- Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki, for the first time in Brussels, offered Greece to support a date for EU negotiations for Macedonia and Skopje and Athens to obligate that they will solve the bilateral dispute in the so-called screening process. Greek MEPs did not comment on the proposal while some MEPs assessed this as an optimal solution for unblocking Macedonia’s European integration. According to rapporteur on Macedonia Richard Howitt, this is a new initiative from the Macedonian Government and it will be presented in the European Parliament.