Macedonia's ruling coalition retains power after bitter election feud

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POLITICS

06.06.2011
Macedonia's ruling conservative coalition has emerged as the winner of snap elections. The ballot passed off peacefully, despite warnings of possible election-day violence and bitter political campaigning.

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's ruling conservative coalition claimed victory following snap elections on Sunday.

The country's electoral commission said that, with 81 percent of votes counted, the VMRO-DPMNE coalition had won 39 percent of the vote. Its main rival the Social Democrat SDSM had won only 32 percent.....more....
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