Nikola Gruevski

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski declined on Monday to comment directly on the latest press conference of the opposition Social Democrats SDSM on Sunday, where five recordings were presented involving discussions between state officials, judges and a pro-government news editor on appointments of judges as well as court cases and prosecutors' work.

SKOPJE - The governments of Macedonia and Serbia held a joint meeting in Skopje on Monday, discussing ways to improve cooperation between the two countries, focusing primarily on the economy, after which they signed seven bilateral agreements on cooperation.

The governments of Macedonia and Serbia held a joint session in Skopje on Monday that ended with two countries signing seven cooperation agreements.

Macedonian and Serbian cabinets in joint session

BELGRADE -- The governments of Macedonia and Serbia will hold a joint meeting in Skopje on Monday, it has been announced by the Serbian government.

Before the session, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will meet with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski.

SKOPJE - The governments of Macedonia and Serbia will hold a joint meeting in Skopje on Monday.
Before the meeting kicks off, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will have a tete-a-tete with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski, which will be followed by separate meetings between ministers of the two governments.

Five conversations were published on Sunday at a press conference of the opposition Social Democratic Party, SDSM, involving discussions between top state officials, judges and a pro-government news editor about the appointment of judges as well as court cases and prosecutors' work.

SKOPJE - Macedonian President Djordje Ivanov and Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic agreed on Friday that the two countries' relations are good and that there is substantial potential for development of cooperation, especially in economy, and they underscored the importance of European integration.

SKOPJE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic will wrap up her two-day visit to Skopje by meeting with Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov on Friday.

On Thursday, Gojkovic talked with Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski, and met with members of the parliamentary group of friendship between Serbia and Macedonia.

Macedonia's main ruling party, VMRO DPMNE, has dismissed opposition allegations of conducting widespread wiretapping as nonsensical and contradictory, calling the Social Democratic Party leader, Zoran Zaev, "a puppet of foreign services".

The increasingly authoritarian government of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in the neighboring former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) fell back on an “antiquated line of defense” last week in a bid to neutralize a political rival, namely, to indirectly involve Greek secret services.