FM: Macedonian Delegation to Meet “Name” Mediator
Skopje | 02 September 2010
UN mediator Matthew Nimetz is to meet Macedonia's delegation to the UN General Assembly in September to discuss the "name row" with Greece, Macedonia's Foreign Minister has confirmed.
Macedonia Press Review – September 2, 2010
Skopje | 02 September 2010Here are the top stories in Macedonia’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
Macedonia Press Review – September 1, 2010
Skopje | 01 September 2010Here are the top stories in Macedonia’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
Skopje Sees Politics Behind Kosovo’s Mass Grave Claim
Skopje, Pristina | 02 September 2010
Macedonia suspects political motives lie behind Pristina’s demand to inspect two sites in the country, where it believes about 40 missing citizens from the 1999 conflict may be buried.
ICG, 'Kosovo-Serbia Land Swap Under Active Consideration'
Belgrade | 27 August 2010
While a territorial exchange remains a taboo subject in Pristina and Belgrade, Sabine Freizer, of the International Crisis Group, says officials in both capitals are mulling the idea in private.
Textbook Errors Shame Macedonia’s Schools Ministry
Skopje | 26 August 2010
As experts rush to revise hundreds of schoolbooks - after revelations that one was full of mistakes and dubious assertions - critics say the scandal is further proof of official incompetence.
Monumental Approach Will Erode Skopje’s Old Harmony
By Dejan Bugjevac21 July 2010 Macedonia’s capital is paying a price for society’s lack of proper ‘architectural culture’ as politicians and ill-informed pseudo-intellectuals force their retrograde visions onto the city, architect Mishko Ralev says.
Only Europe Can Complete the ‘Macedonian Project’
By Harald Schenker15 June 2010 It’s not the EU that needs Macedonia; it’s Macedonia that needs the EU. Attempts to suggest there is another “way” are dangerous for a small country that needs big friends.
Bulgaria 'Has No Need for IMF Loan'
Boryana Dzhambazova03 September 2010
Bulgaria does not need to take a loan from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, over the next two years as the country's economy is doing well, the finance minister has said.
