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- ↑ "The Dutch contribution to Operation Essential Harvest in Macedonia". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ↑ Gross, Eva (2009). The Europeanization of National Foreign Policy: Continuity and Change in European Crisis Management. Palgrave. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-230-21716-4.
- ↑ Phillips, John (2004). Macedonia: Warlords and Rebels in the Balkans. New York: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd. ISBN 1-86064-841-X . Retrieved 2014-09-29.
- ↑ "CNN.com - UK soldier killed in Macedonia - August 27, 2001". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
