Macedonia presidential election scheduled for April 21

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Macedonia’s parliament speaker has signed a decree declaring a presidential election will be held on April 21.
President Gjorge Ivanov is serving his second and final five-year term which ends on May 12. The next president will be the head of state of the newly renamed North Macedonia, after an agreement with Greece that ends a 27-year dispute over the country’s name.
The presidency is largely a ceremonial post. Kiro Gligorov, Macedonia’s first pr