VECER
- Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski welcomed the European Commission’s recommendation for opening accession negotiations with his country. Macedonia will keep working on ongoing reforms and maintaining good neighborly relations and will be constructive in finding acceptable solution in its name dispute with neighboring Greece, Gruevski said.
VREME
- An International Monetary Fund mission led by Wes McGrew arrives in a two-week visit to Macedonia on Thursday to assess the country’s macroeconomic indicators.