Reforms by implemented by the government of N. Macedonia have helped produce growth of 3.2 percent last year with the nation's economic expansion expected to accelerate in 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report on Monday following staff consultations with government officials

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold a meeting with Albanian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Edi Rama in Berlin on January 27, Ulrike Demmer, the deputy government spokesperson, said on Friday

Edi Rama, the OSCE chairperson-in-office, will pay a working visit to Ukraine from Sunday to Tuesday, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's press service said in a statement on Friday

Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has issued a stern response to a proposal by his Jerusalem counterpart, Theophilos III, to gather the leaders of all Orthodox churches to discuss their differences in relation to the recently established Ukrainian church, according to Greek Light of Fanar blog, that covers the activity of Bartholomew's office located in the Istanbul quarter of Fanar

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) representative on freedom of the media, Harlem Desir, on Monday praised progress made by the Albanian government regarding their planned reforms to audiovisual media laws, and sent a list of recommendations to Tirana for further changes

The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in collaboration with International Humanitarian City, IHC, has airlifted life-saving supplies to victims of the Albanian earthquake

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday thanked his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, for being the only foreign leader who visited Serbia in a show of support during the NATO bombings in 1999