20,000 Macedonians demand resignation of Gruevski government

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Source: The Guardian

Balkan country thrown into crisis in recent months, with the government allegedly implicated in a wire-tapping scandal and of rigging elections

Around 20,000 demonstrators have taken to the streets in Macedonia to call for the government to stand down, a week after 18 people died in a bloody gun battle between ethnic Albanian guerrillas and police.

The Balkan country has been thrown into a political crisis in recent months, with the government allegedly implicated in a massive wire-tapping scandal and of rigging elections, while the opposition leader has been accused of plotting a coup.

Thousands of people gathered outside the government headquarters waving both Macedonian and Albanian flags to demand that the embattled conservative prime minister, Nikola Gruevski, resign.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/17/20000-macedonians-demand-resignation-of-gruevski-government

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1. Where are the huge demonstrations in this country over wire-tapping and election-rigging?