Skopje, Greece News

Bosnia Infighting Stifles Competitiveness 10 December 2009 Despite its huge potentials, Bosnia remains one of the World's least competitive countries because its politicians hold up the key reforms, perpetuating a political crisis for their own interests, a top international diplomat in the country said.

Macedonia PM: No Room for EU Skepticism Sinisa-Jakov Marusic There is no room for EU skepticism, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said Friday afternoon after his meeting with the EU ambassador to the country, Erwan Fouere and the other leaders of the main political parties.

Skopje Vasko Naumovski 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.

Macedonian woman walks past a hand drawn old map of ethnic Macedonia, with a teritory which today belongs to the FYROM, Greece and Bulgaria on the wall of the main train station of the capitol Skopje, on 08 December 2009.

The Skopje-Athens name row could be solved via international arbitration, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic told journalists after meeting his Macedonian counterpart Georgi Ivanov on Thursday in Skopje.

"Did you see it?! It's not that great. It could have been much better. How could they waste so much money on such a lame ad?" These are some of the things we hear in Pristina nowadays.

Macedonia's prime minister Nikola Gruevski, left, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso address a joint news conference at the end of a meeting in Brussels, December 2 2009.

ATHENS, Greece -- Prime Minister George Papandreou and Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas have told Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki that their country's position regarding Skopje's efforts to get a date for starting EU accession talks has not changed, Macedonian media reported on Tuesday .

International Security Assistance Force soldiers, from Macedonia and the 2nd battalion, 1st brigade, patrol a neighborhood November 19, 2006 in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The prime ministers of three Balkan countries discuss the protection of Prespa National Park.

Milososki-Droutsas Meeting in Athens Skopje Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and Greece's deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas are scheduled to meet Tuesday at the sidelines of a meeting held in Athens by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Skopje Skopje, Macedonia Macedonia's Health Ministry confirmed on Thursday that a 77 years-old man is the country's second swine flu related death.

Culture brings the US and Macedonia closer. By Goran Trajkov for Southeast European Times in Skopje -- 26/11/09 Co-ordinator Olivera Trajkova hosts a Thanksgiving dinner at the American Corner in Skopje.

US: Skopje-Athens Meeting Crucial Skopje Philip Reeker The announced meeting between the Macedonian and Greek Prime Ministers Nikola Gruevski and George Papandreou may prove crucial for a quick settlement to the name row between the two countries, the United States Ambassador to Skopje, Philip Reeker said.

The Hague Tribunal Trial Chamber rejects Karadzic's request to be allowed to appeal the Tribunal's decision appointing counsel to represent him.

An ad hoc choir "Singing Skopjans" consists of citizens of Skopje who express their opinions on social matters through songs.

Kosovo honours a hero. To the hero the spoils? Brushing a lock of hair from her face and gazing into her eyes, the former president asks the comeliest government official to hand, "So what did you think of my speech?" No Monica she, her answer stays on the vertical and is rather better sculpted than the two and half-metre effigy just unveiled ...

A cordon of special police forces stands in guard in front of Greek Liason Office during the press conference of united NGO's, held as a protest against Greek policy objecting Macedonian constitutional name, Skopje, 07 April 2008.

When the wife of a German secret agent found out that he had a male lover she stormed into the headquarters of the country's foreign intelligence service and demanded an explanation.

Bojana Barlovac 16 November 2009 The negotiation process has dramatically worsened during the last round of Athens-Skopje name talks in New York.