Macedonia celebrates Thursday the 20th anniversary of the declaration of its independence from the former Yugoslavia. The central celebration will be held on Thursday evening in downtown Skopje.

Montenegrin PM Igor Lukšić and the opposition reached an agreement Thursday on the name of the language and subject in the Montenegrin education system. The agreement opens the possibility for the opposition to support the election bill at the parliament.

Albania’s Socialist opposition returned to parliament on Monday, ending a three-month boycott, but the country’s path towards EU accession may have been affected, warns one think tank. The Socialist opposition started boycotting parliament in protest against what it alleged were irregularities in the May 8 race for the post of …