Skopje – Macedonia police are probing claims by a witness who claims the secret police were behind an assassination attempt on ex-President Kiro Gligorov in 1995, reports say.

Skopje – About 60 high- and low-ranking police officers from Macedonia’s northeast town of Kumanovo, have been relieved of their duties over suspected involvement in crime, reports say.

Belgrade - Miladin Kovacevic, sought by the US government for allegedly assaulting an American student and fleeing the country, has been taken in for questioning by Serbian Interior Ministry officials.