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History of North Macedonia • Years

The following lists events from the year 2016 in the Republic of Macedonia.

## Incumbents

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* President: Gjorge Ivanov
* Prime Minister: Nikola Gruevski (until 18 January); Emil Dimitriev

## Events

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### January

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* 18 January - Emil Dimitriev took over as prime minister.

### April

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* 7 April - Opposition leader Zoran Zaev pledges to boycott the parliamentary elections due to a lack of government reform.[1]
* 10 April - Macedonian police tear gas refugees near the border with Greece.[2]
* 13 April - Several people are injured in clashes to police and thousands of protesters in Skopje as some storm President Gjorge Ivanov's office.
* 15 April - Protests intensify after lawmakers agree to call for snap elections on June 5. Opposition leader Zaev vowed to boycott the election.[3]
* 17 April - Protests continue after Ivanov suspends an investigation into alleged corruption of a number of politicians.[4]
* 18 April - Macedonia enters its second week of protests after Ivanov pardons politicians involved in wiretapping scandals.[5]
* 20 April - As protests in Skopje grow, Zaev declares he will only take part in EU-brokered negotiations with the government if certain conditions are met namely the withdrawal of pardons President Ivanov gave to politicians involved in wiretapping.[6]
* 21 April - After Zaev's decline to take part, the European Union cancels talks about the crisis in Macedonia.[7] The EU is also considering sanctions against Macedonia for neglecting last year's agreement to investigate corruption and instead issuing amnesty to those involved.[8]

### August

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* 10 August - The 2016 Macedonian floods killed at least 21 people.[9]

## Deaths

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Tome Serafimovski Singer Esma Redžepova was nicknamed Queen of the Gypsies

* 3 March - Tome Serafimovski, sculptor (b. 1935).[10]
* 26 May - Esad Čolaković, footballer (b. 1970)
* 11 December - Esma Redžepova, Romani singer (b. 1943).[11]
* 23 December - Meto Jovanovski, writer (b. 1928)

## References

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1. ^ "Macedonia opposition says will boycott election". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
2. ^ "Refugees tear-gassed at Macedonia-Greece border".
3. ^ "Protests amid crisis after Macedonia calls snap elections for June". TheGuardian.com. 16 April 2016.
4. ^ "Protests in Macedonia against Ivanov continue". 17 April 2016.
5. ^ "Macedonia enters second week of anti-government protests". 18 April 2016.
6. ^ "EU's Macedonia crisis talks in doubt as protests grow". The Irish Times.
7. ^ "EU Cancels Macedonia Crisis Talks In Vienna".
8. ^ "EU Considers Sanctioning Macedonia's Leaders Over Amnesty".
9. ^ Casule, Kole (7 August 2016). "Macedonia declares state of emergency after 21 die in flash floods". Reuters. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
10. ^ "Umro vajar Tome Serafimovski". novosti.rs (in Croatian). 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
11. ^ "Queen of Romany music, Esma Redžepova, dies aged 73". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

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