Balkan countries

She was speaking in the context of the international arbitration ruling in the maritime border dispute with Slovenia that Croatia rejects, and Slovenia intends to implement.

Greece's name dispute with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is a loose end that can and should be tied up. Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is looking to resolve all major pending issues with neighboring FYROM and Albania so that Greece can deal with the biggest front, which is Turkey.

Greece's centrist To Potami party on Thursday urged the coalition government to clarify its position on the name dispute with Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

"We are expecting to see the position of the government, not only of SYRIZA. There is no room for petty political games," Potami said in a statement.

As efforts intensify to resolve the decades-long name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Panos Kammenos, the leader of Independent Greeks, the right-wing populist junior partner in the leftist-led coalition, dampened expectations and revealed cracks in the government after reiterating that he would never back a solution including the word "Macedonia."<

The leader of the junior coalition partner, the Independent Greeks, reiterated on Wednesday that he will not back a solution to the name dispute with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) that will include the term "Macedonia." 

The citizens of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are split along ethnic lines with regard to the change of the neighboring country's constitutional name in order to reach an agreement with Greece and secure NATO membership, a local poll has shown, with 49 percent of people rejecting any name change.

Opposition New Democracy is pushing for a "national position" on all major issues of foreign policy and is calling on the government to clarify its stance in regard to fresh talks on the name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

BRUSSELS - After the Brussels meeting of Western Balkan PMs and discussions about a new EU enlargement strategy, it is clear Serbia and Montenegro are the front runners in the enlargement process, says Serbian PM Ana Brnabic.

BRUSSELS - In 2018, Serbia will for the first time host a field simulation exercise for emergency situations in cooperation with the NATO Euro-Atlantic Centre for Disaster Response (EADRCC), according to EuropeanWesternBalkans.com.

Serbia has successfully participated in similar exercises in Montenegro in 2016 and in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2017, the portal notes.

Serbia is "preparing measures" in case Skopje supports Pristina in international institutions, the daily Vecernje Novosti writes on Thursday. The report added that Serbia could decide to "change" the decision to recognize the name of the neighboring country as "the Republic of Macedonia."