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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.
Macedonian forces started to demine the fields at 8 a.m. and attacked with one mechanized battalion with support of artillery [4] villages: Slupčane, Ljubodrag, Lopate and Orizare. At around 2 p.m., the operation was stopped by orders of Boris Trajkovski over the phone call to general Pande Petrovski. [5]
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.
In Kosovo, a state-owned energy company plans to destroy a village to make way for expanded coal mining as the government and the World Bank plan for a proposed coal-burning power plant. The government has already forced roughly 1,000 residents from their homes. Many former residents claim officials violated World Bank policy requiring borrowers to restore their living conditions at equal or ...
On 8 May, Macedonian forces initiated a significant offensive in the Kumanovo-Lipkovo region under the codename Operation MH-2, commencing at 8:00 a.m. The operation began with Macedonian security forces engaging in demining activities in the fields, followed by an assault on the villages of Slupčane, Ljubodrag, Lopate, and Orizare.