- European Commissioner Stefan Fule paid an unannounced visit to Skopje and met with President Gjorge Ivanov, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and SDSM leader Branko Crvenkovski. The European Commission confirmed the visit and briefly said that the Commissioner had useful discussions with his interlocutors. Fule will return to Skopje soon in the context of the High Level Accession Dialogue.