2001-08-02 04:00:00 PDT Skopje, Macedonia-- Political leaders of the main ethnic Macedonian and ethnic Albanian political parties reached a tentative agreement yesterday on whether Albanian is an ...

Macedonia and Bulgaria's long-simmering dispute over the Macedonian language is threatening to boil over again, just as Skopje nears a resolution to its dispute with Greece over the name "Macedonia." ...

The Macedonian Government is trying to persuade local NGOs not to go to the constitutional court and ask for the scrapping of a new amendment that pushes children from minority communities to start ...

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Lawmakers in Macedonia passed a law Thursday making Albanian the country’s second official language, in a parliamentary vote boycotted by the main opposition party. The law ...

FILE- In this Friday, Oct. 28, 2016 file photo, Macedonia's President Gjorge Ivanov speaks during a media conference after talks with his Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolic, in Belgrade, Serbia.

Macedonia's parliament on Thursday adopted a law giving greater status to the Albanian language in the Balkan country, a move that the rightwing opposition claims will endanger national unity. Ethnic ...

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov has vetoed legislation extending the official use of the Albanian language to the entire country, saying it could endanger Macedonia’s unity and sovereignty. Ivanov ...

Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry is trying to calm a potential dispute with Bulgaria, after the Bulgarian Defence Minister accused the Skopje government of 'playing tricks with history'. Bulgarian Defense ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract ABSTRACTCognitive linguistic researches basically place metaphors as tool and as a cognitive ability to join the motivation and the real ...