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At the same time, this institution reduced its global growth projection by 0.1 percent to 3.0 percent.

Compared to June, World Bank's latest Global Economic Prospects report retained its 2019 projection of 3.5 percent growth for Serbia, as well as the 2020 and 2021 projections of 4.0 percent.

Moscow hit back at Washington over the Prespes accord on Friday, saying the United States intervened in the domestic politics of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to enforce the "inadequate" agreement.

Macedonia and Bulgaria's long-simmering dispute over the Macedonian language is threatening to boil over again, just as Skopje nears a resolution to its dispute with Greece over the name "Macedonia'', reported Radio Free Europe. 

"Accepting the invitation of the top authorities and of the Catholic Church" the pope will be in Bulgaria from May 5-7, and on May 7 in Macedonia, a Vatican spokesperson said on Thursday.

The government of Macedonia announced that the pope will visit Skopje, the birthplace of Mother Theresa, during his visit on May 7 next year.

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His Holiness Pope Francis will visit the cities of Sofia and Rakovski as part of an upcoming apostolic trip in 2019, the government press office said, citing an announcement of the Holy See. The pope will visit Bulgaria from 5 to 7 May 2019, the cities of Sofia and Rakovski in particular, and Macedonia's Skopje on May 7, 2019.

The Parliament of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is prepared to remove a reference in the constitution referring to citizens living outside the Balkan country's borders as "Macedonians living abroad," describing them instead as emigrants, local Telma TV reported on Saturday.

According to the agency, the only ones who are happy are vendors of air purifiers.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), on the list of the ten most polluted cities in Europe, five are in the Balkans, and they are Bosnia-Herzegovina), Pljevlja (Montenegro) and Skopje, Tetovo and Bitola (Macedonia).

Seeking to douse the fire that began after the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev implied there is a "Macedonian" minority in Greece, Skopje insisted on Tuesday that it remains firmly committed to the name deal it signed with Greece in June. 

Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) have relaunched a passenger flight route between the countries after a 12-year interruption as the nations seek to mend ties after reaching an accord in June to end a decades-old row over the ex-Yugoslav Republic's name.

Direct flights between the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Greece are set to resume after more than a decade, amid a thaw in relations following a deal to rename FYROM "North Macedonia."