The weekend saw elections taking place in a Macedonia that is eager to join the EU. Outgoing Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s conservative party won a comfortable victory and is set to continue its drive for EU and NATO membership. But Macedonia seems to be facing many challenges on its way. The name dispute with Greece over the name of the Macedonia, led Greece to block Macedonia’s bid to join the military organisation at a NATO high level summit in April in Bucharest. Apart from the name dispute with Greece, the Commission has also expressed concerns as to whether the country is ready to join the Union. The most recent Commission assessment report asserted that “frequent tensions and problems in achieving constructive dialogue between major political actors undermined the functioning of the political institutions and led to a slowdown in reforms”. There is still a lot of work to do.