The European Commission should be a strong and independent institution rather than avoid mentioning the Macedonian language, which lives in the academic circles, culture and politics, says Paul Foster, a US Professor and an expert on languages and cultures in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, in response to the fact that the adjective “Macedonian” has been left out of the report on Macedonia’s progress released two days ago for the second time.

Brussels showed it yields to the pressure from the Greek diplomats lobbying that the term “Macedonian” is removed from all documents mentioning our country, Dnevnik reports.