Macedonian Diplomatic Bulletin No. 73

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Prime minister Gruevski Attends AstAnA economic Forum ........... PAGe 3

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10 YeArs AFter thessAloniki: An APPrAisAl oF the

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Macedonian Diplomatic Bulletin wasounded in October 2006 by the Ministry o

Foreign A airs o the Republic o Macedonia.

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Editor:Vladimir E removski

Editorial Board:Saso Markovski, Zuko Rizvanski,Shaban Jashari, Katerina Stavreska,Olga Janevska Jovanovik, Sej ullah Shaqiri,Elena Georgievska, Dragan odorovski,Natasha Hroneska, Nikola Gjorchev,Boris Mircevski, Kristina odorovska,Bojana Jovanoska,d Goce Karajanov

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Chief Translator:Aleksandra Ilievska

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No. 73 M y 2013

Te articles published in MacedonianDiplomatic Bulletin do not necessarily represent the views o the MacedonianMinistry o Foreign A airs or theMacedonian In ormation Centre.

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A delegation o the Parliament o theRepublic o Macedonia led by ParliamentSpeaker rajko Veljanoski paid a 2-day o cial visit to Ireland, the country thatcurrently presides over the EuropeanUnion, on 8-9 May.

Aside rom meeting his host, SeanBarrett, Speaker o Dail Eireann, theLower House o the Irish Parliament, inthe course o his visit, Speaker Veljanoski

also met Irish President Michael D.Higgins, Minister or European A airLucinda Creighton, and representativesthe Joint Committee on European UnioA airs, the Irish-Macedonian FriendshGroup, and the Macedonian communityin Ireland. He also attended meetings othe Lower House o the Irish Parliameand the Irish Senate.

In cooperation with the Agency orPromotion and Support o ourism o the Republic o Macedonia, the Embassy o the Republic o Macedonia in irana

and the Agency or Foreign Investmentsand Export Promotion o the Republic o Macedonia organized or the rst timethe Macedonian-Albanian Business andInvestment Forum in irana on 22 May.

Te commitments o both Governmentsto promoting economic relations betweenthe two countries through direct targetingo sectors, such as tourism, ood, wine andagro-business, in which there is potential

or urthering cooperation, were voiced atthe orum.

As or the promotion o the touristpotentials o the Republic o Macedonia,

the organization o this orum coincidwith the period in the course o which tMacedonia imeless campaign organizby the Agency or Promotion and Supp

o ourism o the Republic o Macedowas in ull swing and within the rameo which, during a period o one monthMacedonias tourist potentials werepromoted on over 200 billboards, on themost popular television channels and intop newspapers in Albania.

Te Memorandum or Cooperationbetween the Agency or ForeignInvestments and Export Promotion andthe Albanian Investment and DevelopmAgency, expected to be one more impet

or closer cooperation and exportpromotion, was signed at the orum.

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A high-ranking delegation o the Government o the Republic o Macedonia led by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski paid a visitto the Republic o Kazakhstan rom 22 to 25 May. During the visit, Prime Minister Gruevski had a bilateral meeting in Astana

with Serik Akhmetov, his Kazakh counterpart, and a workinglunch with Nursultan Nazarbayev, President o the Republic o Kazakhstan.

Prime Ministers Gruevski and Akhmetov agreed at theirmeeting that there were no open issues between the two costressing that the good and riendly relations should go hanhand with closer economic cooperation.

Prime Minister Gruevski also attended the VI AstanaEconomic Forum and took part in the session Dialogue oleaders: Ensuring sustainable economic growth in G-Globa

ormat. He said on that occasion that the global economyunder the in uence o the global challenges, as experts weunable to pinpoint the solutions to the problems generated bEuropean debt crisis.

On the sidelines o the economic orum, Prime MinisteGruevski had a meeting with Romano Prodi, ormer ItaliaMinister, Nstor Osorio, President o the UN Economic anCouncil, and Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary General oCon erence on rade and Development (UNC AD), as webrie encounter with Vuk Jeremi, President o the 67th S

the UN General Assembly.

Te Tird World Con erence on Inter-Religious and Inter-civilization Dialogue

ocusing on Freedom and Dignity-Fundamental Values in Inter-Human,Inter-Religious and Inter-CulturalRelations marking three jubilees 1,700 years o the Edict o Milan, theproclamation that permanently establishedreligious toleration or Christianity within the Roman Empire, 70 years o theHolocaust o the Jews and 10 years o theDialogue Among Civilizations, the Summito Heads o State o Southeast Europeorganized in Ohrid by UNESCO and latePresident Boris rajkovski and sending outthe message o peace was held in Skopje

on 10-12 May.Te plenary sessions PluralisticSocieties and Religious olerance, Living

ogether by Respecting Diversities andMedia Contribution to Inter-Religiousand Inter-Cultural Dialogue were held atthe con erence. Te issue o strengtheningand urther encouraging dialogue was alsotabled. Te orum entitled Te Role o Religion in Raising a olerant Youth alsotook place within the ramework o thecon erence.

Macedonian Prime Minister NikolaGruevski, the patron o the con erence,

said in his opening address that individualhuman rights and values were prerequisites

or prosperous inter-human, inter-religiousand inter-cultural relations and thatdialogue was a mechanism to put them intopractice. He also added that the need ordialogue and religious tolerance today wasindispensable and that as never be ore thisdialogue had an impact on the protectionand maintenance o global security.

Culture Minister Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska and Valentina Bozinovska,Director o the Commission or Relations

with Religious Communities and Groupaddressed the con erence as well.

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanovunderlined in his closing address that inthe past six years Macedonia, organizinthree world con erences, demonstrated it was capable o brining di erent religleaders at the same table. He also said thMacedonia had a centuries-long traditioo coexistence and religious tolerance awas one o the ew countries in Europwhere Orthodox Christians and Muslimworshipped God under the same roo .

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Within his working visit to the Kingdomo Denmark on 13-14 May, Nikola Poposki,Macedonian Minister o Foreign A airs,held separate meetings with Villy Svndal,Danish Minister o Foreign A airs, andNicolai Wammen, Minister or EuropeanA airs.

Foreign Ministers Poposki and Svndalshared views at their meeting about thepolitical and economic relations betweenthe two countries and the process o integration o the Republic o Macedoniainto the EU and NA O, as well as aboutregional and multilateral issues. TeDanish minister said on that occasion hewas certain the Republic o Macedoniawas going to maintain the rate o carrying

out re orms. Also, he recon rmedDenmarks support, both political andtechnical, in the process o MacedoniasEU integration.

Te progress o the Republic o Macedonia in implementing re orms andthe expectations that at the summit o the Council o the EU in June a decisionwould be taken to set Macedonia a date

or opening membership negotiationswith the European Union were tabled atMinister Poposkis meeting with MinisterWammen.

Minister Poposki participated in theCon erence on 20 Years that ChangedEurope: Te Copenhagen Criteria and theEnlargement o the European Union and

delivered a speech at the panel discussientitled How EU Enlargement has Shaand Continues to Shape Europe. He alhad a meeting with representatives o Macedonian-Danish Business Network

Te Geostrategic Research and ForeignPolicy Institute o the Ministry o ForeignA airs o the Republic o Macedoniaorganized a debate on Te Importanceand Role o the Diaspora or the Republico Macedonia on 22 May.

Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki saidin his address at the start o the debatethat the representatives o the Macedoniancommunity abroad were the rstambassadors o the country.

Our aim is to make Macedonia abetter place to live and those that do notlive in Macedonia yet maintain relations

with us may certainly contribute tothis by promoting our country eitheras a good tourist destination or anattractive destination or doing business.Whether we do enough in this context isa completely legitimate question, yet nomatter how much we do, we can still domuch more, Minister Poposki said.

Vasil Naumov, Director o the Agency or the Diaspora, stressed that a procedure

o establishing a council o diasporainvestors was in progress. With a view totapping the potential o the diaspora, hesaid, we need to de ne their exact number,

which is why diaspora mapping has beundertaken.

Te diaspora representatives to theParliament o the Republic o Macedouniversity pro essors and experts in th

eld participated in the debate, which walso ollowed by representatives o thdiplomatic missions o the countries wlarge Macedonian communities.

Te insight that the debate has o eredwill be used in drafing the Strategy

or Cooperation with the Diaspora by the Government o the Republic o Macedonia.

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Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki attended the con erence entitled10 Years afer Tessaloniki: An Appraisal o the EU Perspectiveand Challenges in the Western Balkans in Dublin on 24 May.Te changes to the enlargement policy o the EU in general andin relation to the Balkans, the post-Lisbon challenges the crisiso the euro, the economic stabilization and the uture steps inintegrating the Balkan countries into the EU were all discussed

at the con erence.In his address at the session ocusing on the uture o theUnions enlargement with the Balkan countries, MinisterPoposki said that or the Balkans there is no other credible andsustainable alternative to ull European integration, emphasizingthat the Republic o Macedonia has been continuously meeting allCopenhagen criteria or opening membership negotiations withthe EU, as, in act, con rmed by the European Commission in itsSpring Report.

In the course o the con erence, Minister Poposki met hishosts, the Irish Ministers o Foreign A airs and EuropeanA airs, Eamon Gilmore and Lucinda Creighton, EnlargementCommissioner te an Fle and the Ministers o Foreign A airs o the Slovak Republic and Croatia, Miroslav Lajk and Vesna Pusi.

PoPoski AttendsconFerence 10 years after thessaloniki:an appraisal of theeu perspectiVe anD

challenges in theWestern Balkans

Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki participated in the 123rd sessiono the Committee o Ministers o the Council o Europe inStrasbourg on 15 and 16 May, centering on the Councils activitiesin ensuring long-term e ciency o the European Convention onHuman Rights, the politics toward the neighboring regions andthe cooperation with the European Union.

Minister Poposki addressed in his speech the re orms and theuture activities o the Council o Europe, underlining the need

o ocusing those activities on the bid or seeking out a responseto the numerous challenges that the citizens o Europe ace and

which result rom the deepening economic crisis, the misinstitutions and the rise o extremism.

Within the ramework o his visit to Denmark, MinistePoposki held meetings with Torbjrn Jagland, Secretary Go the Council o Europe, Nils Muinieks, Council o EuCommissioner or Human Rights, Lucinda Creighton, Mi

or European A airs o Ireland, the current chair o the Eimmermans, Dutch Minister o Foreign A airs, Jean As

Minister o Foreign A airs o Luxembourg, and Birgitta Minister o Foreign A airs o Sweden.

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With the ormal meeting o the ministerso oreign a airs o the participating stateso the South East European CooperationProcess (SEECP) in Ohrid on 31 May, theRepublic o Macedonia ended its one-yearsuccess ul Chairmanship o the SEECP.Macedonian Foreign Minister NikolaPoposki chaired the meeting, which,in addition to the ministers o oreign

a airs o the SEECP participating states,was also attended by EU EnlargementCommissioner te an Fle, RegionalCooperation Council (RCC) Secretary General Goran Svilanovi and otherspecial guests, including Petrit Selimi,Deputy Minister o Foreign A airs o theRepublic o Kosovo, and high-rankingrepresentatives o a number o internationalorganizations.

Opinions about the current stateo a airs in the Region were shared atthe meeting. Te Annual Report o theRegional Cooperation Council Secretary

General 2012-2013, the RCC Strategy andWork Program 2014-2016 and the OhridDeclaration were also endorsed and aJoint Statement o the ministers o oreigna airs o the SEECP participating stateswas adopted. Te Ohrid Declaration,inter alia, highly praised the MacedonianChairmanship o the SEECP and theimplemented agenda that was highly

dynamic. Minister Poposki in ormedthe attendees on the attained prioritiesover the course o the MacedonianChairmanship and stressed in this regardthat Macedonia success ully chaired over30 ministerial and expert meetings. TeSEECP enables us to maintain stability and strengthen prosperity, MinisterPoposki underlined and added that theregion had witnessed massive changes. Inthis context, he said, it has to be pointedout that the spirit o solidarity in buildingcloser relations o cooperation among usprevailed.

Minister Poposki stressed in his speethat this year was marked by numerousopportunities or continuing the proceo EU enlargement, reiterating themessage that the Tessaloniki agendashould translate into actions. In thiscontext, we appeal to the European Unand its member states to continue workon the process o enlargement, he sai

Te new concept o joint action o thcountries o the Western Balkans aimito intensi y their European integrationwas given a strong and unanimoussupport at this ormal meeting, while tmeeting o the G-6 initiative, made upMacedonia, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia anHerzegovina, Montenegro and Kosovoaimed to con rm the viable ways andmodalities o using the pre-accession

unds (IPA 2) that the European Uniono ers.

Enlargement Commissioner te an stressed that over the past 15 years, the

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SEECP had been an authentic voice o theregion.

Let us be completely open to regionalcooperation! Te EU is ready to cooperatewith the region closely and to help enrichthe agenda with activities dedicated to theEuropean integration o the region. Tereare no borders to our cooperation! hesaid.

Radu Podgorean, State Secretary or Foreign A airs o Romania, theollowing chair o the SEECP, deemed the

meeting in Ohrid as a step ahead towardEuro-Atlantic integration and said thatRomania strongly backed the Europeanaspirations o the Western Balkans. IvanMrki, Minister o Foreign A airs o theRepublic o Serbia, said in the capacity o a previous chair that all countries o the region moved toward the same goal

ull- edged membership o the EuropeanUnion. Goran Svilanovi, Secretary General o the Regional CooperationCouncil, highly praised the success o the Macedonian SEECP Chairmanshipand stressed that urther progress in theprocess o European integration requiredresponsibility and readiness or tacklingissues relating to economic and socialdevelopment, justice, internal a airs,energy, human capacity building, security,media independence, etc.

On the sidelines o the meeting,Minister Poposki had a bilateral meetingwith his Bulgarian counterpart KristianVigenin, which was, in act, their rstmeeting ollowing Vigenins recentappointment to this position. He also

had meetings with Serbian ForeignMinister Mrki and Kosovo Deputy

Foreign Minister Selimi. At MinisterPoposkis meeting with his Croatiancounterpart Vesna Pusi, the Agreementon Euro-Atlantic Partnership betweenthe Governments o the Republic o Macedonia and the Republic o Croatiawas signed.

Te fh annual meeting o theRegional Cooperation Council wasalso held within the ramework o theMacedonian Chairmanship o the SEECPon 30 May. Opinions were shared at themeeting concerning regional cooperationand the current situation in the regiono Southeast Europe, while the AnnualReport o the RCC Secretary General orthe period between 15 May 2012 and 25April 2013 and the RCC 3-year Strategy

and Work Program 2014-2016 werepresented and endorsed.

Te 10th Con erence o Presidents oParliament o the SEECP was also helwithin the ramework o the MacedonSEECP Chairmanship in Ohrid on 27-2May. It was agreed at the Con erence ta Parliamentary Assembly o the couno this region should be ormed durinnext SEECP Chairmanship in BuchareTe new regional body, the ParliamentarAssembly o the SEECP, as MacedoniParliament Speaker rajko Veljanoski pit, should contribute to the promotion ocooperation and coordination o e ortsthe Parliaments o the participating stain turning the region into a zone o peastability, solidarity and good neighborlcooperation in the best interest o allcitizens and countries in Europe.


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Mr. rbedar, as an expert on oreignpolicy studies at the InternationalPolicy Research Institute (IPRI) at theEconomic Policy Research Foundationo urkey ( EPAV), could you please

introduce us to the work and activities o the oundation and the institute?

EPAV was ounded in December2004 with the support o the Union o Chambers and Commodity Exchangeso urkey ( OBB). It is a private, non-partisan, and non-pro t think-tank devoted to independent research. Temission o EPAV is to contribute to thecompetitiveness o the urkish privatesector, the public policy design and thecapacity building needs o the publicsector. Its major working disciplinesare governance, economic policy and

oreign policy. EPAVs scope o activitiesare consultancy and advisory services,policy design, strategy development,impact assessment, surveys and eldstudies, monitoring and evaluation,project management and implementation,capacity building and training, organizingacademic events and networking. Tereare ten institutes and our working centresestablished under the auspices o EPAV.

Te Republic o Macedonia and theRepublic o urkey share excellentpolitical communication and riendly relations. What are the pre erentialfelds o mutual interest where theirsuccess ul bilateral cooperation can

urther intensi y?

urkey is a country that supports theRepublic o Macedonia in all areas. urkey was among the rst countries to recognizeMacedonias independence under itsconstitutional name. urkish o cials say

on every occasion that they see urkey and Macedoniaas neighbors, despite theabsence o a commonborder. Te two countries

attach great importance totheir bilateral relations andthere is also mutual desire to

urther develop cooperation.urkey and Macedonia

have a common visionregarding how disputes inthe Balkans can be resolved.In my opinion, the twocountries should make gooduse o the existing riendly ties between them so asto urther advance theireconomic relations.

urkeys economicdevelopment over the last years has had an impact onthe entire Balkan region,including the Republic o Macedonia, as evidencedby the increased number o

urkish direct investments.What do you expect in the uture interms o the economic cooperation

between the Republic o Macedonia andthe Republic o urkey?

urkey's political and cultural relationswith the Balkan countries are at asatis actory level. Although economicrelations are improving rom year to year,they are still ar rom being at the desiredlevel. urkeys ree trade agreementswith the countries o the region, theprivatization processes in the region,the investment incentives, the tradepossibilities with third countries andthe easy access to quali ed labour orce

make the Balkans attractive to urkishbusinessmen.

urkeys oreign trade with ten Balk

countries was 2.9 billion USD in 2000and rose to 17.5 billion USD in 2012. Ethough in the last twelve years urkey

oreign trade with the Balkans countrihas increased six- old, the share o theregion in urkeys general oreign tradremained low. Balkan countries accoun

or 5.96 percent o urkeys total expo2011 and 3.96 percent o its total impoBy February 2013, the cumulative valu

urkish oreign direct investments (FDin the ten Balkan countries was aroundbillion USD, while urkeys total outwFDI reached 33.78 billion USD. Accord

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in thepressWe need to promote NA Oenlargement and reward Macedoniaand Montenegro, thus encouragingthe aspiring countries such asBosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovoand Serbia, saidMichael Turner,

US Congressman from Ohio and member of the Macedonian caucusat the US Congress on 7 May 2013.

NATO Secretary General AndersFogh Rasmussensaid at a meetingo the European ParliamentsCommittee on Foreign A airson 7 May 2013 that a solution tothe name issue between Skopjeand Athens was possible.

However, in his view, thissolution may be achieved i there is political will on bothsides. He took the occasion to

send an encouraging message toMacedonia and Greece or inalresolution o the name issue.

We are ready or the accession

talks once a solution to the nameissue is ound. I encourage allparties involved to make their bestand ind a solution to this issue.

British Foreign Secretary WilliamHague said on 31 May that he hopedthat the European Council wasgoing to set Serbia and Macedoniadates or opening accessiontalks at its meeting in June.

to this, urkey invested 14% o its totalFDI in the Balkans. On the other hand,between 1972 and March 2013, urkey undertook 7,051 construction projectso a total o 245.7 billion USD all aroundthe world. Te share o the ten Balkancountries o this sum stood at 4.6%, or 11.2billion USD.

Macedonias share o urkeys trade volume with the ten Balkan countrieswas only 2.2 percent in 2012. Generally,

urkeys oreign trade volume with theWestern Balkan countries is at quite low levels. According to data o the Ministry o Economy o urkey, by February 2013the cumulative value o urkish FDI inMacedonia was 621 million USD. Tismeans that within the shares o urkeystotal FDI in the ten Balkan countries 13%goes to Macedonia. By March 2013 the

value o urkish contracting services inMacedonia reached 946.2 USD.urkey is making sincere e orts to

urther develop its economic relationswith all Balkan countries. However, thestate is not the one that invests, but itis the private sector. As a state urkey is encouraging urkish businessmen todo more business in the Balkans, but asalways their investment decisions aretightly connected to the improvement o the investment climate o a given country.By sharing best practices amongst eachother, seeking common comparativeadvantages and rein orcing regionalcooperation, the Balkan economies willbe able to make the region more attractive

to oreign investors. I hope that as urkey continues to strengthen economically, itswel are will spill over to the surroundingareas too.

Mr. rbedar, what determines successin the oreign policy o the Republic o

urkey and what are the parameters o this policy towards the Balkans. Whatare your standpoints?

As o 2002, urkey entered a processo important social and politicaltrans ormation accompanied by a rise innational income per capita that eventually positioned urkey as the 16th largesteconomy in the world. Economic success,along with the improving politicalstability in the country, led to the growtho sel -con dence in urkeys oreign

policy. With a proactive oreign policy spanning rom the Balkans to the MiddleEast and the Caucasus, urkey endeavorsto contribute to the peace and stability in these regions. At the same time, whileworking towards a global order basedon justice, equality and transparency,

urkish leaders envision their country notsolely as a regional power, but as a globalpower. In line with this, urkey has takena pro-active stance and ollowed a multi-dimensional oreign policy approach.

urkeys twin goals are: rst to makepeace with its neighbors through policieso conciliation, and second to act as anagent o mediation between its clashingneighboring countries.

Doors o riendship between urkeand the Balkan states have been openelong ago. And with varying intensity,

urkeys interest in the Balkans has bea constant throughout the history o thRepublic. urkeys active presence in Balkans is not something new. Duringthe 1990s urkey contributed both tothe crisis management and to the peacbuilding e orts o the internationalcommunity. urkish soldiers and polico cers were among the rst to beengaged in the post con ict areas o tWestern Balkans.

oday, urkeys goal is to contributein consolidating lasting peace andprosperity or all peoples in the Balkaand to promote political stability andissues o importance or the entireregion. With the aim o achieving the

goals, urkeys diplomacy is trying toact at local, regional and internationallevels. urkey believes that our nationshould be more aware o the advantago regional cooperation in the Balkanwhich is among the most importantelements o urkeys oreign policy.Especially through the South EastEuropean Cooperation Process (SEECand the Regional Cooperation Council(RCC), which is the operational arm othe SEECP, the region has to show thait is able to take responsibility or itsown uture, take a common stance in

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Te Macedonian state and churchdelegation led by Parliament Speaker rajkoVelajnoski paid a visit to Italy and the Holy See on 23 and 24 May on the occasion o theevent Macedonia in Honor o St Cyril.

Te event was opened by SpeakerVeljanoski in the course o which the mixedchamber choir Sveti Kliment Ohridskistaged a concert at the San Giovanni dei

Fiorentini Basilica, while MetropolitanPetar o Prespa and Pelagonija held serviceat the grave o St Cyril in the Basilica o SanClemente.

Te Macedonian delegation had an audi-ence with the new Pope Francis. SpeakerVeljanoski congratulated the Pope on hiselection as the 266th ponti o the RomanCatholic Church wishing him best in pro-

moting peace, cooperation and riendshin the world. He also invited him to visiMacedonia and the region, stressing that visit would be an additional positive imtus or all that is happening in the regio

Speaker Veljanoski and theparliamentary delegation also held ameeting with Cardinal arcisio BertoneSecretary o State o the Holy See.

Invited by Catherine Ashton, the HighRepresentative o the EU or Foreign A airsand Security Policy, Nikola Poposki, theMinister o Foreign A airs o the Republico Macedonia, attended the annualtraditional meeting o the ministers o

oreign a airs o the European Unionmember states and candidate memberstates in Brussels on 27 May, which took place in the orm o a working dinner.

Te main topic o the meeting was thestability in the EU neighbourhood, with

a ocus on the latest developments in thesouthern neighbourhood o the EU, as wellas on the prospects or urther promotiono relations and cooperation betweenthe EU and the countries o the EasternPartnership.

Minister Poposki expressed Macedoniassupport or the vision o the internationalcommunity or political resolution o thecrisis in Syria and welcomed the appeals orholding an international peace con erenceon Syria. He also in ormed the audience on

Macedonias participation in the in ormFriends o the Syrian People WorkingGroup.

During his working visit to Brussels,27 May, Minister Poposki held a meetinwith Ste ano Sannino, Director GeneraEnlargement at the European Commissiat which Macedonias European integrawas discussed in the light o the re ormthe key areas o the High Level AccessDialogue in the coming period.

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Your Excellency, twenty years since the es-tablishment o diplomatic ties between theRepublic o Macedonia and the Republic o Finland will be observed on 27 December2013. How do you assess cooperation be-tween our two riendly countries and pos-sibilities or its uture enhancement in all

elds o common interest?Bilateral relations between Finland andMacedonia are excellent, as proven by the

requent high level political visits betweenour countries over the last ew years.However, it is true that bilateral cooperationcould be enhanced, particularly in the feldo trade and investments. I think tourism

rom Finland to Macedonia, to Lake Ohridin particular, has potential or growth. Also,there is a growing interest in Macedonianwines in the Finnish consumer market.

Macedonias integration with theEuropean Union provides a natural

ramework or bilateral cooperation. Asa Nordic country, Finland is also keen onsharing its experiences and best practices onregional cooperation with the Nordic andBaltic Sea region. Regional cooperation isimportant especially in view o Macedoniasintegration with the EU. Macedonia hasbeen playing an active role in many regionalcooperation arrangements, such as theSEECP, which Macedonia currently chairs.

Te meetings at the level o heads o stateand government between the two countriesare rare and irregular. What is your view on

the possibility and need or closer coopera-tion at the highest level aiming to give anadditional impetus or increased coopera-tion between the Republic o Finland andthe Republic o Macedonia?I would not say that high level meetingsat the government level are rare. On thecontrary, there have been numerousministerial visits rom Macedonia to Finland,such as Prime Minister Gruevskis visit toFinland in June 2012 and Foreign MinisterPoposkis visit to Finland in October 2012 tomention but a ew. Te Finnish Minister o the Interior visited Skopje in April 2013. In

addition, high level bilateral meetings havebeen arranged in the margins o multilateralevents, such as the UN General Assembly.

High level visits are a use ul tool to osterbilateral cooperation, but also to discussmany regional and international issues. Inthis respect, I am confdent that these highlevel visits between our two countries willcontinue also in the uture.

During the recent visit o the Finnish Min-ister o the Interior, Pivi Rsnen, to theRepublic o Macedonia, numerous initia-tives or enhancing cooperation with theaim o bene ting rom the Finnish Euro-pean integration experience and or jointprojects under the ministries o the interior,educational projects and projects or mi-gration fow management were instigated.In addition, numerous wining projectssupported by Finland have been realized inthe Republic o Macedonia. Are there any possibilities or expanding cooperation withother wining projects in other elds?As I mentioned earlier, EU integration provides a natural ramework or cooperation,and the European Commission unded

winning and aiex cooperation have provento be an excellent instrument to providetechnical assistance and support rom ad-ministration to administration. In additionto the above mentioned sectors, Finland isinterested in o ering expertise in the felds o environment, agriculture and orestry, edu-cation and public administration re orm, and

social wel are, just to mention a ew.O course, I also hope that the recent visito the Minister o the Interior will lead topractical cooperation in the feld o justiceand home a airs.

Te economic cooperation between the twocountries is at a relatively low level. In Juneo 2012, a Macedonian delegation headed by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski presentedthe bene ts o investing in the Republic o Macedonia be ore representatives o Finnishcompanies at a business orum in Helsinki.Is there any interest with the Finnish com-

panies in making direct investments in theRepublic o Macedonia?Finnish companies are currently very care uwith any investments due to the economiccrisis in Europe. So ar, there have been noFinnish investments in Macedonia, but thiscould change when economic growth in theentire South Eastern Europe picks up. I alsobelieve that the start o the accession negotiations with the EU will increase the interest o

the Finnish business in Macedonia.Macedonia has done a lot to promotethe country to investors and has the highestscores in the region in various DoingBusiness indexes. However, it is importantthat Macedonia continues implementingre orms that improve its business andinvestment climate. Many o these havebeen covered by the High Level AccessionDialogue with the EU.

In addition, I would like to emphasizethe importance o internal political stability

or investors when making decisions oninvestments abroad.

OpENINg ACCEssION TAlks

Best Way to support reforms

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H.E. Mr. Juh OttMan, amb dor of he Republ c of F

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On the occasion o 9 May, Europe Day,the Osten Gallery, the Delegation o the European Union to the Republic o Macedonia, the Hungarian Embassy andthe French Institute in Skopje organizedan exhibition o works by Victor Vasarely,a well-known Hungarian-French artist, at

the Osten Gallery rom 8 to 28 May. About70 works o art o this globally acclaimed

artist, including drawings, collages, wodone combining techniques, sculptures graphics were displayed. Te exhibitionwas opened by Aivo Orav, Ambassadoro the European Union to the Republic Macedonia. Te guests were also addressby the Hungarian and French ambassad

who stressed that Vasarely was the symo Europe.

Independent exhibitions by urkish paintersAsiye Aslan and Lt ye Bozda were laidout at the Aco Gjorcev Center o Culture inNegotino on 11 May. Te event was part o the program o the Center or Promotion o

Culture and Cultural Cooperation betwethe Republic o Macedonia and the Repo urkey and was organized in cooperawith the urkish town o epecik.

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Te Creative Development Centerorganized the EU- unded high-schoolevent Te Best or the EU marking 9May, Europe Day, on 8-9 May. A number o events in which high-school students romSkopje took part were held at a numbero locations in the center o Skopje. Teprogram o the events included theatershows, street per ormances o music, danceand ashion, exhibitions o photographs

and a estival o short lms. On theoccasion o Europe Day and the victoryover ascism, screenings o childrens

lms o Croatian and Czech productionwere organized at the Cinemathequeo Macedonia rom 15 to 21 May, whilin cooperation with the Embassy o theRussian Federation and the Ministry oCulture, Russian lms were screened incities across Macedonia rom 9 to 14 M

events mArkinGeurope Day helD

With the visit o the travelling bus o theEuropean Union to the village o Murtino,Strumica Municipality, on 13 May, theDelegation o the European Union tothe Republic o Macedonia, launched its

in ormation campaign Te EU in Close-Up. Te goal o the campaign, whichincludes 10 villages, is to o er in ormationon the European Union through visits torural areas and immediate meetings with

locals. EU Ambassador Aivo Orav saidthat the Delegation o the European Unconducted the campaign together withrepresentatives o the Government, theSecretariat or European A airs, the ci

society and the embassies o the EuropUnion member states in the Republic oMacedonia. Macedonian Foreign MinisNikola Poposki also joined the campaigVevcani on 30 May.

eu in close-uPcampaign opens

H.E. Mr. Toko Dijakenga Sero, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Angola,

resident in Belgrade, and

H.E. Mr. Amjad Odeh Adaileh, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Hashemite

Kingdom of Jordan, resident in Ankara.

MDB would like to extend a warm welcome and wish a successful diplomatic mission in the Republic of Macedonia to:

Te Republic o Finland supports theRepublic o Macedonia on its road to ullEU integration. Your Excellency, how do you assess the possibility or the Republic o Macedonia to be set a date or opening EUaccession talks in June?Finland has been supportive o the starto the accession negotiations based onthe recommendations o the European

Commission since 2009. We think this wouldbe the best way to support re orms in thecountry and it would be a win-win situation

or the entire region.I personally hope that a decision in

June could be made to start the accessionnegotiations with Macedonia. However, aconsensus in the EU Council o Ministersis needed. Even though the European

Commissions report rom April wasgenerally positive, the Councils decisiondepends on the progress made in fnding amutually acceptable solution to the nameissue with Greece, as well as the progressin ostering good neighbourly relationswith Bulgaria. I strongly encourage theGovernment o Macedonia to continuee orts in this regard.

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BY JAcques oFFenBAchopens 41st eDitionof may opera eVeningsM acedonian o pera and Ballet

Te Macedonian Opera and Ballet is a

national institution that has existed with nointerruptions or 66 years. It was oundedin 1947 as part o the Macedonian NationalTeater, which, until 2004, had threeensembles: drama, opera and ballet. Withan act o the Government o the Republico Macedonia in 2004, it was proclaimedan independent national institution withits present title Macedonian Opera andBallet National Institution headquarteredin Skopje.

Te Macedonian Opera and Balletmade its rst steps with a small team o pro essionals that expanded later with new members rom the amateur orchestrasand choir ensembles through auditions.When Lovro Matacic, the world-renownedconductor, came to Macedonia, the rise o the opera began. Te orchestra, the choirand the team o soloists were all completeand a varied repertoire policy, also knownas the iron repertoire, started takinge ects.

Tese conditions ensured theinstitutions growth and quality and

also contributed to the possibility o itspromotion outside Macedonias borders, inall centers o Yugoslavia (Belgrade, Zagreb,Ljubljana, Sarajevo, Novi Sad) and beyond d (Poland), Nurnberg (Germany),Bucharest (Romania), So a (Bulgaria),

irana (Albania), etc. Te rise and growtho the Macedonian Opera and Balletboosted audience interest, which was themotive to launch the May Opera EveningsFestival in 1972.

Te idea was to o er the audience atop-class artistic experience at the close o the season, presenting the achievements o

other opera houses in Macedonia and also

the accomplishments o Macedonian artistsbe ore the estivals guests. Vasil Kjortosev,director and Chie Manager o the Operao the Macedonian National Teater at thetime, was the initiator o the project whoseaim was celebrating the jubilee 25 yearso the establishment o the Opera o theMacedonian National Teater.

Te May Opera Evenings Festival is oneo the ew opera estivals in Europe. Tisyear, it is held or the 41st time, which isa truly respectable number. Many operalovers right ully call the estival the holiday o music in the most beauti ul month o theyear. aking into account the respectablenumber o estival editions and theaudience interest in this signi cant culturalevent, the art management o the houseselected ve operas and one ballet or thisyears edition o the estival. Te estivaltraditionally opens on 9 May, EuropeDay and Day o Victory over Fascism,yet only ew people know that the truereason or opening the estival on this day is the rst pro essional per ormance o an

opera in Macedonia the per ormance o Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagnion 9 May 1947. It is also a tradition or theopening to be with a premiere per ormedby the ensembles o the MacedonianOpera and Ballet. On 9 May this year, the41st edition o the May Opera Eveningsopened with the premiere o Te ales o Ho mann by Jacques O enbach, in whichthe soloists, orchestra, choir and balletensembles o the Macedonian Opera andBallet all took part conducted by MaestroAlessandro DAgostini o Italy, a long-timeguest o our house whose Macedonian

has in the meantime become quite uen

Ursula Horner o Austria, well known tour audience as well, directed the show.Marija Veteroska was the set designerand Marija Pupucevska was the costumdesigner. Te reception o the show by bthe audience and the critics was excelle

Te European Opera Days were alsoorganized as part o this years May OpEvenings whereby the Macedonian Op-era and Ballet joined 106 European opehouses celebrating the art o opera. Teper ormance Te Edge o ranquility,combination o a theater play and a murecital about George Frideric Handels lby counter tenor Luigi Schi ano o Italactor Paul Humpoletz o Great Britain companied by the quintet musicians rothe Macedonian Opera and Ballet orchewas shown as part o this cultural plat

On 13 May, we per ormed the populaballet Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkustarring Arian Lati a (Cuba) and VittorGalloro (Italy) in the lead roles. op opesoloists and conductors rom around thworld appeared in all remaining shows.

La raviata by Giuseppe Verdi, themost popular and most per ormed operin Macedonia, was shown on 18 May. Trepertoire o the 41st May Opera Eveniincluded two more operas by Verdi Attila, which has recently been per oin Macedonia or the rst time, and themagni cent Aida, with which the estraditionally closes thus marking 200years o Giuseppe Verdis birth.

Attila was per ormed on 22 May and Aida on 31 May, while Lucia diLammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti wper ormed on 26 May.

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At the 9th International Slavic MusicFestival held at the Childrens School

o Arts named afer M.A. Balakirev o

Moscow, the Skopje Mandolin Orchestraconducted by Ramadan Shukri won the

Grand Prix or best youth traditional

instrument orchestra rom among 30participants o the Russian Federation a

other Slavic countries.

At the 21st International EnvironmentalProject Olympiad or scienti c projects inchemistry, physics, biology and ecology held in Istanbul, out o 113 projects romaround the world, Nikola astanoski andBranka Buntaseska, students o the YahyaKemal College in Struga won the silvermedal with their energy project Environ-ment-Friendly Powering o Planet Earth

With Organically Made Solar Cells as aRenewable Energy Source.Martin Josi ovski and Martin Filipovskio the Yahya Kemal College in Gostivarwon the bronze medal rom 4,000 projectssubmitted by around 7,000 participants inthe International Sustainable World Energy Engineering Environment Project Olympi-ad that took place in Houston, exas (USA).

From a total o 769 projects rom all ovthe world sent to the international highschool Global Environmental Issues U(GENIUS 2013) Project lympiad, 16-yold Filis Ajrus o Ohrid was selected ao the 325 nalists. Her photograph is po the project Environmental Survivorand will be exhibited at the Olympiad toheld in New York, USA, rom 16 to 21

myDiary

Contributing to the wel are o the Republic o Macedonia is theinitial point o all activities at the Embassy o the Republic o Mace-donia in Ankara. A great deal o dedication and e ort, long travels,presentations, meetings and above all creating a eeling o trust andconsequently a avorable climate or action. Meetings with urk-ish businessmen, well-per orming rms and companies, visits toindustrial zones and chambers, etc. Loving your work and lovingyour country is the driving orce that every morning helps ul llthe need or creation and contribution to the countrys wel are. My goal is Macedonias economic stability and lowering the unemploy-ment rate, as well as contributing to our countrys development inall elds. With concerted e ort we are all going to help the Govern-ment and the Prime Minister on their path o prosperity and posi-tive atmosphere in the Republic o Macedonia. We should simply put smiles on the aces o all Macedonian citizens and we may achieve that only through hard work. My post has taken me away

rom my country yet it is or the good o all Macedonians.

It is quite commonplace or us as representatives o theRepublic o Macedonia in Ankara and the Republic o urkey tocooperate and communicate with one another in our countrys bestinterest. Te subtly imposed atmosphere by the Embassy towardthe patriotic eelings and responsibility to our own country hasawakened the need or creation and building o our own uture.Te Macedonian uture! We are all Macedonia. We create orMacedonia and the Macedonian citizen. In this way, the love,loyalty and eeling o belonging become prevalent and the resultsare inevitable. We have proven this many times as economicsoldiers o our country in the Republic o urkey.

Excellent cooperation, respect, riendship and sincere attitudeare the epithets that are modestly used to explain the activities thatthe ambassador and the economic promoters o the Republic o Macedonia in the Republic o urkey are taking together. Te trustand open-mindedness as well as the burning need to contribute to

our countrys growth asthe best is most rewarding

or all o us in the Republico urkey, seeing ourselvesas the mirror o the Re-public o Macedonia. Ourstrength and advantagerest in our joint activities,

orums, visits and meetingswith the aim o attractinginvestors to the Republico Macedonia. We show toall potential investors ourseriousness, synchronizede ort and mutual respectand coordination, thus cre-ating a pleasant image that

contributes to a great extentto their decision to cometo our country. It is impor-tant to us that we come tothe point when investments start taking e ects in the RepubMacedonia. It is most important to us that there are investmour country, that as many o our citizens as possible becomployed and that the Macedonian economy moves orward.

I wish to stress that the working atmosphere in Ankara shserve as an example o cooperation and loyalty and an exao how one should work or ones country. I would like to economic promoters Alev Sulejman o Izmir and Habil Muo Ankara. Te Republic o Macedonia should eel proud wrepresentatives in the Republic o urkey ghting wholehe

or their country.Macedonia is loved with deeds!

H.E. Mr. Gor taskOvski,

amb dor of he Republ M cedo o he Republ c of

the PAth We Walk together

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YounG mAcedoniAn scientists Win WorlD meDals


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Te Macedonian mens bowling national team wonthe silver medal at the 5th Classic eam World Bowl-ing Championship in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, rom 15to 25 May. On their return, the national team mem-bers had a meeting with Macedonian President GjorgeIvanov who congratulated them on their tremendoussuccess. Te Macedonian national team scored ve victories on their way to the nal where they lost tothe national team o the host country, Hungary.

silver medAl For

maceDonian mensBoWling national team

urkey and Macedonia have maintainedstrong bonds o riendship based oncommon historical and cultural rootsand shared values, since the inceptiono the independence o the Republico Macedonia. Te relations betweenour two countries have always beenbased on mutual respect, a ection andunderstanding. It is undoubted that ourbilateral relations will continue to be basedon the same oundations also in the uture.

High level visits are important signs o riendly and good relations between the

two countries. I would like to mentionsome o them which took place last year:

Nikola Poposki, Foreign Minister o the Republic o Macedonia, paid an o cial

visit to urkey on 14-16 May 2012. Duringhis visit, the Agreement between theGovernment o the Republic o urkey and the Government o the Republic o Macedonia on the ravel Conditions orthe Citizens o Both Countries was signedwhich allows both countries citizens visa-

ree travel or stays o no more than 90days.

urkish Parliament Speaker Cemil icek visited Macedonia on 17-18 May 2012.

President Gjorge Ivanov, inauguratedOBB (Te Union o Chambers and

Commodity Exchanges o urkey) atthe International Business Forum on 13September 2012.

During Culture Minister ElizabetaKanceska-Milevskas visit to urkey, on19-21 December 2012, the two countriesMinisters o Culture signed a Programme

or Cultural Cooperation, as well as an

agreement on opening culturalcenters in both countries.

On the occasion o the 20thanniversary o the establishmento diplomatic relations between

urkey and Macedonia and 21December, the National Day o

urkish Language Education,Ahmet Davutolu, Minister o Foreign A airs o urkey, paid ano cial visit to Macedonia on 20-21December 2012.

All these visits and eventsrepresent the close and constructiverelationship between our countries.

Te attainment and urtheringo the wel are and happiness o our nations

are the primary objectives o our states.Economic relations are a case in point inthis respect. urkey and Macedonia bothhave maintained economic growth andcontinued to attract oreign investmentsduring the global economic crisis. Parallelto this, our commercial relations aredeveloping at a rapid pace and we look

orward to urther strengthening o theeconomic ties to our mutual bene t.

Our strong riendly relations in politicaland economic areas can also be seen inmany other elds. For instance, as it is very well known, urkey has ully supportedthe right o Macedonia to determine itsconstitutional name since the beginning.In this regard, I want to reiterate oncemore that we openly and strongly opposeactions aimed at preventing MacedoniasEU membership on grounds that are notrelated to its per ormance or obligations

stemming rom its aspirant status. Te

same concern applies to MacedoniasNA O membership.Another aspect o our deep-rooted

riendly relations is the human bondsbetween the peoples o urkey andMacedonia. Tis unique piece o geograhas been the home to millions o Balkanationals or more than six centuries. Ocultures were molded together during thOttoman Empire or centuries. Nowadathere are citizens o urkish descent ankinsmen living here, as well as citizenso Macedonian descent living in urkeAlthough urkey is at an equal distancetowards all the ethnicities in the countrythe urkish community, which is strongloyal to the Republic o Macedonia,contributes to urther advancement o

urkish-Macedonian bilateral relations.

mAcedoniA hAs riGht to Determine its name

H.E. Mr. G rol skMEnsER, amb dor of he Republ

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In the Old Bazaar o Bitola, in the hearto the city, outside the Ss Cyril andMethodius Childrens Art Studio, the 32ndedition o the Small Montmartre o Bitolahad its o cial opening on 23 May. Over

16,000 works o art rom 539 schools in 30

countries around the world were sent thisyear as 1,148 o them were exhibited. Atthe opening ceremony, diplomas and goldpalettes were presented to participants

rom Russia, China, Serbia, urkey,

Egypt, Macedonia and other countries,

while the Grand Prix went to contestanrom Romania. Within the ramework

o the Small Montmartre o Bitola, arworkshops were also held in Ohrid andKrusevo.

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cAusA deGree to milcho

mancheVski

Te Russian State University o Cinematography (VGIK), the worldsoldest lm school, has awarded MilchoManchevski, the Macedonian lm directorand Ambassador o Culture, with a degreehonoris causa. Te honorary doctorate isawarded by the Council o the University and it was presented to Manchevski by VGIK Rector Vladimir Malyshev.

Manchevski was a guest to VGIK witeaching and production project undedthe US Government, involving all acuoperating within the ramework o the

lm university. Te project received greapublicity in Russian and world media.

riJekA AWArdsristAnovski For

the life of molire

At the 20th edition o the International o Small Scene Teater Festival in Rijeka, inwhich 11 theater productions rom Croatia,Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia and Lithuaniawere shown, Macedonian actor NikolaRistanovski won the best actor award

or his per ormance in the MacedonianNational Teaters production o Te Lio Molire by Mihail Bulgakov directAleksandar Popovski.

Ah, lJuBov moJAWins tWo aWarDs

at mostarskaliska 2013

BeAns Winsgran prix in

Bulgaria

Kole Angelovski, the doyen o theMacedonian comedy, won the VelikaLiska best director award or the comedy Oh, My Love (Ah, ljubov moja)at the International Mostarska LiskaComedy Festival in Mostar, Bosnia andHerzegovina. Competing against sixproductions o theaters rom Bosnia andHerzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro,

this production o the Comedy Teater oSkopje, also won the Ahmed Obradovibest production plaque, while actorAleksandar Mikik won a Mala Liska aw

Te Croatian Exit Teater won veawards at the estival or the productio omorrow is (not) Another Day direcby Ivica Boban.

Te production o Beans by Elin Rahnev directed by Ljupco Gjorgievski won theGrand Prix o the 24th International SmallTeater Forms Festival in Vratsa, Bulgaria.Beans is a co-production o the SmallDrama Teater o Bitola and the Dramatic

Puppet Teater o the Bulgarian city o Vratsa. Joana Popovska, Anastas PopDimitrov and Georgi Grozev o the SmDrama Teater o Bitola also won the aw

or most musical actor trio.

32nd edition oF small montmartre of Bitola

toP AWArds For maceDonian Wines

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Te best Macedonian wines produced by the ikves winery won numerous awards atthe most prestigious global wine contests.At the 30th international wine contest Inter-national Wine Challenge 2013 in London,

rom more than 10,000 top-quality sortsand types o wine rom around the world,the wines o ikves won our silver andthree bronze medals as three wines weresingled out as wines o outstanding quality.

At Decanter World Wine Awards 2013also in London, rom over 14,000 wines

rom 57 countries in the world, the wines o Macedonias largest winery won one silverand three bronze medals, while as many as seven wines were selected by the jury asoutstanding.

At the 19th edition o the wine worldchampionship Concours Mondial deBruxelles, at which 8,200 di erent types

o wine rom 50 countries were presenthe wines emjanika Special Selection and Barovo 2011 won gold medals. Sincits inception in 1994 until 2006 this conwas held in Brussels and since 2006 it htaken place in various cities o PortugaSpain, France, Luxembourg and theNetherlands. For the rst time this yearwas held in a country o the ormer eabloc - the Slovak Republic.

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