Macedonia PM admits poll defeat

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski has conceded victory to the main nationalist opposition party in the general election, July 2006

OSCE: Press Release, 6.7.06: Parliamentary elections largely met international standards, but tainted by isolated irregularities, say observers in Skopje http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/47495

European Commission: Press Release, IP/06/946: Declaration by Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn concerning the parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia held on 5th July 2006 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/946&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

NATO: Press Release, 6.7.06: Secretary General statement on parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/2006/p06-084e.htm

Robert Schuman Foundation: European Elections Monitor: Macedonia, 5 July 2006: D-7 http://www.robert-schuman.eu/en/eem/0545-general-elections-in-macedonia-a-round-up-one-week-before-the-vote

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