The development comes after North Macedonia resolved a long dispute with its EU neighbour Bulgaria.

The development comes after North Macedonia resolved a long dispute with its EU neighbour Bulgaria.
German chancellor promises to help the region reinvigorate their long-stalled membership campaign.
Jose Mourinho’s Roma win first major European title in more than 60 years with 1-0 victory over Feyenoord in Tirana.
Judge says Albanian driver Koci Selamaj committed ‘savage’ and sexually motivated attack.
The new restaurant run by two women offers Afghan cuisine attracting refugees as well as the local population.
At least one police officer and one protester were injured and dozens of protesters were arrested, police say.
Amid the kitsch hotels and eerie off-season silence, a new community is adjusting to life outside their homeland.
Despite the positive noises made at the EU-Western Balkans summit in Slovenia, the EU enlargement process is in crisis.
Leaders of Albanian, Bosnian, Montenegrin communities say US presence is needed to counter Serbia’s ‘growing militancy’.
The EU’s waning ‘soft power’ in the region allows other countries to step in with loans and influence, analysts say.
Ilir Meta, who held the largely ceremonial role, has regularly clashed with Prime Minister Edi Rama’s Socialist gov’t.
Edi Rama calls on parties to work with him to make Albania the ‘Balkan champion’ in tourism after clinching third term.
One poll projects ruling Socialists will win 46.9 percent of the vote, giving them a slight majority in the parliament.
Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama faces a challenge from a dozen parties united behind the main opposition Democrats.