2016
in
the Republic of Macedonia

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See also:Other events of 2016
History of North Macedonia   Years

The following lists events from the year 2016 in the Republic of Macedonia.

Incumbents

Events

January

April

  • 7 April - Opposition leader Zoran Zaev pledges to boycott the parliamentary elections due to a lack of government reform.[1]
  • 10 April - Macedonian police tear gas refugees near the border with Greece.[2]
  • 13 April - Several people are injured in clashes to police and thousands of protesters in Skopje as some storm President Gjorge Ivanov's office.
  • 15 April - Protests intensify after lawmakers agree to call for snap elections on June 5. Opposition leader Zaev vowed to boycott the election.[3]
  • 17 April - Protests continue after Ivanov suspends an investigation into alleged corruption of a number of politicians.[4]
  • 18 April - Macedonia enters its second week of protests after Ivanov pardons politicians involved in wiretapping scandals.[5]
  • 20 April - As protests in Skopje grow, Zaev declares he will only take part in EU-brokered negotiations with the government if certain conditions are met namely the withdrawal of pardons President Ivanov gave to politicians involved in wiretapping.[6]
  • 21 April - After Zaev's decline to take part, the European Union cancels talks about the crisis in Macedonia.[7] The EU is also considering sanctions against Macedonia for neglecting last year's agreement to investigate corruption and instead issuing amnesty to those involved.[8]

August

Deaths

Singer Esma Redžepova was nicknamed Queen of the Gypsies

References

  1. "Macedonia opposition says will boycott election". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  2. "Refugees tear-gassed at Macedonia-Greece border".
  3. "Protests amid crisis after Macedonia calls snap elections for June". TheGuardian.com. 16 April 2016.
  4. "Protests in Macedonia against Ivanov continue". 17 April 2016.
  5. "Macedonia enters second week of anti-government protests". 18 April 2016.
  6. "EU's Macedonia crisis talks in doubt as protests grow". The Irish Times.
  7. "EU Cancels Macedonia Crisis Talks In Vienna".
  8. "EU Considers Sanctioning Macedonia's Leaders Over Amnesty".
  9. Casule, Kole (7 August 2016). "Macedonia declares state of emergency after 21 die in flash floods". Reuters. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  10. "Umro vajar Tome Serafimovski". novosti.rs (in Croatian). 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  11. "Queen of Romany music, Esma Redžepova, dies aged 73". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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