Macedonia opposition airs new wire-taps, alleges election fraud

Macedonia's chief opposition leader Zoran Zaev speaks to the media during a news conference in Skopje February 27, 2015. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonia's opposition leader released a fresh batch of wire-taps on Friday that he said proved the government rigged elections, pursuing a surveillance scandal that has rocked the Balkan country since January.

It was the seventh batch of what Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev - charged by police in January with plotting to bring down the government - says is evidence of a huge, illegal surveillance operation under the 9-year conservative tenure of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.