Macedonia

Macedonia and Italy will sign the third program on bilateral cooperation in the field of culture, education and science for the period from 2009 to 2012. The document will be signed this afternoon in Skopje by Macedonia Culture Minister Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska and the Italian Ambassador in Macedonia.

EU foreign ministers’ conclusion Tuesday is not the same as last year’s NATO conclusion in Bucharest regarding the country’s entry into the Alliance, the EU’s top ambassador to Skopje told media. He said the decision by foreign ministers to revisit the question of whether to give Macedonia a start date …

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has denied that Bulgaria was among the countries that had prevented the EU from extending a date for neighbouring Macedonia to begin EU accession negotiations. Borisov stated this on Thursday after local media in Macedonia speculated that his country backed Greece at this week’s EU …

Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki will pay official visit t Federal Republic of Germany, where he will attend two conferences.

Macedonian Defense Minister Zoran Konjanovski will visit NATO Headquarters in Brussels and the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers Europe in Mons in Belgium.

Differences between two European countries should be settled through mutual understanding and respect, Macedonia’s deputy premier Vasko Naumovski said Wednesday, referring to his country’s row with Greece. While this week’s EU Council meeting did not give Macedonia a desired start date for accession negotiations, the meeting clearly demonstrated that Macedonia …

EU foreign ministers postponed a decision for the start of accession talks with Macedonia, after Greece opposed an early start to the talks. EU foreign ministers discussed the issue of Macedonia until late Monday in an attempt to find a breakthrough with Greece, postponing a press conference that had been …

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday at a meeting with his visiting Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski in Istanbul reiterated his support for Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic integration and backed the country in its “name” dispute with Greece. At the meeting Erdogan underlined that he felt Macedonia should be a fully-fledged NATO …

Despite intense speculation, it is still not clear whether Macedonia will secure a start date for its EU accession talks at the regular EU foreign minister meeting scheduled for Monday. Although the European Commission and the European Parliament supported the start of negotiations with Skopje, the chances of Macedonia securing …

EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels today to discuss the further enlargement of the 27-nation bloc. It’s not clear whether Macedonia could secure a date to star its EU accession talks. The European Union is unlikely to agree to open accession talks with Macedonia despite the recent efforts by the …