Skopje, Greece News

"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.

Macedonia's top officials have decided that the country should stay actively involved in the negotiations about its name.

Skopje Adamantios Vassilakis According to A1 TV, while at the parlay with the UN name mediator Matthew Nimetz on Thursday, the Greek negotiator, Adamantios Vassilakis delivered a list of steep demands that set back efforts to find a solution.

Civil tolerance march will be held in Skopje on occasion of International Day for Tolerance on Monday.

It is abundantly clear that this year's electoral campaign for Prishtina has undergone a surreal metamorphosis, moving away from the naff promises of previous years and towards hardcore acerbity full of rant and rave.

Till present day regardless of the governmental structure, Greece hasn't been showing readiness to discuss the identity issue at all, the PM added.