Zoran Zaev

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will speak by telephone on Wednesday, Blic learned from the Serbian Presidency.

It has been confirmed that the two officials will speak "at noon" and discuss "the latest diplomatic crisis between," the newspaper added on Tuesday.

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Greek diplomats were monitoring developments in the Balkans with concern on Monday after Serbia withdrew the entire staff of its embassy in Skopje after accusing the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) of "offensive activity" in apparent anger at its neighbor's improving relations with Kosovo, a former Serbian province.

Serbia has withdrawn all of its embassy staff in Skopje. There is currently no employee in the building, according to BGNES.

The text of the new language law – seen as the last legal remaining provision stemming from a 2001 peace deal that ended an armed conflict between Albanian insurgents and FYROM security forces – is expected to be put before parliament for adoption soon.

The budget rebalance, approved by MPs late on Sunday, reallocated a total of 47 million euros from the 2017 budget in order to help to support farmers, small businesses and workers at companies that have gone bankrupt.

The text of the new language law - seen as the last legal remaining provision stemming from a 2001 peace deal that ended an armed conflict between Albanian insurgents and Macedonian security forces - is expected to be put before parliament for adoption soon.

The Air Force troops today, August 4 as well as the previous 3 days, continue to assist the Macedonian authorities in their efforts to contain the forest fires that occurred in the Macedonian Brod municipality, reported BGNES. 

FYROM (Macedonia) and Bulgaria signed a friendship treaty on August 1 in a move to end years of feuding and boost Macedonia's bid to join the European Union.

Macedonia's rocky relations with its bigger eastern neighbor have hampered its efforts to join NATO and the EU, although the two nations share close religious, historic, and linguistic ties.

Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov signed a friendship treaty yesterday in a move designed to end years of diplomatic wrangling and boost Macedonia's European integration.