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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (r) shakes hands with Slovenian President Borut Pahor (l) during their meeting in Athens, Tuesday. Pahor is in Athens on an official visit. [EPA]

Greece will not accept "arbitrary" interpretations of the Prespes accord by the government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Tuesday, referring to the deal reached between Athens and Skopje to resolve the decades-old dispute over the country's name.

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Opening the proceedings, Miro Cerar, the outgoing prime minister, noted that the world had changed dramatically over the last few years, as the economic order and strategic alliances that had been known for decades were suddenly called into question, and multilateralism being severely challenged.

Slovenia's president says an agreement resolving a long-standing dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) gives a boost to other nations in the Balkans to solve the region's problems.

Slovenian President Borut Pahor is on an official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of the head of state Rumen Radev.

The prospects for European integration in the Western Balkans region in the context of the Bulgarian EU Council Presidency, bilateral relations and the deepening of regional cooperation will be among the highlights of the two heads of state.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said Monday she was very unpleasantly surprised by a statement by Slovenian President Borut Pahor, who said he would try to influence the five EU member states that do not recognise Kosovo to do so.

She noted this had not been discussed during her recent meeting with Pahor, which she said had been long and open.

LJUBLJANA - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic and Slovenian President Borut Pahor met in Ljubljana on Thursday, concluding that their countries were committed to improving cooperation through open political dialogue and mutual support on major issues.

Slovenia's prime minister says his country will begin implementing the arbitration decision in the maritime border dispute with Croatia at the end of the week.

This will take place despite the fact that Croatia does not recognize the ruling, Beta reported on Wednesday.

Pahor, who starts his new five-year term in the office at the end of December, said that it would be important for Slovenia to do its bit as a sovereign country and as an EU and NATO member, in order to contribute to stabilisation and deal with issues internationally. One of the biggest challenges Pahor identified was the refugee issue, where he believes that the EU has failed the test.