European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement

The political situation in the FYROM is out of control after supporters of nationalist party VMRO -DPMNE’s leader Nikola Gruevski stormed the Parliament following the voting of Talat Jaferi, an MP of Albanian origin to the position of President of the country’s national assembly. According to reports masked clad groups have attacked journalists.

In a joint statement, High Representative of the Union of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Francesca Mogherini and Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn called on Turkey to refrain from escalating tensions further and lower the tones.

The European Union has moved to freeze funding towards Turkey via the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) ad it was deemed the country was drifting away from European principles.

The European Commission's Representation in Bulgaria has denied that European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hanh made statements of a negative nature about Bulgaria.

Working groups of the main Macedonian parties failed to reach an agreement on resolving the country's political crisis.

According to media reports, parties continue to disagree over the competencies of the new ministries and the deputy-ministers nominated by the opposition, MIA news agency informs.

The European Commission has pronounced they watched the news of the Sept. 6 attack targeting daily Hürriyet?s headquarters in Istanbul with concern, criticizing the incident and emphasizing press freedom.

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski announced on Wednesday that an agreement has been reached between the leaders of the four main parties to bring to an end the political crisis, which has gripped the country in the last several months.

Government rejected the offer from "Esmark steel" Plan B for Serbian Ironworks

"Esmark" is not coming to Smederevo, but "Serbian Ironworks" will continue with its usuall activity, the government announced yesterday.