The EU and US have urged Macedonia to postpone elections scheduled for April amid concerns over media bias and voter intimidation.
Their ambassadors to Skopje, the EU’s Aivo Orav and America’s Jess Baily, issued the appeal in a joint letter on Sunday (21 February) to Macedonia’s interim PM Emil Dimitriev.
“The findings of all relevant experts indicate that at this stage the necessary conditions are not in place for organising credible elections on 24 April,”
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.