Decentralization Continues to Bedevil Macedonia
Decentralization Continues to Bedevil Macedonia

Summary/Abstract: Macedonia's biggest challenge of 2004- decentralization of power from Skopje to the local municipalities- seemed no closer to resolution in June than before. Excessive demands from the Albanian DUI coalition members seeking official bilingual rights for not only Skopje but Kicevo and Struga brought negotiations with the leading SDSM party to an impasse. The article discusses how the unresolved tensions are accelerating splintering within parties on both sides of the ethnic divide, even as the deadline for compromise looms in the run-up to nationwide local elections this fall.

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