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“The future of the Balkans is within the European Union.” European Union leaders made this declaration during the 2003 EU-Western Balkans Summit in Thessaloniki, but what that means today in […]
A “basis for compromise” was achieved in talks over the weekend of July 8 and 9 between teams headed by Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva and her counterpart from Skopje, […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov on July 7 again insisted that it was in his country’s interest to support the Republic of Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic integration and described the planned good-neighbourly […]
The visit by the Prime Minister of Macedonia to Sofia has triggered debates and reactions in Skopje. VMRO-DPMNE led by Nikola Gruevski has demanded from Zaev to explain what he has […]
In one of his first foreign visits since becoming Macedonia’s prime minister, Zoran Zaev took the full tour of Bulgarian political leaders, underlining at every stop his desire for cordial […]
Hosting his recently-elected counterpart from Skopje in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on June 20, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said that a good neighbourliness agreement between the two countries was “very close”. […]
Athens will not consent to Nato entry for the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia before the name dispute with Greece’s northern neighbour is resolved, Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias made clear […]
Macedonia’s prime minister Zoran Zaev commented to journalists on the visit by foreign minister Nikola Dimitrov to Greece, saying that the issue of the name of his country will not be […]
Parliament in the Republic of Macedonia voted into office last night the new government led by the social democrat Zoran Zaev. Voting in favour were 62 MPs belonging to the coalition […]
The Republic of Macedonia’s prime minister-designate Zoran Zaev has completed his governing cabinet, which is to include 25 ministries, seven of them ministers without portfolio, and is comprised of the coalition between […]
