61. Taiwan will immediately close its embassy in Skopje and halt all cooperation projects, and will lodge a protest with Macedonia, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Katherine Chang. 62. Still, the embassy was closed and some nearby streets were blocked off. 63. Suspicious activity by people who appeared to be gathering information about security prompted authorities to close the embassy to the public. 64. The American embassy was closed Saturday, but an official who answered the telephone confirmed that the warning had been issued. 65. The British and Canadian embassies were closed for the weekend. 66. The embassy was closed after receiving a threat. 67. The embassy was closed for business Tuesday although staff were able to come and go freely, Hall said. 68. The embassy was closed, although it was a normal working day in Tehran. 69. The Cabinet approved closing the embassy at a meeting Tuesday, acting on Foreign Ministry recommendations that security conditions had fallen too drastically to remain open. 70. The embassy was closed after the incident and will not be open Friday. |