Violence Interrupts Student Protests in Skopje

The protests against plans to build a church on the central Macedonian square in Skopje, organized by activist groups the Progressive Youth Syndicate and the First Archi-Brigade, and the students of architecture were interrupted yesterday, Saturday, March 29, 2009, after a series of violent incidents instigated by a group of religious fundamentalists that gathered in the square at the same time, with support by the Macedonian Orthodox Church, to support the project to build the church.