Italy supports Macedonia's EU, NATO bids

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi met with his Macedonian counterpart, Nikola Gruevski, on Sunday (December 9th) on the sidelines of the EU-Africa summit in Lisbon. Gruevski, who is in Lisbon as part of a diplomatic effort to support Macedonia's NATO bid, also met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, EU security chief Javier Solana, Finnish President Tarja Halonen and other senior officials.