Bucharest summit

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a press conference on Tuesday that Macedonia will be invited to start accession talks at the summit, but will only be able to join after implementing the name deal with Greece.

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) expects to get approval to start NATO membership talks this week, its foreign minister said on Monday.

NATO starts a summit in Brussels on Wednesday and while most of the focus is on US President Donald Trump's criticism of the alliance, FYROM's membership is also on agenda.

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) expects to get approval to start NATO membership talks this week, its foreign minister said on Monday.

NATO starts a summit in Brussels on Wednesday and while most of the focus is on US President Donald Trump's criticism of the alliance, FYROM's membership is also on agenda.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the summit of the Alliance in July expected Macedonia to be invited for membership negotiations, Macedonian media reported.

After a quarter of a century marked by acerbity, confrontation and occasional insults, Athens and Skopje have reached a compromise. It is painful for both sides.

FYROM (Macedonia) has shown that it has the capacity to carry out reforms in the spirit of NATO's values, says the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg.

During a meeting with Macedonian Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska, he said that Macedonia has shown it has the capacity to focus on democratic processes, defense reforms and become a factor of stability in the region.

New Democracy will maintain the same policy line over ongoing talks with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) the conservative party drew when in government at a 2008 NATO Summit, where Athens vetoed its neighbor's bid for accession into the alliance pending a resolution on the longstanding name dispute, the conservative leader said on Tuesday.

The new government in Skopje is stepping up its efforts with the goal of Macedonia becoming a NATO member.

Tanjug is reporting this on Tuesday, citing an article published by Bloomberg.

Behind the scenes of the Adriatic Charter Summit in Podgorica, the Macedonian PM and the US delegation "agreed on a new name for Macedonia."

This is what Sputnik is reporting on Thursday, adding that this deal was reached in order to allow Skopje to join NATO "as soon as possible."

If Macedonia's new government, elected on Wednesday, works hard on democratization and leaves nationalism aside, it could use more favourable geopolitical circumstances to get an invitation to join NATO, political observers say.