Macedonia's ruling VMRO-DPMNE conservative party on Sunday claimed the victory in early parliamentary elections but would likely have to seek coalition partners to form a stable government, according to Reuters. "This press conference is dedicated to announce the victory of VMRO-DPMNE. Nikola Gruevski remains the prime minister of Macedonia," Zlatko Gorcev, a member of the party's executive committee told reporters. Analysts say the VMRO-DPMNE would likely seek a coalition partner in the party emerging as the winner of the votes of the ethnic Albanian minority, which make up one third of two million population.
