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North Macedonia Warns Stability Is Still Fragile Amid Tensions

8/13/2026

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On Aug. 13 2026, North Macedonia commemorated the Ohrid Framework Agreement and warned that stability remains fragile.
DUI chairman Ali Ahmeti said attacks on the Albanian language and reduced representation signal growing trouble.
Pro-Peace director Harald Schenker warned that ethnic distance is widening, schools stay segregated and public trust is fading.
The 2001 conflict killed 72 soldiers and police and displaced 170,000 people.

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On Aug. 13 2026, North Macedonia commemorated the Ohrid Framework Agreement and warned that stability remains fragile.
DUI chairman Ali Ahmeti said attacks on the Albanian language and reduced representation signal growing trouble.
Pro-Peace director Harald Schenker warned that ethnic distance is widening, schools stay segregated and public trust is fading.
The 2001 conflict killed 72 soldiers and police and displaced 170,000 people.