The EU’s new ambassador to Macedonia Aivo Orav has handed over his letter of credence to Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov, taking up the post of a head of the EU’s delegation in Macedonia. Having met with Ivanov, Orav said that “Macedonia belongs to Europe and this will be my goal.”

Serbian President Boris Tadic had a phone conversation with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in which he thanked for latter’s principle position of support to the decision of the European Council for giving Serbia a status of EU member state candidate.

Serbia’s next EU goal – obtaining a start date for accession talks – depends on further progress in talks with Kosovo, Enlargement Commissioner says . After the country became an EU candidate last Thursday, President Boris