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Germany’s Scholz tries to unblock North Macedonia’s EU bid

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz listens during a news conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, after their meeting at Council of Ministers office in Sofia, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in a brief visit to Bulgaria, as part of his regional tour, in another bid Sofia and Skopje to find solution on bilateral dispute that block North Macedonia and Albania to start membership talks with the European Union. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a news conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, after their meeting at Council of Ministers office in Sofia, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in a brief visit to Bulgaria, as part of his regional tour, in another bid Sofia and Skopje to find solution on bilateral dispute that block North Macedonia and Albania to start membership talks with the European Union. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at a joint news conference with North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski in the government building in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Saturday, June 11, 2022. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in a brief visit to North Macedonia Saturday, as part of his regional tour, in another bid Sofia and Skopje to find solution on bilateral dispute that block North Macedonia and Albania to start membership talks with the European Union. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a joint news conference with North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski in the government building in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Saturday, June 11, 2022. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in a brief visit to North Macedonia Saturday, as part of his regional tour, in another bid Sofia and Skopje to find solution on bilateral dispute that block North Macedonia and Albania to start membership talks with the European Union. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reacts during a news conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, after their meeting at Council of Ministers office in Sofia, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in a brief visit to Bulgaria, as part of his regional tour, in another bid Sofia and Skopje to find solution on bilateral dispute that block North Macedonia and Albania to start membership talks with the European Union. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left and North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski, right, shake hands after their news conference in the government building in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Saturday, June 11, 2022. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in a brief visit to North Macedonia Saturday, as part of his regional tour, in another bid Sofia and Skopje to find solution on bilateral dispute that block North Macedonia and Albania to start membership talks with the European Union. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shake hands with his Bulgarian counterpart Bulgairian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, after their press conference at Council of Ministers office in Sofia, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in a brief visit to Bulgaria, as part of his regional tour, in another bid Sofia and Skopje to find solution on bilateral dispute that block North Macedonia and Albania to start membership talks with the European Union. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a news conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, after their meeting at Council of Ministers office in Sofia, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in a brief visit to Bulgaria, as part of his regional tour, in another bid Sofia and Skopje to find solution on bilateral dispute that block North Macedonia and Albania to start membership talks with the European Union. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova) North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski talks to the media during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in the government building in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Saturday, June 11, 2022. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in a brief visit to North Macedonia Saturday, as part of his regional tour, in another bid Sofia and Skopje to find solution on bilateral dispute that block North Macedonia and Albania to start membership talks with the European Union. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz walks past the honor guard accompanied by North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski, during a welcome ceremony at the government building in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Saturday, June 11, 2022. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived Saturday in Skopje, as a part of his Balkan's tour in a bid to unblock the North Macedonia's strive to start the EU membership talks, burdened by Bulgarian veto. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)