- President Gjorge Ivanov cancelled the summit of heads of state and government of the participating states of the South East European Cooperation Process and the forum of the Dialogue of Civilizations that should have taken place in Ohrid and Struga over the weekend. Ivanov said that the state interest and Macedonia’s dignity made him take that decision and that the country acted in full agreement with the founding documents and rules and as a responsible Chair of the SEECP. “I will not let Macedonia pay the price for the Balkan prejudices,” he said in his official statement.