The name issue should not overshadow Macedonia’s forthcoming presidency of the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, the Council of Europe Secretary General said.

Early mayoral elections were held in the municipality of Istok in Kosovo on Sunday. Several minor incidents at polling stations were reported during the voting. The elections went without any major problems, but several political parties and the NGO coalition “Democracy in Action” stated that there were incidents reported.

“In a short period of time, a lot of progress has been noticed in Moldova, especially in reforming field. This tendency is highly appreciated in Europe. Austria intends to intensively cooperate with Moldova, so that your country gets much closer to European Union”. This statement has been made today by …