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Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski strongly condemned today the nationalist chants aimed against Albanian during the basketball match between Macedonia and Romania in Kumanovo, by a small group of fans. State prosecutors and the police moved today to conduct an investigation into the perpetrators who face “hate speech” charges.
Yesterday the organizers – the basketball federation, as well as the city of Kumanovo condemned the chants and the xenophobic outbursts by a few present in the hall. To be honest, while I was there, I did not notice the chants, because they came from a small group of people. I would like to join in the condemnation of the nationalism and xenophobia, primarily the examples during the Macedonia – Romania basketball game, and also to send a message to all fan groups to support their teams and the Macedonian national team in a sporting manner, said the Prime Minister.
The chants were condemned by politicians from Macedonia, as well as from Albania and Kosovo.
