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  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    EU enlargement
    North Macedonia signals acceptance of plan to unlock EU membership talks

    Premier welcomes French proposals as potential basis for compromise on tensions with Bulgaria

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    EU enlargement
    Bulgaria vote buoys prospect of EU expansion into western Balkans

    MPs move to lift veto on accession talks but North Macedonia could reject conditions brokered by France

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    EU enlargement
    Bulgarian government ousted in blow to EU enlargement hopes

    PM Petkov removed in confidence vote that threatens deal to lift veto on North Macedonia accession talks

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Europe Express
    Ukraine war gathers support for Balkans’ EU membership bids Premium content

    Berlin throws its weight behind unblocking stalled enlargement process

  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
    EU economy
    ECB supports Poland’s currency with €10bn financing deal

    Central bank agrees to help five European countries counter market fallout from Ukraine war

  • Tuesday, 14 December, 2021
    Bulgaria
    New Bulgarian PM pledges U-turn on North Macedonia’s EU ambitions

    Kiril Petkov signals end to Sofia’s obstruction of neighbour’s bid to join bloc

  • Monday, 1 November, 2021
    North Macedonia PM resigns after landslide defeat in local elections

    Voters punish Zoran Zaev for deadlocked EU-accession talks and slow economic progress

  • Wednesday, 28 July, 2021
    EU enlargement
    Balkan trio push ‘mini-Schengen’ as they hit out at EU membership delay

    Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia to launch own border-free travel and business zone amid frustration with Brussels

  • Saturday, 5 June, 2021
    FT Magazine
    Could football success help North Macedonia build its national identity?

    Photographer Matteo de Mayda captures the country’s football scene as the national team makes its European Championship debut

  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
    Europe Express
    North Macedonia’s EU odyssey hits rough seas again Premium content

    Bulgaria opposes start of accession talks in latest blow to European bloc’s battle for regional influence

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    EU enlargement
    Bulgaria moves to bar North Macedonia from joining EU

    Bloc’s ministers fail to break deadlock in stumbling enlargement agenda

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    Balkan Peninsula
    North Macedonia grapples with demographic challenge

    Population decline is biggest test facing the Balkans, says president of Nato’s newest member

  • Sunday, 12 July, 2020
    News in-depthBalkan Peninsula
    Public anger rises across Balkans as coronavirus toll grows

    Governments face mounting criticism and mass protests over handling of pandemic

  • Monday, 23 March, 2020
    EU enlargement
    North Macedonia and Albania set to begin EU accession talks

    Compromise deal to be sealed as Brussels seeks to strengthen ties with western Balkans

  • Tuesday, 4 February, 2020
    EU enlargement
    Brussels opens way for member states to halt EU enlargement talks

    Draft plan sets stage for battle over North Macedonia and Albania accession hopes

  • Monday, 3 February, 2020
    Valerie Hopkins
    Albanians wonder if the EU will ever welcome them

    The aftershock of a diplomatic earthquake over accession will take time to subside

  • Sunday, 17 November, 2019
    EU foreign policy
    Russian envoy praises Macron stance on EU enlargement

    Chizhov remarks set to further anger critics who say French leader risks undermining bloc

  • Friday, 8 November, 2019
    EU enlargement
    Von der Leyen defies Macron over Balkans EU accession

    Incoming EC president warns Russia and China are ready to step into the gap

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
    Tony Barber
    New EU leadership team must up its game on foreign policy

    The bloc’s mishandling of both Syria and the Balkans exposes a fundamental weakness

  • Monday, 4 November, 2019
    EU enlargement
    Balkan leaders warn that EU accession delay risks stoking tensions

    Albania and North Macedonia say reforms and name deal with Greece could be under threat

  • Monday, 21 October, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Emmanuel Macron’s EU accession veto is a historic mistake

    Bloc should open talks with North Macedonia and Albania, then reform itself

  • Friday, 18 October, 2019
    EU enlargement
    France under fire for blocking Balkan-EU accession talks

    US urges President Macron to allow formal negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania

  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
    EU enlargement
    France objects to North Macedonia and Albania EU accession talks

    Paris wants bloc’s enlargement process be made more demanding and reversible

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
    Alexis Tsipras
    The EU must make a brave decision on the Balkans

    The region can be the symbol of vision and strength that our common project needs

  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2019
    World Weekly podcast14 min listen
    Europe's Balkan dilemma

    EU foreign ministers this week postponed a decision on whether to open membership ne…

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