Macedonia Press Review ' March 02

DNEVNIK

There is no maximalistic Greek list of demands regarding the Athens-Skopje “name” dispute, Greek Alternate FM Dimitris Droutsas said in an interview for the daily. He pointed out that such claims, which first appeared as speculation in the Macedonian media, do not lead to solutions.

UTRINSKI VESNIK

The leaders of the main political parties have rushed to meet with the electorate and hear their problems. While the PM and head of the ruling centre-right VMRO DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, can mostly be found at ground-breaking ceremonies, the opposition leader Branko Crvenkovski of the Social Democrats has decided to get dirt on his shoes and visit disappointed farmers, flooded households and other vulnerable groups.

VREME

Belgian authorities yesterday summoned Macedonian and Serbian ambassadors to point out that the EU could reconsider its decision to scrap visas for the countries if Skopje and Belgrade fail to solve the problem of their citizens travelling to Belgium and requesting asylum in ever increasing numbers.