Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski attends an interview with Reuters in Skopje November 11, 2005. Serbia's disputed southern province of Kosovo is likely heading for a form of independence in a U.N.-mediated negotiations about to begin, Buckovski told Reuters on Friday. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski 

European Union enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn and Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (R) arrive at a news conference in Skopje November 10, 2005. The European Commission recommended on Wednesday that the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, which came close to civil war four years ago, should be made a candidate for European Union membership. But EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said the former-communist Balkan state could only open accession negotiations once it shows sufficient compliance with the membership criteria and no date had been promised. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski gestures during a press conference in Skopje November 9, 2005. The European Commission recommended on Wednesday that the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, which came close to civil war four years ago, should be made a candidate for European Union membership. But EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said the former-communist Balkan state could only open accession negotiations once it shows sufficient compliance with the membership criteria and no date had been promised. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski 

EU representative in Macedonia Ervan Fuere (L) shakes hands with Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski in Skopje November 9, 2005. The European Commission recommended on Wednesday that the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, which came close to civil war four years ago, should be made a candidate for European Union membership. But EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said the former-communist Balkan state could only open accession negotiations once it shows sufficient compliance with the membership criteria and no date had been promised. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski gestures during the press conference in Skopje November 9, 2005. The European Commission recommended on Wednesday that the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, which came close to civil war four years ago, should be made a candidate for European Union membership. But EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said the former-communist Balkan state could only open accession negotiations once it shows sufficient compliance with the membership criteria and no date had been promised. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski 

Montenegro's Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic (L) talks to Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski during the opening session of the "Vienna Economic Forum" in Vienna November 7, 2005. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader 

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) meets Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington October 26, 2005. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (R) shares a laugh with Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski at the Pentagon in Washington October 26, 2005. The two meet as part of Buckovski's official visit to Washington. REUTERS/Jim Young 

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (R) gestures alongside Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski on the River Steps of the Pentagon in Washington October 26, 2005. Buckovski met Rumsfeld at the Pentagon during his official visit to Washington. REUTERS/Jason Reed 

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (R) speaks to the press with Macedonia's Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski on the River Steps of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.,October 26, 2005. Buckovski met with Rumsfeld at the Pentagon during his official visit to Washington. REUTERS/Jason Reed 

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (R) walks with Macedonia's Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski on the River Steps of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., October 26, 2005. Buckovski met with Rumsfeld at the Pentagon during his official visit to Washington. REUTERS/Jason Reed 

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (R) walks with Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski on the River Steps of the Pentagon in Washington October 26, 2005. Buckovski met Rumsfeld at the Pentagon during his official visit to Washington. REUTERS/Jason Reed 

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks to reporters during his meeting with Macedonia's Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., October 25, 2005. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (R) meets with his Albanian counterpart Sali Berisha (L) in Skopje on October 21,2005.Berisha arrived on a one-day official visit to Macedonia on Friday. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (R) and his Albanian counterpart Sali Berisha (L) review the honour guard in Skopje October 21, 2005. Berisha arrived on a one-day official visit to Macedonia on Friday. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) looks on during a joint press conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Sergei Stanishev (R) in the town of Blagoevgrad, some 150km (92 miles) south of the capital Sofia, October 7, 2005. Buckovski is in Bulgaria on a two-day work visit. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (R) gestures as he listens to the speeches of opposition deputies in Macedonian Parliament in Skopje September 22, 2005. VMRO-National party supported by other opposition MPs submitted the initiative to call for the Government's no-confidence discussion. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski gestures during his address to deputies in Macedonian Parliament in Skopje late September 22, 2005. VMRO-National party supported by other opposition MPs submitted the initiative to call for the Government's no-confidence discussion. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski 

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder makes a point as he addresses a news conference following bilateral talks with Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski at the chancellery in Berlin June 8, 2005. Schroeder dismissed a report on Tuesday that his party had discussed plans for him to resign rather than press ahead with the tricky task of calling an early election. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch FAB/AA 

Macedonian Prime Minister Buckovski and German Chancellor Schroeder walk on after they review a guard of honour in front of the chancellery in Berlin. Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder address a news conference following their bilateral talks at the chancellery in Berlin June 8, 2005. Macedonia's Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski is on an official state visit to Germany. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder pauses as he addresses a news conference following bilateral talks with Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski at the chancellery in Berlin June 8, 2005. Schroeder dismissed a report on Tuesday that his party had discussed plans for him to resign rather than press ahead with the tricky task of calling an early election. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch FAB/AA 

Macedonian Prime Minister Buckovski and German Chancellor Schroeder listen to the national anthems at the chancellery in Berlin. Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder listen to their national anthems at the chancellery in Berlin June 8, 2005. Macedonia's Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski is on an official state visit to Germany. REUTERS/Maxie Goetze 

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder checks his wristwatch before he welcomes Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski at the chancellery in Berlin June 8, 2005. Schroeder dismissed a report on Tuesday that his party had discussed plans for him to resign rather than press ahead with the tricky task of calling an early election. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch FAB/AA 

Macedonian Prime Minister Buckovski and German Chancellor Schroeder walk on after they review a guard of honour in front of the chancellery in Berlin. Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (R) and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder make their way after they review a guard of honour in front of the chancellery in Berlin June 8, 2005. Macedonia's Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski is on an official state visit to Germany. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Macedonian Prime Minister Buckovski and German Chancellor Schroeder review a guard of honour in front of the chancellery in Berlin. Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder review a guard of honour in front of the chancellery in Berlin June 8, 2005. Macedonia's Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski is on an official state visit to Germany. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Macedonian Prime Minister Buckovski and German Chancellor Schroeder review a guard of honour in front of the chancellery in Berlin. Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder review a guard of honour in front of the chancellery in Berlin June 8, 2005. Macedonia's Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski is on an official state visit to Germany. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski listens to a speech by the the head of the United Nations administration in Kosovo, Soren Jessen-Petersen (R) in Skopje June 1, 2005. The West plans to open talks later this year on whether Albanian-dominated Kosovo becomes independent or remains formally part of Serbia. Analysts say the process could destabilise neighbouring Macedonia, with its 25-percent ethnic Albanian minority and legacy of ethnic conflict. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski OT/KS 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) listens the speech of the head of the United Nations administration in Kosovo, Soren Jessen-Petersen in Skopje June 1, 2005. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski OT/KS 

Pope Benedict XVI poses with Macedonia's Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski and his wife in his private library at the Vatican City. Pope Benedict XVI (C) poses with Macedonia's Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) and his wife Aneta (R) in his private library at the Vatican City May 23, 2005. REUTERS/Tony Gentile 

Pope Benedict XVI shakes hand with Macedonia's Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski in his private library at the Vatican City. Pope Benedict XVI (R) shakes hand with Macedonia's Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) in his private library at the Vatican City May 23, 2005. REUTERS/Tony Gentile 

Pope Benedict XVI chats with Macedonia's Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski in his private library at the Vatican City. Pope Benedict XVI (L) chats with Macedonia's Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski in his private library at the Vatican City May 23, 2005. REUTERS/Tony Gentile 

Pope Benedict XVI receives a gift from Macedonia's Prime Minister Buckovski in his private library at the Vatican City. Pope Benedict XVI (R) receives a gift from Macedonia's Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) in his private library at the Vatican City May 23, 2005. REUTERS/Tony Gentile 

Prime ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia Montenegro and Macedonia attend opening ceremony of the board of governors at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Belgrade. (L-R) Adnan Terzic Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vojislav Kostunica Prime Minister of Serbia, Milo Djukanovic Prime Minister of Montenegro, Vlado Buckovski Prime Minister of Macedonia attend the opening ceremony of the board of governors at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) annual meeting in Belgrade May 22, 2005. The EBRD meeting is a huge stimulus for investments, because each euro of its capital attracts three euros of other investors, according to Serbian Deputy Premier Miroljub Labus. REUTERS/Marko Djurica 

The United Nations Secretary-General's envoy Matthew Nimetz leaves the Macedonian Parliament in Skopje May 19, 2005. Nimetz on Thursday held a joint meeting with the Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski, Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski and Foreign Minister Ilinka Mitreva. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski OT/AA 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski talks with Albanian Deputy Prime Minister Naim Dokle during their meting in Ohrid. Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (R) talks with Albanian Deputy Prime Minister Naim Dokle (L) during their meting in Ohrid, 112km south west of Skopje May 10, 2005. Heads of government of Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro arrived in Ohrid on a two-day working visit on Tuesday. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski 

Macedonian Prime minister Vlado Buckovski talks with Albanian Deputy Prime Minister Naim Dokle and Montenegro Prime Minister Milo Gjukanovic during their meeting in Ohrid. Macedonian Prime minister Vlado Buckovski (R) talks with Albanian Deputy Prime Minister Naim Dokle (C) and Montenegro Prime Minister Milo Gjukanovic (L) during their meeting in Ohrid, 112km south west of Skopje May 10, 2005. Heads of government of Macedonia Albania and Montenegro arrived in Ohrid on a two-day working visit. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski and his Croatian counterpart Ivo Sanader pass an honour guard in Zagreb. Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) and his Croatian counterpart Ivo Sanader (R) pass an honour guard in front of a government building in Zagreb on March 29, 2005. REUTERS/Davor Kovacevic 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski smiles behind a screen at the polling station in Skopje on March 27, 2005. Voters in Macedonia began casting their ballots on Sunday in a run-off of twice-postponed municipal elections, after the first round two weeks ago was marred by numerous irregularities.REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski ot/dbp 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski reviews Bulgarian army guards of honour during the official welcoming ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier in central Sofia, March 24, 2005. Buckovski is in Bulgaria on a two-day official visit. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov SN/ABP 

Bulgarian PM Saxe-Coburg shares a joke with Macedonian PM Buckovski during the official welcoming ceremony in Sofia. Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg (L) shares a joke with his Macedonian counterpart Vlado Buckovski (R) during the official welcoming ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier in central Sofia, March 24, 2005. Buckovski is in Bulgaria on a two-day official visit. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov 

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan stands in front of a honour guard as he waits for a welcoming ceremony in Ankara. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan stands in front of a honour guard as he waits for a welcoming ceremony for Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski in Ankara, March 15, 2005. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan and his Macedonian counterpart Buckovski attend a welcoming ceremony in Ankara. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) and his Macedonian counterpart Vlado Buckovski (R) attend a welcoming ceremony in Ankara, March 15, 2005. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski review the honour guards during a welcoming ceremony in Ankara, March 15, 2005. REUTERS/Umit Bektas UB/ACM 

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his Macedonian counterpart Vlado Buckovski review the honour guards in Ankara. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) and his Macedonian counterpart Vlado Buckovski (R) review the honour guards during a welcoming ceremony in Ankara, March 15, 2005. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski cast his ballot at a polling station in Skopje on March 13, 2005. Voting began in Macedonia on Sunday in the first local elections under a 2001 peace deal to give the country's 25 percent Albanian minority greater power. The move to decentralize power is the final, and key, pillar of the Ohrid accord brokered by the West with Albanian rebels more than three years ago to prevent a new Balkan civil war. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski OT/WS 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (R) meets with Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov (L) in Skopje during the South East Europe Summit for Development on March 10, 2005. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski XX/AA 

Kosovo's ethnic Albanian prime minister Ramush Haradinaj (L) and Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (R) attend the opening of the Macedonian Trade Office in the Kosovo capital Pristina, March 3, 2005. The West plans to open talks later this year on whether Albanian-dominated Kosovo becomes independent or remains formally part of Serbia. Analysts say the process could destabilise neighbouring Macedonia, with its 25-percent ethnic Albanian minority and legacy of ethnic conflict. REUTERS/Hazir Reka MR/THI 

The head of the United Nations administration in Kosovo, Soren Jessen-Petersen (L), talks to reporters during a meeting with Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (R) after the opening of the Macedonian Trade Office in the Kosovo capital Pristina, March 2, 2005. The West plans to open talks later this year on whether Albanian-dominated Kosovo becomes independent or remains formally part of Serbia. Analysts say the process could destabilise neighbouring Macedonia, with its 25-percent ethnic Albanian minority and legacy of ethnic conflict. REUTERS/Hazir Reka MR/ 

Macedonian Prime Minister Buckovski shakes hands with Serbia and Montenegros President Marovic in Belgrade. Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) shakes hands with Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic (R) on his arrival in front of Palace of Federation in Belgrade February 28, 2005. REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic 

Macedonian Prime Minister Buckovski reviews guard of honour with Serbia and Montenegros President Marovic in Belgrade. Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) reviews guard of honour with Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic (R) on his arrival in front of Palace of Federation in Belgrade February 28, 2005. REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski lays a wreath at the grave of the late Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski at Skopje city cemetery, February 26, 2005. Trajkovski, six of his associates and two pilots died when his presidential plane came down in heavy fog a few minutes before it had been due to land in the southern Bosnian town of Mostar on February 26, 2004. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski OT/ABP 

Macedonian PM Buckovski makes a speech during a memorial service for the late Macedonian President Trajkovski. Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) makes a speech during a memorial service for the late Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski at Skopje city cemetery February 26, 2005. Trajkovski, six of his associates and two pilots died when his presidential plane came down in heavy fog a few minutes before it had been due to land in the southern Bosnian town of Mostar on February 26, 2004. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski 

Macedonian Prime minister Vlado Buckovski and members of Bosnia's collective Presidency pay respects in front of memorial for late Macedonian President Trajkovski in Rotimlje. Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) and members of Bosnia's collective Presidency Sulejman Tihic (2L) Dragan Covic (2R) and Borislav Paravac (R) pay their respects in front of a freshly unveiled memorial February 25, 2005 for the late Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski who lost his life in a plane crash in Rotimlje, near the southern Bosnian town of Mostar. Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski, together with six members of his delegation and two pilots, died in a plane crash in Rotimlje on February 26, 2004. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) greet each other after handing over 14,000 pages of documents as part of Macedonia's application to join the European Union, at the EC headquarters in Brussels February 14, 2005. The Commission said it hoped to give an opinion by the autumn on whether Macedonia was ready to start entry talks. REUTERS/Thierry Roge THR/dbp 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) talks to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) after handing over 14,000 pages of documents as part of Macedonia's application to join the European Union, at the EC headquarters in Brussels February 14, 2005. The Commission said it hoped to give an opinion by the autumn on whether Macedonia was ready to start entry talks. REUTERS/Thierry Roge THR/acm 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski listens to reporters' questions during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels February 14, 2005. REUTERS/Thierry Roge THR/AA 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) is welcomed by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (R) ahead of a meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels February 14, 2005. REUTERS/Thierry Roge THR/AA 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski (L) and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (R) address a joint news conference after a meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels February 14, 2005. REUTERS/Thierry Roge THR/AA 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski smiles during a news conference after meeting with his Albanian counterpart Fatos Nano in Tirana January 12, 2005. Buckovski is on a one-day official visit to Albania to discuss bilateral relations between two countries. REUTERS/Arben Celi ARC/WS 

Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski speaks at a news conference after meeting with his Albanian counterpart Fatos Nano in Tirana January 12, 2005. Buckovski is on a one-day official visit to Albania to discuss bilateral relations between two countries. REUTERS/Arben Celi ARC/WS