Tens of thousands rally in favor of PM

Tens of thousands of supporters of embattled Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski took to the streets of the capital in a show of strength on Monday, a day after a huge opposition protest called on him to resign.

While supporters of Gruevski rallied, around 1,000 opposition demonstrators also set up a protest camp outside his office as a political crisis in the Balkans country deepened.

The pro-Gruevski demonstration, which included some 30,000 people, took place outside the parliament building, some 2 km away from where opposition supporters were camping out, according to AFP.