Tens of thousands of conservative opposition supporters protested outside Macedonia's main government building Saturday demanding early elections. The conservative VMRO-DPMNE party, which governed in 2006-2017, called for the demonstration saying the left-wing government has taken "apocalyptic" moves during its year in power. The leader of the party, Hristijan Mickoski, said the protest was "the beginning of the end" for the current government and called for early elections to be held next March or April. Conservatives argue his government is incompetent, has devastated the economy, lowered wages and pensions and allowed corruption to flourish. Mickoski said his party would never support altering the constitution to change the country's name from the Republic of Macedonia.

Source: ABC News June 02, 2018 19:55 UTC