Macedonia

The slow EU integration of the whole region and the effects of the global economic crisis explain the current political and economic situation throughout the Balkans, BiH Presidency

The UN mediator in the Greek-Macedonian name dispute Matthew Nimitz has met with U.S. administration officials just before the visit of Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to Washington. After the latest round of talks Nimitz took a leave. After that he is expected to visit Skopje and Athens to present …

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has called on opposition leader Branko Crvenkovski to challenge the ruling party in early elections. He called on the opposition to immediately stop its parliament boycott in order to vote on the new election law so that snap polls can be called “as soon as …

Dutch Ambassador to Skopje Simone Filipini was called for a talk at the Ministry of Interior in Macedonia over the involvement of an employee of the Embassy in the incidents at Kale fortress in Skopje. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Macedonia Zoran Petrovski shown concern on the fact Arton …

Kosovo and Macedonia signed a customs agreement on Friday (February 11th) in an effort to facilitate trade between the two countries. The document was signed by Macedonian Customs Administration

Athens and Skopje have failed to agree to a concrete name proposal, UN mediator Matthew Nimetz said after meeting with the two sides on Wednesday. Nimetz said that while there is no proposal, there are a lot of elements on the table that the

Czech President Vaclav Klaus voiced support Tuesday (February 8th) for Macedonia’s bid to join the EU. After talks with Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov in Prague, Klaus said

The EU should be proactive in solving the notorious dispute between Greece and Macedonia over the latter’s name, according to Czech President Vaclav Klaus. Klaus welcomed in Prague on Tuesday Macedonian President George Ivanov making it clear he can understand Macedonia’s effort to enter the EU and he does not …

Macedonian opposition continues boycotting the work of the parliament. At yesterday’s meeting of political leaders organised by President Gjorge Ivanov, the parliamentary represented parties did not reach an agreement for overcoming the political crisis in the country. Leader of opposition Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) Branko Crvenkovski accused Prime …

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov has called a political leaders’ meeting for Monday (February 7th), to discuss the current situation in the parliament following a boycott staged by the opposition. Opposition parties led by SDSM walked out of parliament last week to protest the freezing of the private A1 television channel’s …