August marks the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa's birth and few will be prouder than the citizens of her birthplace Skopje.
CNN's Anna Coren meets a boy from Skopje, Macedonia, who is very unlike other children of his age.
Housing over a quarter of the country's population, Skopje is Macedonia's largest and most diverse city. With a long history marked by Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman rule, the region boasts a wealth of ancient sites and intriguing relics.
Macedonia is a small mountainous, landlocked country bordering Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo and Serbia.
Ilcho Naumoski's fifth minute goal gave Macedonia a great start to their World Cup qualifying campaign, as they went on to upset Scotland 1-0 in the Group 9 encounter in searing temperatures in Skopje.
The Netherlands opened their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-1 victory away to Macedonia on Wednesday night to give new coach Bert van Marwijk his first competitive victory.
An army ammunition dump explodes in Albania, sending a mushroom cloud soaring over nearby homes.
Macedonia coach Sreco Katanec has included Rabotnicki Skopje defender Miroslav Vajs in his 19-man squad for the Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia in Zagreb on March 24.
Croatia's Brazilian-born striker Eduardo Da Silva hit a hat-trick and Darjo Srna added a penalty as the visitors scored a dramatic 4-3 win over Israel to go top of Euro 2008 qualifying Group E on Wednesday.
Coach Steve McClaren has told his England team he expects a much better performance against Macedonia at Old Trafford on Saturday than in their nervy 1-0 win over them last month in Skopje.
Hungarian champions Debrecen have named Czech Miroslav Beranek as their new manager until December 2007.
Lokomotiv Sofia will play their UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg against Israel's Bnei Yehuda in the Slovakian town of Senec, the Bulgarian club said on Thursday.
Ioan Andone has resigned as Dinamo Bucharest coach - even though his team currently lead the Romanian first division.
Group One leaders Romania, beset by injuries and suspensions, have been held to a surprise 1-1 draw by Armenia in their World Cup qualifier.
Zoran Stratev has resigned as coach of Macedonia champions Vardar Skopje following a recent run of poor results.
Government leaders and heads of state have been paying their last respects to Macedonia's late president, Boris Trajkovski, who died last week in a plane crash.
Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski, a moderate credited for helping to unite his ethnically divided country, is feared to have been killed in a plane crash in southeastern Bosnia.
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