Macedonia is ready and the doors for its NATO accession are open but the membership will be a fact after the name dispute with Greece is solved. This is the conclusion drawn at the NATO summit in Lisbon about Macedonia. Macedonia President Gjorge Ivanov, who attended the forum in Lisbon, …

European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule is to arrive on a visit to Serbia on Tuesday. Fule is expected to hand the European Commission’s ‘questionnaire’ to Serbian authorities. Serbia’s answers to the questions will determine its readiness for the EU accession. Fule’s cabinet said that the document consists of around …

Despite mounting pressure from the European Union to open its ports and airports to the Greek half of Cyprus, Turkey will not be doing so until a settlement on the divided island is reached, a senior state official has said, the online edition of Turkish Zaman daily writes. Turkey strongly …