MACEDONIA Macedonian government has started preparing citizens for the change of country’s name, part of analyzers consider after foreign minister Antonio Miloshovski’s statement Greece would block opening of the EU accession talks. On the other side, experts interpret the statement as new “Greek veto” and as an alibi behind which …

TURKEY Turkey’s opposition parties on Tuesday criticized the government’s move to start talks on establishing diplomatic ties with the country’s long-time foe Armenia for making unilateral concession. Armenia has not changed its policy enough or implemented necessary preconditions to allow a reconciliation with Turkey, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News …

HOLLAND The new EU member states Romania and Bulgaria are still doing too little to tackle corruption and organised crime, and their management of EU funds is still below par, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes. The government will continue to press for improvements in both countries at European …