Tensions in the Republic of Macedonia have been present since the April 2014 general election, in which Nikola Gruevski and his ruling party defeat Zoran Zaev and his Social Democratic Union of Macedonia.
Tensions in the Republic of Macedonia have been present since the 2001 insurgency. Events escalated after the April 2014 general election, in which Nikola Gruevski and his ruling party defeated Zoran Zaev and his Social Democratic Union of Macedonia.