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Greeks gathered outside parliament in Athens on Sunday to protest against the use of the term Macedonia in any settlement the government pursues with the ex-Yugoslav Republic to end a decades-old name dispute.
   

Secretary of State for Strategic and Bilateral Affairs in the Euro-Atlantic Space George Ciamba paid a visit on Friday to HMS Duncan British destroyer and Gaziantep Turkish frigate, on the occasion of the presence of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 in Constanta.

A disgruntled citizen on Friday in Nis threw leaflets and shouted "killers," and, "Kosovo is Serbia," during an address by the US ambassador.

The leaflets read, "No to NATO (membership)," and were distributed by the protester from the balcony during Kyle Scott's speech at an event held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in this southern Serbian town.

Serbia's Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic, is the only person from the Western Balkans so far to have received an invitation to this year's Bilderberg group meeting from June 7 to 10 June in Turin, Italy.

Brnabic apparently received the invitation while attending the global business conference in Davos, Switzerland.

Montenegro's National Security Council on Friday decided to send two military personnel to join KFOR, the NATO-led operation that has maintained peace in Kosovo since the 1999 war in the former Serbian province ended.

The leaflets read, "No to NATO (membership)," and were distributed by the protester from the balcony during Kyle Scott's speech at an event held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in this southern Serbian town.

The citizen was escorted out of the room by the police.

Slovakia's defense ministry said on Friday it was in talks to buy either American F-16s or Swedish Gripen fighter jets to replace its aging Russian-made MiG-29s, according to Reuters. 

The ministry said it would submit an analysis of the two options by June 29 for government approval.

The Prime Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Zoran Zaev says a solution to the name dispute with Greece must secure the dignity and identity of "Macedonians" and Greeks.

"I hope that the solution will preserve the dignity of "Macedonians" and Greeks, " Zaev said, according to the MIA agency in FYROM.

Greece has launched an investigation after its foreign minister received a letter from unknown sources threatening him and his family over efforts to resolve a dispute over the name of Macedonia, the Greek civil protection minister said on Friday, cited by Reuters.

Bulgarian and Macedonian companies want to do more business together and make new investments in each other's markets since the two countries signed a friendship treaty in August 2017, business organizations say.