23, 2008: Macedonia PM: Name Referendum Possible, Balkan insight.com (2008) Macedonia’s Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski says a referendum on the ‘name’ issue is possible in a bid to settle the row with Greece.
• Jun 23, 2008: Monitors say revote in Macedonia a "considerable improvement", SET.com (2008) Still imperfect, but an improvement over the June 1st election, was the general characterisation of Sunday's (June 15th) partial revote in Macedonia.
• Jun 13, 2008: Macedonia Will Hold Largest Rerun Vote, Balkaninsight.com (2008) Nearly ten percent of Macedonia’s 1.7 million voters will be eligible to vote in the June 15 poll rerun, making this the country's biggest election rerun ever.
• Jun 04, 2008: Macedonia Opposition Leader Steps Down, Balkaninsight.com (2008) Radmila Sekerinska, the leader of the main Macedonian opposition party, the Social Democrats, is stepping down after losing the general election.
• Jun 04, 2008: Election violence threatens Macedonia's EU ambitions, EUobserver (2008) Gun battles and reports of voting irregularities in Sunday's elections in EU candidate Macedonia may have scuppered the Balkan country's near-term accession hopes, analysts warn.
• Jun 02, 2008: EU Pushes Macedonia Vote Reruns, Balkaninsight.com (2008) The European Union has called on Macedonia for an election rerun at polling stations where irregularities were noted.
• Jun 02, 2008: Macedonian poll marred by unrest, BBC (2008) General election voting was disrupted in five areas of Macedonia amid unrest in which at least one person was killed and more hurt.
• Jun 02, 2008: PM claims win in Macedonian poll, BBC (2008) Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has claimed victory for his centre-right party in Macedonia's snap election, which was marred by ethnic violence.
• Jun 02, 2008: Violence in parts of the country tarnishes parliamentary elections, observers in Skopje say, OSCE-ODIHR (2008) Violence in parts of the country tarnishes parliamentary elections, observers in Skopje say
• Jun 02, 2008: EU disturbed by Macedonia violence, EUobserver.com (2008) The European Union has voiced deep concerns over the violence which marked election day in EU-hopeful Macedonia, leaving one person dead and eight wounded.
• May 28, 2008: Albanian Party Cautious on Macedonia Govt, Balkaninsight (2008) The ruling Democratic Party of Albanians, DPA has given conflicting views on whether it will enter Macedonia’s government after the June 1 snap polls.
• May 28, 2008: Ruling Parties Dominate Macedonian Media, Balkaninsight (2008) The election campaigns of the ruling centre-right VMRO DPMNE party and its governing partner, the Democratic Party of Albanians, DPA, are receiving the lion's share of coverage in the Macedonian media, research published on Monday shows.
• May 28, 2008: Macedonia Campaign ‘Full of Irregularities’, Balkaninsight (2008) Macedonia’s main election monitor claims there have been a host of irregularities in campaigning for the June 1 election.
• May 28, 2008: Old Elections Habits Die Hard, Balkaninsight.com (2008) According to an article of the Balkaninsight.com, Macedonia, the long time trouble maker that sets off alarm bells in Brussels every time people go to the polls, has done it again.
• May 23, 2008: Election relief for Macedonia, BBC (2006) The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is heading towards a change of government in a largely peaceful and orderly manner following parliamentary elections on 5 July.
• May 23, 2008: Macedonia’s Ruling Party Leads Polls, Balkaninsight.com (2008) Macedonia’s centre-right ruling party is two-and-a-half times more popular than the leftist main opposition, the latest survey by the US International Republican Institute, IRI, shows.
• May 23, 2008: Macedonia Election Campaign Starts, Balkaninsight.com (2008) Election campaigning for Macedonia’s June 1 snap elections kicked off on Sunday.