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Language dispute sparks turmoil in Macedonia

Mitra Nazar March 9, 2017

Macedonia's president is refusing to give a mandate to the Social Democratic party to form a new government in coalition with ethnic Albanian parties. Ethnic Albanians make up about a quarter of the population and the Social Democrats and their allies have pledged to make Albanian a second official language. That's a step too far for the president. Mitra Nazar reports from Skopje.

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