Macedonia

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday at a meeting with his visiting Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski in Istanbul reiterated his support for Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic integration and backed the country in its “name” dispute with Greece. At the meeting Erdogan underlined that he felt Macedonia should be a fully-fledged NATO …

Despite intense speculation, it is still not clear whether Macedonia will secure a start date for its EU accession talks at the regular EU foreign minister meeting scheduled for Monday. Although the European Commission and the European Parliament supported the start of negotiations with Skopje, the chances of Macedonia securing …

EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels today to discuss the further enlargement of the 27-nation bloc. It’s not clear whether Macedonia could secure a date to star its EU accession talks. The European Union is unlikely to agree to open accession talks with Macedonia despite the recent efforts by the …

EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said Friday he doubted EI foreign ministers would agree to start Macedonian membership talks next week because of a long-running name dispute.

The Skopje-Athens name row could be solved via international arbitrage, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic told journalists after meeting his Macedonian counterpart Georgi Ivanov on Thursday in Skopje. Croatia is nearing the end of its EU accession talks. Zagreb’s talks were stalled for almost a year when neighboring Slovenia blocked Croatia’s …

Greece’s new socialist government has announced they would continue to block Macedonia’s admission negotiations with the EU. The reason for this is the long-standing dispute over the name of Greece’s northern neighbor.

Macedonia’s Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska will pay official visit to Kosovo on Thursday. Jankuloska is scheduled to meet her Kosovo counterpart Interior Minister Zenun Pajaziti. The two ministers are expected to sign a memorandum on police cooperation between the two countries.

Macedonia will not introduce visa requirements on Albania’s citizens following the EU’s decision to exempt Macedonian citizens from visa obligations when travelling to EU countries.

The name dispute between Macedonia and Greece could be solved through international arbitration and to be separated from the EU accession talks until Macedonia reaches its European Atlantic aims. This is what Croatian President Stepan Mesic said during his visit to Skopje.

Finland supports granting a date for Macedonia’s start of membership talks at the EU summit on Decembers 7, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said after meeting his visiting Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski Thursday in Helsinki. While the country will urge other EU members to do the same, the ongoing name …