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Article: Macedonia faces ruin as threat of civil war empties resorts
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 29, 2001
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Macedonia's feuding leaders gathered yesterday in the lakeside
resort of Ohrid, to stop the republic's seemingly inexorable slide
towards civil war.
But the hauntingly beautiful city, which Macedonians say embodies
the image of their country, has been dealt a shattering blow already
by the conflict, as tourists shun the resort, which Macedonia relies
on for much of its foreign currency earnings. Tiny fishing boats
still crowd the old harbour on the lake. Perched on a clifftop above,
the 13th-century church of St Jovan Bogoslov Kaneo seems to hang over
the deep blue water.
With its half-timbered houses and collections of medieval Orthodox
frescoes, Ohrid was the only bright star in ...