Macedonian Prime Minister Hari Kostov announced he was resigning today after being in office under six months. The reason was that his reforms were being followed through with.

Prime Minister Kostov told reporters the government was preoccupied with ethnic minority rights and that it was stepping on his interests of economic modernisation.

Hari Kostov is 45 years old, has a background as an economist and former banker, and is the first Macedonian prime minister who had a background and interest in economics.