Police: Skipper detained in boat sinking that killed 15 Bulgarian tourists

SKOPJE, Macedonia — The skipper of an overloaded sightseeing boat that sank in a western Macedonian lake was detained on suspicion of causing the deaths of 15 Bulgarian tourists, police said Sunday.

Fifteen Bulgarian tourists drown in Macedonian lake

SKOPJE - At least fifteen tourists, all of them Bulgarians, drowned as their overcrowded pleasure boat sank in the Lake Ohrid in Macedonia on Saturday.

Sightseeing boat sinks in lake on Macedonia’s western border, 15 drown

OHRID, Macedonia — An overloaded sightseeing boat carrying dozens of Bulgarian tourists sank Saturday in a lake on Macedonia’s western border, and 15 people drowned, officials said.

Sightseeing boat sinks in Macedonia lake, at least 15 drown, 3 missing

OHRID, Macedonia — An overloaded sightseeing boat carrying dozens of Bulgarian tourists sank Saturday in a lake on Macedonia’s western border, and at least 15 people drowned and four others were in serious condition, officials said.

22 killed in Macedonia boat accident

SKOPJE - At least 22 people died when a tourist boat sank Saturday in Ohrid Lake in southwest Macedonia, media reports said.

Sightseeing boat sinks in lake on Macedonia’s western border, at least 15 drown

OHRID, Macedonia — An overloaded sightseeing boat carrying dozens of Bulgarian tourists sank Saturday in a lake on Macedonia’s western border, and at least 15 people drowned, officials said.

Who’s Alexander? In the Balkans, ancient conqueror is a modern-day hot potato

SKOPJE, Macedonia — As an exercise in nation-building, Macedonia’s latest effort is pretty audacious — an eight-story-high statue of Alexander the Great on horseback, in the center of the capital.