The Macedonian government's plan to regulate the work of foreign media and distribution of foreign press and information has come under strong criticism both at home and abroad.
Macedonia has urged NATO to accept it as a member when the alliance holds a summit in Chicago in May, despite Greek opposition due to a long-running row over its name.
Severe cold is continuing to claim lives across Central and Eastern Europe. Many of the victims have been homeless. The cold snap, which has killed more than 110 people across Europe, is expected to continue through the weekend.
The last prime minister of the former Yugoslavia, Ante Markovic, has died at the age of 88.
State smoking inspectors have fined Macedonia's parliament after they found used ashtrays in the building.
Al-Jazeera, renowned for its in-depth investigations and rare insights into the Arab world, has set its sights on expansion, launching a new station in the Balkans and looking ahead to similar channels in Turkey and East Africa.
Macedonia is concerned at the lack of progress in UN-mediated talks with Greece about the country's formal name.
European Union foreign ministers discussed ties with association-seeking Ukraine and with Belarus as they met for the second day of an informal meeting in northern Poland.
The door to the European Union remains open for the countries in Eastern Europe and political change in Belarus will happen sooner rather than later. That's the view of European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, who sat down with RFE/RL to talk about the future of the EU's Eastern Neighborhood.
The enormous (and enormously contentious) bronze equestrian statue of someone who looks a lot like Alexander the Great has gone up in Macedonia's capital, Skopje.
Greece has criticized Macedonia's erection of a bronze statue of Alexander the Great as a provocation that could further strain relations with the country with which it is locked in a name dispute.
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