MACEDONIA Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jan Kohout, kicks off a working visit to Macedonia on Wednesday. Kohout is scheduled to meet with the Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov, Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanovski and Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. He is also due to hold talks with the …

The process of accession to the EU must not be blocked by any Union member, said Martti Ahtisaari, Nobel Prize winner and ex-Finland’s prime minister. He gave the statement in the context of the bilateral disputes between the candidate-countries for membership, highlighting the Slovenian-Croatian border row. “Regardless of the reasons, …

CROATIA Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor has suggested to her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that South Stream gas pipeline should cross the territory of Croatia, Croatian Jutarnji List writes. Kosor met with Putin in the Polish city of Sopot, close to Gdansk where the 70th anniversary since the beginning of …