North Macedonia probes cause of bus crash that killed 14

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North Macedonia probes cause of bus crash that killed 14

2019-02-16 00:40 Last Updated At：00:50

Ten victims from a bus crash that killed 14 people in North Macedonia have been buried in the western city of Gostivar, as authorities are still trying to determine the causes of the accident.

Prosecutors say tests showed the driver of the bus that drove off a highway embankment and overturned Wednesday had not been under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

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Police officers stand near the bus wreckage at the crash site at village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Macedonia's health minister says some have died and many are injured in the bus crash, carrying workers on a highway west of the capital, Skopje. (AP PhotoBoris Grdanoski)

Ten victims from a bus crash that killed 14 people in North Macedonia have been buried in the western city of Gostivar, as authorities are still trying to determine the causes of the accident.

Police and investigators stand near the bus wreckage at the crash site at the village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Macedonia's health minister says some have died and many are injured in the bus crash, carrying workers on a highway west of the capital, Skopje. (AP PhotoBoris Grdanoski)

Health officials said Friday that six people were still hospitalized in life-threatening condition. The bus had been carrying 51 passengers, mostly students and office workers, from Skopje to Gostivar.

A bus lays overturned at the crash site at village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Macedonia's health minister says some have died and many are injured in the bus crash, carrying workers on a highway west of the capital, Skopje. (AP PhotoBoris Grdanoski)

Police officers and investigators are silhouetted at the crash site at village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Macedonia's health minister says some have died and many are injured in the bus crash, carrying workers on a highway west of the capital, Skopje. (AP PhotoBoris Grdanoski)

A bus lays overturned at the crash site at village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Macedonia's health minister says some have died and many are injured in the bus crash, carrying workers on a highway west of the capital, Skopje. (AP PhotoBoris Grdanoski)

Police and investigators stand near the bus wreckage at the crash site at village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Macedonia's health minister says some have died and many are injured in the bus crash, carrying workers on a highway west of the capital, Skopje. (AP PhotoBoris Grdanoski)

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Ten victims from a bus crash that killed 14 people in North Macedonia have been buried in the western city of Gostivar, as authorities are still trying to determine the causes of the accident.

Health officials said Friday that six people were still hospitalized in life-threatening condition. The bus had been carrying 51 passengers, mostly students and office workers, from Skopje to Gostivar.

A bus lays overturned at the crash site at village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Macedonia's health minister says some have died and many are injured in the bus crash, carrying workers on a highway west of the capital, Skopje. (AP PhotoBoris Grdanoski)

Police officers and investigators are silhouetted at the crash site at village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Macedonia's health minister says some have died and many are injured in the bus crash, carrying workers on a highway west of the capital, Skopje. (AP PhotoBoris Grdanoski)

A bus lays overturned at the crash site at village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Macedonia's health minister says some have died and many are injured in the bus crash, carrying workers on a highway west of the capital, Skopje. (AP PhotoBoris Grdanoski)

Police and investigators stand near the bus wreckage at the crash site at village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Macedonia's health minister says some have died and many are injured in the bus crash, carrying workers on a highway west of the capital, Skopje. (AP PhotoBoris Grdanoski)

Authorities have requested assistance from telecommunications operators to see whether the driver — who survived the crash — had been on his cellphone at the time of the accident west of the capital, Skopje.

Health officials said Friday that six people were still hospitalized in life-threatening condition. The bus had been carrying 51 passengers, mostly students and office workers, from Skopje to Gostivar.

Poland's prime minister celebrates after his party wins a string of cities in mayoral votes

2024-04-22 22:18 Last Updated At：22:20

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk expressed satisfaction on Monday after a series of candidates supported by his party won weekend races for mayor.

Candidates from his pro-European Union centrist Civic Coalition, or running with the party's backing, won in a series of cities in the second round of local elections held on Sunday, among them Krakow, Poznan, Wroclaw and Rzeszow.

“It is very difficult to clearly say who won and who lost,” Tusk said Monday. “But if we compare these results, especially in the most attractive places, on these attractive battlefields ... then I actually have reasons for satisfaction.”

“Law and Justice has simply disappeared in many places,” Tusk added at a news conference, referring to the main opposition party.

The results put Civic Coalition in a favorable position as the country looks next to elections to the European Parliament on June 9.

Mayors were chosen in a total of 748 cities and towns where no single candidate won at least 50% of the vote during the first round on April 7.

Candidates for Tusk’s party also recaptured cities where they had not held power for many years, including Zielona Gora, Legnica and Torun.

The local and regional elections were viewed as a test for Tusk's pro-European Union government four months after it took power at the national level. Sunday's second round strengthened the Tusk government's leverage in the cities, which should facilitate cooperation on development projects and allotment of EU funds.

Tusk's allies also won in some places in the first round two weeks ago, including in Warsaw, where incumbent Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski was an easy victor.

In the first round, the right-wing Law and Justice, prevailed on the level of regional assemblies in the country's 16 provinces, where it took 34.3% of the votes, while Tusk's Civic Coalition got 30.6%. Law and Justice governed on the national level from 2015-23.

Tusk’s socially liberal Civic Coalition traditionally has strong support in cities, while Law and Justice has a more solid base in conservative rural areas, particularly in eastern Poland.

Civic Coalition is the largest group in a three-party coalition that governs the EU nation of 38 million people. The coalition is pro-European Union but otherwise spans a wide ideological spectrum with left-wing politicians in the Left party as well as conservatives in the Third Way.

North Macedonia probes cause of bus crash that killed 14

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North Macedonia probes cause of bus crash that killed 14

Ten victims from a bus crash that killed 14 people in North Macedonia have been buried in the western city of Gostivar, as authorities are still trying to determine the causes of the accident.

Health officials said Friday that six people were still hospitalized in life-threatening condition. The bus had been carrying 51 passengers, mostly students and office workers, from Skopje to Gostivar.

A bus lays overturned at the crash site at village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Macedonia's health minister says some have died and many are injured in the bus crash, carrying workers on a highway west of the capital, Skopje. (AP PhotoBoris Grdanoski)

A bus lays overturned at the crash site at village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Macedonia's health minister says some have died and many are injured in the bus crash, carrying workers on a highway west of the capital, Skopje. (AP PhotoBoris Grdanoski)

Ten victims from a bus crash that killed 14 people in North Macedonia have been buried in the western city of Gostivar, as authorities are still trying to determine the causes of the accident.

Health officials said Friday that six people were still hospitalized in life-threatening condition. The bus had been carrying 51 passengers, mostly students and office workers, from Skopje to Gostivar.

A bus lays overturned at the crash site at village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Macedonia's health minister says some have died and many are injured in the bus crash, carrying workers on a highway west of the capital, Skopje. (AP PhotoBoris Grdanoski)

A bus lays overturned at the crash site at village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Macedonia's health minister says some have died and many are injured in the bus crash, carrying workers on a highway west of the capital, Skopje. (AP PhotoBoris Grdanoski)

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