Former Prime Minister and President of FYROM, Branko Crvenkovski, has urged Bulgaria to recognize the existence of a “Macedonian nation.” Crvenkovski, who is the Chair of the Macedonian Social-Democratic Union, and was President of Macedonia in 2005-2009, met Thursday with the acting Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov, and with the leader …

The presidents of Serbia, Croatia and Hungary have started their meeting today in Pecs, Hungary. Boris Tadić, Ivo Josipović and Laszlo Solyom will address journalists afterwards. The three presidents would discuss specific forms of cooperation.

Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze discussed strengthening Georgian-French ties with French National Assembly members Roland Blum and Christian Batay during their visit to the country. Blum and Batay will study the situation in Georgia and present a report to their colleagues, Baramidze said at a joint press conference after …