SKOPJE, Macedonia (CNN) -- Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov was critically injured Tuesday in a car bomb attack that took the life of his driver.

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How to achieve that was the subject of some hard talking this week between Mr Xhaferi and Javier Solana, the European Union's foreign-policy spokesman, who has been shuttling between Brussels and Skopje, Macedonia's capital.

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When Macedonia renamed Skopje airport for Alexander the Great in 2007, this seemed a one-off to annoy Greece.

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Parties in Macedonia's fractious coalition government started a two-day summit in parliament in Skopje to work on details of a deal to end the insurgency.

CNN: Rebels extend Macedonia cease-fire

In Macedonia's capital, Skopje, senior politicians, Serbian mafiosi and Albanian guerrillas all hide behind blacked-out car windows.

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Tensions between Macedonia's ethnic groups recently flared up over the construction of a church-shaped museum in Skopje's old fortress, which Albanians are unhappy about.

ECONOMIST: Business as usual in Macedonia