NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Friday is set to begin his first official visit to Macedonia. During his time in the country Rasmussen will meet with Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanovski, Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and Defense Minister Zoran Konjanovski.

European Parliament (EP) officials are acknowledging that mediation aimed at resolving the political stalemate in Albania has failed. After a month of efforts, leaders of left and right wing parties in the EP, Joseph Daul and

The opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) on Wednesday (June 16th) filed an official appeal of the government’s fiscal austerity plan with the Constitutional Court, which will review it next week. The biggest bone of contention is a plan to cut pensions by 15%, via provisions that opposition lawmakers describe as