Macedonia

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski Wednesday assured his visiting Macedonian counterpart Antonio Milososki Poland’s support for Macedonia’s integration with NATO and the EU. Poland would like to share with Macedonia its experience gained with joining the two organization, Sikorski said after meeting Milososki who paid a one-day visit to Poland.

EU Council president Carl Bildt said that solving name issue between Greece and Macedonia will happen only if both sides sit on the same table. After yesterday’s optimistic messages on name settlement, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt suggested to George Papandreou and Nikola Gruevski to enter direct name talks and …

Macedonian Deputy PM and Finance Minister Zoran Stavreski visits Russia in order to regulate Macedonia’s clearing debt to Russia and finally settle this issue. Stavreski is scheduled to meet his Russian counterpart Aleksej Kudrin on Wednesday.

There could be an early parliamentary election in Macedonia in the spring, or opposition attempts to take down the ruling coalition even sooner, if in December Greece blocks the EU from giving Macedonia a start date for its accession negotiations, local media speculate. The prime minister and head of the …

Macedonian President George Ivanov appealed to the European Union to set a date for the start of negotiations with Skopje on joining the EU, almost four years after it was made a candidate, his office said Tuesday. “The start of the negotiations will be a clear positive signal for Macedonia, …

Macedonia and Greece must use the window of opportunity before the December EU council to strike a deal on their name spat that continues to block Skopje’s Euro-Atlantic integration, Swedish Foreign Minister said on Tuesday. “This has to be dealt with bilaterally” Carl Bildt, whose country is currently running the …

Macedonia’s top officials have decided that the country should stay actively involved in the negotiations about its name. The talks meant to bring closer the positions of Skopje and Athens on this issue are being conducted under the UN patronage.

Bulgaria supports and will keep on doing this for Macedonia’s bid to join the European Union and NATO, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said here Monday after meeting with his visiting Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski. At a joint press conference, the Bulgarian prime minister also pointed out that the support …

Besides being neighbors, Macedonia and Bulgaria are brotherly peoples, which should help each other, Bulgarian Prime Minister Bojko Borisov said on Monday after meeting Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski. “That is the reason we support visa liberalization. I will congratulate Macedonian citizens on December 19, when they will be able to …

Macedonia’s Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski will pay official visit to Bulgaria on Monday. Gruevski id scheduled to meet Bulgaria’s PM Bojko Borisov. Bulgarian party VMRO-VND led by nationalist Krasimir Karakancov said that Gruveski visit to Sofia is Macedonia’s path toward EU.