Macedonia PM asks for war declaration

Outraged by the killing of five soldiers, Macedonia’s Prime Minister is to ask Parliament to declare a state of war against ethnic Albanian rebels, despite international appeals to resolve the conflict peacefully.

Ljubco Georgievski intends to urge the parliament to ‘‘officially introduce a state of war and mobilisation ... because it is not possible to respond otherwise to the threats against Macedonia’s security and sovereignty’’, said his spokesman, Antonio Milososki.