Macedonia

The prime ministers of neighbouring Macedonia and Greece, Nikola Gruevski and George Papandreou, respectively, agreed to meet this Thursday on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels to discuss their countries’ ongoing “name” spat.

A summit of Western Balkan leaders near Ljubljana ended on Saturday (March 20th) by adopting a joint statement on their countries’ commitment to the European perspective. The forum was marred by the absence of Serbian President Boris Tadic who boycotted because Kosovo was not represented according to the UN Security …

The “name” row between Macedonia and Greece could be settled using the recent Croatia-Slovenia model, namely international arbitration, Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki said Thursday in Paris.

The Macedonian government has until June 9th to respond to Greece, regarding the complaint Skopje filed with The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) for Greece allegedly violating a bilateral agreement, local media reported on Wednesday (March 17th). Macedonia filed

EU Ambassador Erwan Fouere called on Macedonia and Greece to step up the pace and focus on the name, which he says is the main issue in the negotiations. It’s important that both sides try to speed up the pace of meetings to ensure that there is no misunderstanding

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu urged the EU on Monday (March 15th) to end visa requirements for Turkish citizens. The request came during a meeting with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele, who was visiting Ankara for the first time since being elected to the post. The EU lifted visa requirements …

“The identity is yours and it is not changing. Macedonia should point at the priorities like security, prosperity, setting up of the values and accession to the EU,” said the U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia Philip Reeker. Reeker made the statement at a public lecture is the FON University in Skopje.

NATO delegation, headed by Admiral Mark Fitzgerald will kick off its 2-day visit to Macedonia on Tuesday. Admiral Fitzgerald is slated to meet with Macedonian Defense Minister Zoran Konjanovski and General Staff Chief Miroslav

Macedonia shows efforts in solving name issue. Slovenian Ambassador to Macedonia Alan Bergant made the remarks at the meeting with students and professors from South East European University in Tetovo.

Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas urged EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele to use the interim reference “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”.