Dmitry Vinogradov. The leader of the Social democratic Union of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev tried to convince his supporters to disperse after the rally in the centre of Skopje, reports journalist Last news from the event.

Thousands protest continues in front of the government of Macedonia for 3 and a half hours.

"We will not leave until Prime Minister does not comply with our demands to resign," he declared Zaev at the rally.

according to his vision, if the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski does not fulfill the requirement to resign, " in Macedonia there will be war in Ukraine ".

A half-hour speech zaeva many times interrupted by applause and approving shouts of the audience. Tired of the intense heat (in Skopje today plus about 27 degrees), several thousand people still left the area, but it is still a lot of people. To government buildings spanned several hundred militiamen and machinery.

on the first day of the weekend, opposition leaders told that a complete Field meeting in his place will start an indefinite protest demanding the resignation Gruevski.

Gruevski is the Prime Minister's post for nine years. The economic situation in the country leaves much to be desired: the unemployment rate is 28%, about 450 thousand people (one fifth) of them left Macedonia in search of the best share in the EU. Macedonia is considered one of the poorest countries in Europe - the situation is only worse in neighbouring Albania.

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