North Macedonia’s conservative prime minister has reacted angrily to reports that his country’s troubled European Union accession bid hit a new hurdle because of a dispute with neighboring EU member Bulgaria.

By Valentina Dimitrievska in Skopje Hungarian right-wing PM Viktor Orban, during his visit to North Macedonia, announced a plan aimed at resolving the ongoing dispute between Skopje and Sofia, aiming to unblock North Macedonia’s EU accession by the end of the year.

Addressing the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today, Timcho Mucunski, North Macedonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and

The EU executive is betting on its new €6-billion Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, under which it will inject investment into the seven Western Balkan candidate countries over the next three years in return for reforms designed to bring their economies and societies closer to the EU.

Albania's EU accession path will be decoupled from North Macedonia's, with the first clusters of negotiation set to be formally opened on 15 October, according to a unanimous decision of Ambassadors of European Union member states on Wednesday (25 September),

The European Union has decided to separate the EU accession paths of Albania and North Macedonia, allowing Albania to move forward in its membership negotiations while North Macedonia remains delayed,

The prime minister of North Macedonia expressed anger over reports that his country's bid to join the European Union is facing a new setback due to

Orbán also offered to mediate with EU member Bulgaria, whose dispute with Skopje over Balkan history and heritage triggered the new delay.