Skopje

The thorny “name issue” still poisoning relations between Greece and its neighbor to the immediate north, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Yugoslavia (FYRoM), over what Athens calls the neighbor and what the neighbor calls itself, generated headlines a world away last week, in Australia.

BELGRADE - Officials of the chambers of commerce of Serbia, Republika Srpska, BiH, Croatia and Macedonia signed in Skopje an agreement on cooperation in the construction sector, focusing on third markets.

BELGRADE - The City of Belgrade will host the Capital Summit 2015 on April 23 bringing together leaders of 12 cities of central and southeast Europe, senior officials of the European Commission and the European Parliament, representatives of international organizations and diplomatic corps and businessmen, reads a statement issued by the City Administration on Wednesday.

After the opposition-run municipality of Centar in Skopje granted campaigners' request for a local referendum on the mall, the "I Love GTC" campaign has 20 days to persuade people to vote against the plan to give it a radically new facade.

Skopje asks Russia to cut customs rates

SKOPJE -- Macedonia has asked Russia to lower its customs rates for agriculture and food industry products that Macedonia exports to that country.

Macedonia's ruling party has built itself a grandiose new headquarters in Skopje.

Armed forces train leaders for new global challenges

The British Embassy in Macedonia held training for 30 high-ranking officials in the security sector.

UK Major General John Moore-Bick shares advice with representatives from Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Serbia and Ukraine. [British Embassy Skopje]

BELGRADE - A Serbia-Macedonia business forum was held at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) on Tuesday, and PKS President Marko Cadez said that construction firms of the two countries will in the coming period consider submitting joint bids in big international tenders.

SKOPJE, BELGRADE - The Serbian and Macedonian police will intensify the cooperation in stopping illegal migrants at the joint border, with the assistance from their colleagues from Austria, this is the conclusion of Thursday's meeting between officials of the two countries.

Top officials from Macedonia's ruling VMRO-DPMNE party did every unlawful activity they could think of in order to win the local election in 2013 in the municipality of Centar in Skopje, the mayor of the municipality, Andrej Zernovski, claimed on Thursday.