Macedonia and Greece have a real chance to solve a festering quarter-century-old name dispute by July, Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Sunday.
"I believe it's possible to find a solution by the end of the first semester of 2018," Zaev told Greece's Alpha TV in an interview.
The quarrel between Skopje and Athens dates back to Macedonia's declaration of independence from YugoslaviaRead more
Macedonia's President is urged by the European Commission to give the mandate for the formation of a new government to the leader of Social Democratic party (SDSM) Zoran Zaev, local media reported on Sunday.
"As enough signatures of MPs have been collected, we look forward to the next steps," European Union (EU) commissioner for enlargement negotiations Johannes Hahn said SaturdayRead more
The Social Democratic Union (SDSM) led by Zoran Zaev has managed to secure the support of the ethnic Albanian party, Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), thus paving the way the formation of a new government in Macedonia, local media reported Saturday.
On Friday night, the spokesperson of DUI Bujar Osmani told reporters that the party supported the formation of aRead more
Macedonia's conservative VMRO-DPMNE party said on Monday it had failed to reach agreement on a new coalition government with ethnic Albanians and called for fresh elections.
A constitutional deadline to form a government after a December election expired at midnight on Sunday.
The VMRO-DPMNE, in power between 2006 and 2016, said the most "mature solution" would be fresh elections, butRead more