Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia demands opening of new border checkpoints with Greece. This is what Prime Minister of FYROM Nikola Gruevski said at a meeting with his Greek counterpart in Pili on Friday. In an statement after the meeting the Greek Prime Minister Papandreou said that Gruevski had insisted …

Serbian President Boris Tadic said that Serbia needs a different approach towards Kosovo, saying the current rigid stance is not yielding results. “A different approach is what Serbia needs today…inflexibility is one of the primary problems which we face. Innovation is needed now more than ever in reaching political decisions,” …

There were no significant steps forward in the Athens-Skopje “name” row. But there were signs of improved bilateral relations after the prime ministers of Greece and Macedonia, George Papandreou and Nikola Gruevski, met on Friday afternoon in Greece near their bilateral border. “We were told that Greece keeps positions… so …

José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, today announced the portfolios responsibilities for the next Commission. The President has held detailed consultations with all the Commissioners-designate in order to assign the right jobs to the right people. The President believes that this team can deliver the agenda for change …

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had luncheon with French ex-President Jacques Chirac before the beginning of the official programme of his working visit to France. “We shall be glad to meet you in Moscow, in any part of the Russian Federation,” he told Chirac. 

I am sure that we will witness boom of Bulgarian investments in Albania in coming years. We work hard to make easier and more secured Bulgarian investors’ entering in Albania, Albanian Ambassador to Bulgaria N. Pr. Bujar Skendo said. According to him Bulgarian investors’ have keen interest in the Albanian …

Moldovan foreign minister Iurie Leanca is denying the accusation by the opposition Communists Party that the ceding of a portion of the Odessa-Reni roadway near Palanca village to Ukraine would represent an attempt to surrender a piece of the national territory. Iurie Leanca has told a press conference on Thursday …

Italy will help Moldova in the dialogue with Brussels over the liberalization of the visa regime. Moldova’s Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca informed about this after he had a meeting with his Italian counterpart Franco Frattini during a recent visit to Rome. Quoting Franco Frattini, Iurie Leanca said Italy is ready …

I don’t believe that it will come to a veto situation, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, who arrived unannounced late Thursday in Skopje, said. He believes that Gruevski-Papandreou meeting, set to be held today in the Greek part of Prespa Lake, will improve regional cooperation.

Depending on who you listen to, Roumyana Zheleva, Bulgaria’s nominee to the new European Commission is set either for a high post or humiliation when EC President Jose Barroso unveils his line-up. The names of all candidate commissioners have been confirmed officially, but negotiations and meetings about portfolios were continuing …