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The Lipkovo crisis (Macedonian: Липковска криза, Albanian: Kriza e Likovës) was a crisis involving Macedonian security forces and Albanian insurgents from the National Liberation Army (NLA). [5] [6] [7] During the crisis, the NLA captured the Lipkovo dam, which caused a 12-day-long water crisis for the neighboring town of Kumanovo.
The Macedonian Ministry of Interior declared the attack as a terrorist act. [1] The police stepped up security in the area. [4] A police officer was hospitalized. [6] VMRO-DPMNE condemned the attack. For the Democratic Union for Integration, the incident is "an act that harms the agenda of Albanians in Macedonia, as well as the national agenda ...
The Macedonian-Albanian conflict in 2001 In 2001, Vaksince was one of the scenes of the Albanian Uprising in Macedonia. The place gained notoriety beyond the borders of the Republic of Macedonia because strong armed clashes between the Albanian insurgents, who belonged to the NLA , and the Macedonian army took place here in May of that year.
Lipkovo was a central strategic village during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia between the Albanian NLA and the Macedonian Army. The Lipkovo crisis took place here during the conflict, which was an NLA victory. Today, it has a dam which supplies water and electricity to the Kumanovo region.
Top diplomats from more than 50 countries arrived in North Macedonia on Wednesday for a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, while others boycotted the event due to ...
The Macedonian government denied that local ethnic Albanians had joined the NLA, while foreign observers and ethnic Albanians in Macedonia argued that the NLA had gained significant support from the local Albanian population. [46] Ali Ahmeti stated that the NLA comprised 5,000 members during the conflict, including those in logistical roles.
As Russian troops approached Dniprorudne in their February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the city's long-term mayor Yevhen Matvieiev could have fled to safety. Instead, he stayed behind to coordinate ...
Republic of Macedonia: Somalia: Victory. The UN's humanitarian mandate is fulfilled; About 100,000 lives were saved by outside resistance; Civil war is ongoing; 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia (2001) Republic of Macedonia: National Liberation Army Albanian National Army: Ohrid Agreement. Macedonian offensive stopped by NATO involvement