30 July 2017
The former Foreign Minister, Nikola Poposki stated that the previous Government while negotiating with Bulgaria, sought to achieve equality and reciprocity for all items in the agreement. “At the level of the working groups, the text was given as a draft with five or six empty spaces. For each empty space, there were option for […]
13 July 2017
The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has repeated today that the name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) must be resolved before the tiny Balkan neighbor can join the European Union and NATO, reports the Greek daily newspaper “Kathimerini.” Speaking during a joint press conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić […]
11 July 2017
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Thursday in Thessaloniki, reports the Greek news agency ANA-MPA. Tsipras and Vučić will participate in the Greek-Serbian high-Level Cooperation Council, after which they will give a joint statement. After the meeting with the Serbian President, Tsipras will […]
11 July 2017
MPs Ilija Dimovski, Nikola Poposki, Trajko Veljanoski, Antonio Miloshoski, Emil Dimitriev and Vlatko Gjorchev, addressed a letter, to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov, and are demanding that the Agreement for good neighborly relations with Bulgaria be transparent and be analyzed by MPs from the opposition . The coordinator […]
9 July 2017
Bulgaria and Macedonia reached a basis for a compromise on the agreement for good neighborly relations, the next phase will be consultations and internal procedures, stated the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs after consultations were held with Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and his Bulgarian counterpart Ekaterina Zaharieva this weekend in Sofia. “The delegations from the […]
5 July 2017
Before signing the agreement for good neighborly relations with Bulgaria, another meeting is needed on a ministerial level and a solution has to be found “for one little technical question” so it could be official, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at the press conference today. When asked, what exactly do both sides have to agree […]
25 June 2017
With the recognition of the Macedonian state, Bulgaria also recognizes the Macedonian language in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, said the Head of the Bulgarian Diplomacy and Deputy PM, Ekaterina Zaharieva, saying that there is nothing problematic in the recognition of the Macedonian language. In an interview for the Bulgarian national […]
24 June 2017
The countries in the Balkans must respect history and develop good neighbourly relations if they want to join the European Union and NATO, concluded Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and his Greek counterpart, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, at their meeting in Athens yesterday. Radev’s visit to Athens comes at a time when the focus of the EU’s […]
20 June 2017
Macedonia’s Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev and his host, the Bulgarian Prime Minister, Bojko Borisov, today had talks about bringing closer the stances of both countries regarding the Agreement for Good Neighborly relations, which, as was stated by Zaev after the meeting, will be signed on the 2nd of August i.e. on Ilinden, that will be […]
12 June 2017
The forming of the new government is a positive development that reflects the democratic outcome of the elections in December, said EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn at the joint press conference in Brussels with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. -Macedonia has turned a new page after the political crisis which lasted too long. This is a new […]
6 June 2017
The Bulgarian Deputy PM and Minister of Defense, Krasimir Karakachanov, yesterday in Sofia, in front of the monument of revolutionaries from Macedonia and Trakia, celebrated for the first time on the Day of Macedonia as a government minister, reports “Balkan Insight.” Previously, Karakachanov, according to Bulgarian media, was a regular participant in the celebrations, but […]
22 January 2017
25 years ago, the first country to recognize an independent and sovereign Republic of Macedonia came from Sofia, Bulgaria, “followed by all our other friends,” wrote the outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Poposki on his Facebook profile, expressing “gratitude to Bulgaria from Macedonia” . Poposki said former Bulgarian President Zhelyu Zhelev had a democratic […]
25 September 2016
Macedonian Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev yesterday in Vienna assured his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov that the Macedonian authorities will respond to the sacrilege of the memorial plaque of the Bulgarian heroes at Kajmakchalan, which was carried out by journalist Milenko Nedelkovski claims Bulgarian news website “Novinite“. “I do not want to comment”, Borisov told reporters […]
8 June 2015
With an honorary guard and tolling of the bells of temple “Alexander Nevsky”, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev revealed the monument of Tsar Samoil today in the center of Sofia. – Sacred duty and historic responsibility of each nation to keep alive the memory of their ancestors. A glorious place in the pantheon of historical fame […]
29 May 2015
Our demand is to have a transitional government which will prepare Macedonia within six to nine months for parliamentary elections, said the leader of the opposition Social Democratic Union of Macedonia Zoran Zaev after the meeting with the Prime minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borissov, in Sofia, the news agency “Focus” reports. – We have already […]
26 May 2015
Former Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, on national television BNT, confirmed that for the minimum sum, he was advisor to the current Prime Minister of Macedonia, Nikola Gruevski, in the period from 2007 to 2008. – The deal was for one euro. I’ve done my job for about 10 months and it was decided that […]
22 May 2015
The leader of the Party of European Socialists and former president of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Sergei Stanishev fails to justify his presence at anti-government protests in Skopje, said Strahil Angelov, former BSP MP. – If Bulgaria had something to protest in Skopje, it is the anti-Bulgarian propaganda, which is unprecedentedly carried out by […]
8 April 2015
Macedonia is a particularly important issue in the political life of Bulgaria, said Bulgarian writer, historian and blogger Plamen Paskov in the debate about World War I which was organized by the Russian portal “Justice”. – Macedonia is much more to us than than Kiev is to Russia. It is a holy place. Ohrid was […]
6 April 2015
Bulgaria could take control over Macedonia airspace when the country joins NATO and if the Alliance entrusts it with this task, reports Bulgarian portal “News”, citing the portal “Press”. Official Sofia could undertake this task if it purchases new multipurpose fighter jets and if Macedonia agrees Bulgaria to take over the security of its airspace. […]
20 March 2015
DUI leader Ali Ahmeti today in Tetovo discussed the current political situation in the country, the need for cooperation between our two countries, Euro-Atlantic integration of Macedonia and the affair with mass tapping Macedonia with Bulgarian Ambassador to Macedonia Ivan Petkov, informed the party. Petkov informed Ahmeti on the political situation in Bulgaria after the […]
