Spanish PM supports N. Macedonia's EU bid

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez offered North Macedonia his country's full support for integration into the 27-nation European Union. Sanchez held talks with North Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski in the capital of Skopje, ahead of the last stop on his Western Balkan tour, visiting Albania today. He has also visited Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. The Balkan nations are all in different stages of the EU accession process. EU officials have recently sought to encourage governments in the region to move on with reforms.