Protests in North Macedonia: 47 police officers injured, some seriously!
Skopje - During protests against concessions by the North Macedonian government for EU accession talks, 47 police officers were injured in the capital Skopje, two of them seriously.

Eleven demonstrators were arrested late on Tuesday evening, the Makfax news agency reported on Wednesday, citing the police.
The nationalist opposition party VMRO-DPMNE had called for the protest.
The social democratic government in Skopje had to make certain concessions to its neighbor and EU member Bulgaria so that negotiations on the small Balkan country's accession to the EU can begin soon.
In particular, North Macedonia is to include the Bulgarian ethnic group of around 3,500 people in the preamble to its constitution. Bulgaria had blocked the start of accession talks for more than two years with veto threats.
In talks with EU Council President Charles Michel (46) on Tuesday, Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski (48) emphasized that his country could live with the conditions for the start of accession talks. The original Bulgarian demands had gone much further and had also included questions of historiography and language policy.
However, the nationalist opposition also considers the concessions now made to be unacceptable. Their supporters threw stones, iron objects, firebombs and fireworks at the police during the protest.



During their march through the city center, they damaged the buildings of parliament, the government and the foreign ministry, according to the reports.